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TBA Weekly Video Legislative Update: CATALYST

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Feb 21, 2019

The TBA's legislative update livestreamed this afternoon featured TBA Young Lawyers Division President Christian Barker, who helped explain the TBA YLD's CATALYST program and its accompanying legislation. Watch the livestream here and submit your questions about the TBA's legislative agenda to TBA Public Policy Director Berkley Schwarz.

Tomorrow: Tort, Insurance and Appellate Practice Forum 2019

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Feb 21, 2019
The Tort, Insurance and Appellate Practice Forum, held on March 21, will offer essential and practical material for tort and insurance attorneys and appellate updates from seasoned practitioners in that arena. The all-day CLE will address the intangibles of litigating against an insurance company and highlight recent updates in medical malpractice law designed to keep you on top of trends and developments in this field. Members of the TBA Tort and Insurance Law and Appellate Practices sections receive discount pricing. Register now.

Memphis Anti-Blight Lawsuits List Addresses as Defendants

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Feb 21, 2019
Some of the defendants in a new batch of anti-blight lawsuits filed by the City of Memphis Thursday are the addresses of the properties, The Daily Memphian reports. The University of Memphis Law School Neighborhood Preservation Clinic filed 29 lawsuits with the General Sessions Court Clerk’s office on behalf of the city. Since many of the lots are vacant, the owners of the property are not the defendants — "we are literally suing the property," said Daniel Schaffzin, co-director of the clinic. That allows a receiver to be appointed for the property while the sometimes arduous process of finding the owner is undertaken.

4 Former Pilot Flying J Account Reps Granted Probation in Fraud Case

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Feb 21, 2019
Senior U.S. District Judge Curtis L. Collier Jr. has granted Holly Radford, Lexie Holden, Janet Welch and Ashley Judd — all former regional account representatives for Pilot Flying J — probation for their involvement in the Pilot Flying J fraud case, Knoxnews reports. He also ordered all but Holden to perform community service. The women were the final four in the list of 19 former Pilot Flying J executives and support staffers caught cheating customers to face sentencing since federal agents raided the firm’s Knoxville headquarters in April 2013. They cooked the books to hide their bosses' scheme.

Attorney Says Vanderbilt Medical Center at Fault in Case of Reckless Homicide

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Feb 21, 2019
An attorney for nurse RaDonda Vaught, charged with reckless homicide after a medication error killed an elderly patient at the hospital two years ago, said that Vanderbilt University Medical Center “bears a large part of the fault," The Tennessean reports. Vaught has admitted she made an error, but her prosecution has infuriated many in the nursing community who believe she is being punished for an honest mistake. Attorney Peter Strianse also partly blamed the death on electronic medication dispensing cabinets that are used at Vanderbilt and common at most hospitals.

Workers Held in East Tennessee ICE Raid Sue Trump Administration

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Feb 21, 2019
Seven former slaughterhouse workers have sued the Trump administration, claiming violation of their civil rights in last year's immigration raid on an East Tennessee meat-packing plant, Knoxnews reports. The lawsuit, filed today in U.S. District Court, names nine agents of the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement as defendants, saying they cursed, shoved and punched unarmed workers during one of the largest workplace raids in recent history. Agents of ICE and the IRS raided the Southeastern Provision meatpacking plant in Bean Station in April and rounded up 97 undocumented immigrants. No agent asked anyone about their immigration status until after handcuffing them, and at least one worker had legal immigration status but was handcuffed and held for more than two hours, even after he produced his papers, according to the lawsuit.

House Subcommittee Advances Bill to Strip Subpoena Power from Community Oversight Boards

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Feb 21, 2019
The House Criminal Justice Subcommittee passed legislation this week stripping the subpoena power of police oversight committees, The Daily Memphian reports. The legislation would take subpoena power away from Nashville’s recently-appointed oversight panel, which was set up after an overwhelming public vote, and the Knoxville Police Advisory & Review Committee, which has subpoena authority for civil matters, not criminal cases, and works with its police department.

LMU Duncan School of Law Opens 'Career Closet' for Students

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Feb 21, 2019
Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law recently announced the opening of the school’s “Career Closet.” Suits, shoes, and briefcases, all donated by the local legal community, are now available to law students free of charge. This is an effort to address challenges faced by many of the school’s first generation students. For more information, contact Career Service Director Allison Starnes-Anglea.

Thornton to Chair Council for Judicial Appointments, 3 New Members Named

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Feb 21, 2019
Gov. Bill Lee announced new members to the Governor’s Council for Judicial Appointments, as well as the appointment of Gif Thornton as chair. The council is responsible for recommending candidates to the governor to fill vacancies for Tennessee’s appellate courts. New members include David McKinney of Memphis, who is currently the Vice President of Government Relations for AutoZone Inc., Jody Pickens of Jackson, who is currently the District Attorney General for the 26th Judicial District, and Charles Tuggle of Memphis, who is currently the General Counsel for First Horizon National Corp. Current members of the council, including George Brown, Sarah K. Campbell, David Golden, Rosemarie Hill, Michelle Long and Cheryl Rice, will continue to serve.

Services Friday for Knoxville Attorney Sheryl Rollins

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Feb 20, 2019
Knoxville attorney Sheryl Leneice Clark Rollins died on Feb. 14 at the age of 69. Rollins earned her law degree from the University of Tennessee School of Law in 1992. She also attended the Institute of International and Comparative Law at Oxford University in Oxford, England, in 1991. She was one of 50 scholars who accepted an invitation to participate in Harvard University’s Symposium on W.E.B. Dubois at the Sorbonne University in Paris. Her life of service included being elected president of the Knoxville Branch of the NAACP, as well as serving as a former member of the Knox County Public Library Board of Trustees, the Knoxville Museum of Art and the Beck Cultural Exchange Center. The family will receive friends Friday from 11 a.m. to noon at Overcoming Believers, 211 Harriet Tubman Dr.
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