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Creditors Practice Annual Forum, Sept. 18

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 23, 2019
News Type: TBA CLE
The annual Creditors Practice Forum will give practitioners in the creditors practice field the opportunity to earn 3 general and 1 dual CLE credits. On Sept. 18 in Nashville, attendees will learn about construction liens, hear tips for bankruptcy and judgement collection and learn how to ethically collect debt while avoiding FDCPA violations and potential lawsuits.

Services Held Sunday for Germantown Attorney Bernie Kustoff

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 23, 2019
News Type: Passages
Germantown attorney Bernie M. Kustoff died on July 19 at the age of 81. Raised in Trumann, Arkansas, Kustoff earned his law degree at the University of Arkansas. He was licensed in 1964 and was a practicing attorney for 55 years, as well as a member of the Tennessee Bar Association and Memphis Bar Association. Services for Kustoff were held over the weekend.

Federal Prosecutors: Dickerson Profited $6.5 Million from Pain Company Accused of Defrauding Taxpayers

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 23, 2019
News Type: Legal News
Federal prosecutors estimate state Sen. Steve Dickerson profited at least $6.5 million from his ownership of a pain clinic company during the same time period the company is accused of defrauding taxpayers out of about $25 million, the Tennessean reports. Dickerson, R-Nashville, an anesthesiologist, is one of the founders of Comprehensive Pain Specialists, or CPS, which was sued by the Department of Justice on Monday. The lawsuit says CPS billed the government for excessive drug testing on a daily basis and company owners looked the other way because they were earning millions.

Equifax to Pay $700 Million for Data Breach; Tennessee Consumers To Get $3 Million Plus

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 23, 2019
News Type: Legal News
Equifax will pay up to $700 million to settle state and federal investigations related to a data breach two years ago that exposed personal information belonging to more than 145 million people, Fox Business reports. Under the agreement announced by the Federal Trade Commission on Monday, the credit firm will pay $300 million to provide monitoring services for those affected by the hacking. Equifax also agreed to pay the states a total of $175 million, which includes more than $3 million for Tennessee where 3,140,543 consumers were affected, according to a press release from Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery.

Report Shows Lack of Diversity Among State Supreme Courts

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 23, 2019
News Type: Legal News
A new report from the Brennan Center for Justice highlights a “critical but under-scrutinized” problem: the lack of racial, ethnic and gender diversity among state supreme courts. Twenty-four states currently have all-white supreme courts, and only 15 percent of seats on state supreme court benches are filled by people of color. Women currently hold just 36 percent of state supreme court seats, though in Tennessee women now hold three of the five seats. Tennessee, however, has not had a justice of color since the retirement of A. A. Birch Jr. in 2006.

East Tennessee Man Sues Diocese of Knoxville Over Abuse

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 23, 2019
News Type: Legal News
An East Tennessee man says he was repeatedly sexually abused by a longtime priest and the first bishop of the Knoxville diocese, a new lawsuit says. Knoxnews reports that attorneys for Blount County resident Michael Boyd are suing the Diocese of Knoxville in a Knox County Circuit Court lawsuit filed July 18. The 20-page lawsuit claims the former altar boy was repeatedly abused in the 1990s and offered up to visiting priests for "inappropriate sexual conduct" in a church sacristy.

Casada Faces Campaign Finance Probe

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 23, 2019
The Registry of Election Finance is expected to launch an examination of House Speaker Glen Casada's financial records at its upcoming August meeting, the Tennessean reports. Casada, who maintains a political action committee in addition to his personal campaign committee, has in excess of $560,000 at his disposal. Casada is expected to resign from his role as Speaker on Aug. 2, though he will retain his elected position. House Republicans will meet tomorrow to decide who will replace Casada in the top leadership position in the House.

Memphis Attorney Indicted on Charges of Stealing from Clients

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 23, 2019
News Type: Legal News
Memphis attorney Michael Skouteris has been indicted on theft charges, facing allegations that he stole more than $250,000 from several clients and forged signatures on checks they never received, the Commercial Appeal reports. Investigators said Skouteris defrauded clients in cases involving nursing home neglect, medical malpractice, personal injury and workers' compensation from January 2011 to January 2016. He could face up to 25 years in prison if convicted.

TSC Reverses Lower Courts Decisions Striking Down Public Safety Act As Unconstitutional

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 22, 2019
In a recently released opinion, the Tennessee Supreme Court held that a trial court should not have considered the constitutionality of the Public Safety Act prior to entering two defendants’ guilty pleas. In State of Tennessee v. A.B. Price, Jr. and Victor Sims, the court remanded the matter to the trial court for entry of amended judgments compliant with the Public Safety Act, a law that had just gone into effect at the time of the cases of the two unrelated defendants. Chief Justice Jeff Bivins authored the court's opinion.

Music City Legal Hackers, Vanderbilt to Host World Legal Summit on Aug. 1

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 22, 2019
News Type: Upcoming
Music City Legal Hackers and the Vanderbilt Law School are teaming up to host the Nashville branch of a global virtual reality conference on Aug. 1. Using VirBela virtual reality collaboration technology, the World Legal Summit (WLS) will provide a unique experience in "borderless" conferencing. Email Larry Bridgesmith for more information.
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