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Senator Calls for Investigation into Officer-Involved Shooting in Memphis

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 14, 2019
News Type: Legal News
Demanding a “transparent and thorough investigation,” state Sen. Katrina Robinson wants answers in the shooting death of Brandon Webber, who she says was “gunned down” by federal authorities in the Frayser community this week, the Daily Memphian reports. Webber was fatally shot this week when U.S. Marshals went to his home to serve warrants stemming from an alleged June 3 car-deal shooting in Hernando, Mississippi. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking into the shooting.

Knox County Sheriff Won't Fire Detective Who Called for LGBT Executions

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 14, 2019
News Type: Legal News
Knox County Sheriff Tom Spangler said his fear of First Amendment lawsuits is keeping him from firing a detective who called for the killing of LGBTQ community members, Knoxnews reports. Instead, Spangler is allowing Grayson Fritts to take a voluntary buyout that the sheriff says was approved before controversy erupted over the detective's remarks during a sermon in which he called for LGBT individuals to be executed.

Immigration Attorneys Association to Bring National Conference to Chattanooga

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 14, 2019
News Type: Legal News
Brittany Thomas Faith, of Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison, P.C., has been elected as chair of the American Immigration Lawyers Association Mid-South Chapter and the association’s Executive Committee, the Chattanoogan reports. In addition, the chapter has selected Chattanooga to host its annual conference Oct. 4 and 5. Immigration attorneys from all over the county are expected to attend. 

Settlement Reached in TVA Lawsuit Over Gallatin Coal Ash Dumps

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 13, 2019
News Type: Legal News
The Tennessee Valley Authority has agreed to dig up 12 million tons of coal ash stored in unlined pits at its Gallatin Fossil Plant in Middle Tennessee and clean up contamination from it, Knoxnews reports. The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery said in a joint news release today that a settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed against TVA over coal ash contamination at the Gallatin plant and nearby waterways. Prompted by two environmental groups, the state sued the TVA in 2015 over pollution from coal ash dumps at the Gallatin Fossil Plant.

Facebook Fights Class Action Privacy Suit

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 13, 2019
News Type: Legal News
Insisting that millions of Facebook users lack standing to sue because they suffered no “real-world harm,” a Facebook lawyer urged the Ninth Circuit yesterday to strike down a $30 billion class action claiming facial data was harvested without user consent, Courthouse News reports. Facebook seeks to overturn U.S. District Judge James Donato’s decisions to grant class certification and deny Facebook’s motion to dismiss. The class action, first filed in 2015 and consolidated with two other cases, claims Facebook created and stored maps of users’ faces for its “Photo Tag Suggest” function without express permission and in violation a 2008 Illinois privacy law.

Davidson County Veterans Court Graduation Scheduled for June 17

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 13, 2019
News Type: Upcoming
On Monday, Veterans Court Judge Melissa Blackburn will be joined by Tennessee Veterans Services Commissioner Courtney Rogers to honor the latest group of successful Veterans Court participants as they graduate from the program. The graduates will have a total of six charges expunged from their records and nearly $15,000 in court costs, fines and fees waved. The event will take place at 1:30 p.m. at the Justice A.A. Birch Courthouse in Nashville.

Day 2 Includes Wellness CLE, Bench/Bar Program

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 13, 2019
News Type: TBA Convention 2019
Day 2 of the TBA Annual Convention in Nashville was highlighted by the Bench/Bar program and luncheon, lead by guest speaker Ken Starr and attended by members of the TBA and the Tennessee Judicial Conference. Other key events included the Better Right Now health and wellness CLE, breakfasts hosted by the alums of local law schools, and an evening of dinner and dancing headlined by My So Called Band. Tomorrow is the biggest day of the conference -- outgoing TBA President Jason Pannu will pass the baton to incoming President Sarah Sheppeard during the annual Lawyers Luncheon. Follow updates on Twitter and Facebook.

Nashville Schools Lawyers Argue Sharing Videos of Female Students Not Sexual Harassment

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 13, 2019
News Type: Legal News
Lawyers for Metro Nashville Public Schools are arguing that the circulation of videos of unwelcome sexual encounters — taken without the permission or knowledge of the high school girls depicted in them — does not rise to the level of sexual harassment, the Tennessean reports. The arguments were filed during an ongoing, multi-million dollar lawsuit against MNPS by four girls and their parents by attorneys with the Metro Legal Department. The girls say that on separate occasions, in different schools, they were each subject to unwanted sexual encounters that were videoed without their knowledge — a practice kids have nicknamed "exposing."

Lee Won't Call On Northcott to Resign, Wants DA to Uphold the Law

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 13, 2019
News Type: Legal News
Gov. Bill Lee says he isn't prepared to call on a Tennessee prosecutor to resign over his comments about Muslims and same-sex couples, but wants to ensure Coffee County District Attorney Craig Northcott is upholding the law, the Tennessean reports. Northcott, who is currently under investigation by the state Supreme Court's Board of Professional Responsibility, has received national attention in recent weeks following news reports about his beliefs on Islam and homosexuality. "I don't know the details until investigations are done, so it's premature to make comments about that other than to say we need to make sure we follow the laws in this state," Lee said.

Maine Becomes 2nd State to Adopt ABA Discrimination Rule

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 13, 2019
News Type: Legal News
Maine has adopted an American Bar Association (ABA) model rule that bars discrimination and harassment by lawyers, the ABA Journal reports. Maine is the second state to adopt Rule 8.4(g) of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct. Vermont was the first. Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court adopted the new rule, which takes effect June 1.
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