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TIPLA Announces 2019 Officers

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 31, 2019
News Type: Legal News
The Tennessee Intellectual Property Law Association (TIPLA) recently announced its 2019 officers. The new TIPLA president is Lakita Cavin, secretary is Greg Parker, vice president is Phil Walker and treasurer is Seth Ogden. Other officers include past president Gary Montle, member at large Peter Brewer and member at large A.J. Bahou.

ABA President 'Deeply Disturbed' by Reports of Prolonged Child Detention at Border

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 31, 2019
News Type: Legal News
American Bar Association President Bob Carlson issued a statement today, stating the organization is "deeply disturbed" by reports that hundreds of unaccompanied children are being held by the U.S. Border Patrol in violation of the law and federal policies. According to federal law and court orders, immigrant children generally cannot be held by law enforcement for more than 72 hours before being transferred to shelters that are better equipped to care for their needs. Yet reports cite recent federal data that hundreds of children, many aged 12 and younger, have been held in Border Patrol custody for an average of six days, in facilities that are intended to be short-term processing stations. "The current situation is unacceptable," Carlson said in the statement, calling on Congress and the White House to address it immediately.

ACLU to SCOTUS: Trump Administration Wants Census Citizenship Question to Rig Elections

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 31, 2019
News Type: U.S. Supreme Court
The American Civil Liberties Union informed the U.S. Supreme Court in a letter yesterday that new evidence suggests that the Trump administration is adding a citizenship question to the census to create an election advantage for Republicans, the ABA Journal reports. The U.S. Supreme Court put the case on a fast track amid a June deadline for printing the census forms for 2020. According to ACLU lawyer Dale Ho, Republican redistricting specialist Dr. Thomas Hofeller played a significant role in orchestrating addition of the question to the census. The ACLU alleges Hofeller had concluded in a 2015 study that a citizenship question would clearly disadvantage Democrats when census data is used in redistricting, and he helped ghostwrite a DOJ letter asking the Commerce Department to add the question.

Murfreesboro Psychologist Indicted for Health Care Fraud

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 31, 2019
News Type: Legal News
A grand jury for the U.S. District Court in Nashville has indicted Donald McCoy on a slew of health care fraud charges after he was arrested in December, the Daily News Journal reports. McCoy, who received his psychology license in 1999, faces felony charges of health care fraud, mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, money laundering and engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity. According to the indictment, McCoy, an authorized TennCare provider, submitted false claims to the insurance company and BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee for payment for therapy sessions never performed for four years. He targeted minors in the care of the Department of Children's Services in his scheme, allegedly swindling an estimated $2.16 million.

Nonprofit Community Bail Fund Facing New Challenges

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 30, 2019
News Type: Legal News
The Nashville Community Bail Fund is at the center of a bail reform conflict following a May 6 court order that threatens to significantly alter the way the nonprofit operates, the Nashville Scene reports. The order came after a hearing in April called by Nashville’s Criminal Court judges. The hearing raised questions about bail-fund clients who had failed to appear in court, and led to an order that says going forward, various fines, fees, court costs and restitution will be taken out of bail money before it is returned to the fund, which was previously exempted from such costs.

American Inns of Court Offers National Advocacy Training Program

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 30, 2019
News Type: Upcoming
The American Inns of Court is offering two National Advocacy Training Programs in Washington, D.C. The two-day programs are built around the group's close ties with the four English Inns of Court: Gray's Inn, Inner Temple, Lincoln's Inn and Middle Temple. Faculty come from the Inns of Court College of Advocacy, which is comprised of leading barristers and judges from the Bar of England and Wales who teach and train excellence in oral advocacy. Participants can choose Session A, Sept. 16-17, or Session B, Sept. 19-20.

Services Saturday for Former TBA, ABA President Shep Tate

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 30, 2019
News Type: Passages
Tennessee lawyer and former American Bar Association president S. Shepard “Shep” Tate died on May 28. He was 101. A Memphis native, Tate attended law school at the University of Virginia. Following his graduation he enlisted in the U.S. Navy, where he worked alongside the allied Chinese military during World War II. Tate returned to Memphis and began practice at Martin, Tate, Morrow & Marston PC, where he remained until his retirement at the age of 90 in 2008. Tate served as president of the Memphis & Shelby County Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association, the National Conference of Bar Presidents and the American Bar Association. Among other accolades, Tate received the Lawyer's Lawyer Award from the MBA, the Alumnus of the Year Award from the NCBP, the Benjamin L. Hooks Award from the Memphis & Shelby County Bar Foundation, the William M. Leech Jr. Public Service Award from the Fellows of the TBA Young Lawyers Division, the Estate Planning Council of Memphis Lifetime Achievement Award and the ABA Senior Lawyer's Division John H. Pickering Achievement Award.Visitation will be 1 p.m. on Saturday at Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church, with funeral services to begin at 2 p.m. The family asks that that, in lieu of flowers, any memorials be sent to Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 1720 Peabody Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104, the Chickasaw Council, Boy Scouts of America, 171 S. Hollywood, Memphis, TN 38112 or the charity of the donor's choice.

Nominations Now Accepted for TALS Access to Justice Awards

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 30, 2019
News Type: Upcoming
Nominations for the 2019 Access to Justice Awards are now being accepted. Each year at the Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services' Equal Justice University Conference, one of the highlights is the presentation of three awards to celebrate outstanding work in the access to justice community. Nominations and any supporting documents must be submitted to TALS by July 1.

Judge Who Made Disparaging Comments About Lawyers Has Immunity, Court Rules

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 30, 2019
News Type: Legal News
A Michigan state judge caught on a recording disparaging two lawyers has immunity in their suit alleging a conspiracy with opposing counsel, a federal appeals court has ruled. The ABA Journal reports that the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the actions of Judge Paul Hamre did not fit within either of two exceptions to judicial immunity. Hamre, who’s a judge in Van Buren County, announced his retirement from the bench a month after the May 2013 incident.

Lawsuit Claims Understaffing at CoreCivic Facility Caused Inmate Death

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 30, 2019
News Type: Legal News
The family of Earl Johnson, a Hardeman County inmate who died while incarcerated, is suing CoreCivic prison operators, claiming that understaffing at the facility led to his demise. The Jackson Sun reports that Johnson died in November 2017 due to severe bleeding on his brain after he was beaten by another inmate. The lawsuit, filed by Johnson’s widow, claims CoreCivic understaffs its facilities to cut costs.
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