John Hamilton, a Nashville resident seeking a special election to replace former Metro Councilman Loniel Greene, has filed a notice to appeal a judge’s decision dismissing his request. Circuit Court Judge Amanda McClendon in the Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled last month that Hamilton’s suit lacked sufficient standing. Hamilton’s attorney Jamie Hollin argues that this year’s August election, when Greene’s seat is up for grabs, does not qualify as Metro’s next general election. Read more from The Tennessean.

Former University of Tennessee football player Drae Bowles tells The Tennessean that he did not testify before a grand jury in the sexual assault case involving teammates A.J. Johnson and Michael Williams, according to a source familiar with that investigation. Bowles and his father were on the witness list. A sweeping federal lawsuit filed last month against UT included a sworn declaration from Bowles claiming that coach Butch Jones confronted him for helping the sexual assault victim of Johnson and Williams.

“The millennials have landed.” The American Lawyer details how law firms are shifting as milliennials, a group defined as adults who are 18 to 35 this year, come into the workplace. The group now makes up 21.5 percent of lawyers in the U.S., according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The author asserts that millennials in firms may force an alternative to the traditional law firm model and could cause client relationships to suffer.

Almost 70 percent of law students borrowing a hefty amount expect to graduate owing more than $120,000 in student loans, an amount that is up from 2011. A survey of 80 campuses in the annual Law School Survey of Student Engagement found that the increasing debt levels are contributing to increased stress and anxiety for law students. The survey also suggests, according to The National Law Journal (sub. req.), that minority students and those with lower LSAT scores are paying more than their white and Asian classmates and those with higher LSAT scores.

The Fleming-Morrow Distinguished Lecture in African American History will begin March 10 at the University of Tennessee College of Law.The inaugural series will feature the life of Constance Baker Motley, the first black woman appointed to the federal bench. Tomiko Brown-Nagin, the Daniel P.S. Paul Professor of Constitutional Law and professor of history at Harvard University, will deliver the address from 5:30-7 p.m. in Room 132.

The Tennessee Supreme Court today temporarily suspended Shelby County lawyer Keith Lamonte Dobbs from the practice of law upon finding Dobbs misappropriated funds and represents a threat of substantial harm to the public. Dobbs is immediately precluded from accepting any new cases, and he must cease representing existing clients after March 30. He is also required to notify all clients being represented in pending matters, as well as co-counsel and opposing counsel of the temporary suspension. Read the BPR release.

Industry groups today asked the full Sixth Circuit to review a decision last week that found appeals courts are the correct venue to hear challenges to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule clarifying jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act. Law360 reports that a divided three-judge panel had ruled on the question, but with a “weak foundation,” noting that a majority judge admitted he ruled in favor of the appeals court having jurisdiction because “he was bound by ‘incorrect’ Sixth Circuit precedent.”

A three-judge panel of the Tennessee Court of Appeals today granted an interlocutory appeal to permit access to social media accounts in the case of former Vols football players A.J. Johnson and Michael Williams, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports. Knox County Criminal Court Judge Bob McGee earlier denied the request from attorneys in the case to subpoena digital conversations from the woman who accused Johnson and Williams of rape in 2014 and three witnesses. The court’s decision today now puts the pair's separate trials on hold.

Circuit Court Judge Bill Ailor ruled Friday that a $7.5 million wrongful death lawsuit against Knox County’s Bailey's Sports Grille can proceed, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports. The bar is accused of over-serving 19-year-old Evan Hall, who later crashed his vehicle into the residence of Jack Bush and his parents. Bush fatally shot Hall. T. Scott Jones and Chris W. Beavers, attorneys for Hall's parents, argued the lawsuit could only be dismissed by showing Hall did something to cause his death.

Questions about Second Amendment rights today ended a 10-year silent stretch from Justice Clarence Thomas during oral arguments. The case before the court debates the reach of a federal law that bans people convicted of domestic violence from owning guns. Thomas last asked a question in court on Feb. 22, 2006, the Associated Press reports.