Gov. Bill Haslam appointed Chattanooga attorney Tom Greenholtz as Criminal Court Judge for the 11th Judicial District, which serves Hamilton County. Greenholtz replaces Judge Rebecca Stern, who retired June 1. “I am committed to ensuring that this court remains a place where people are treated with fairness and dignity, while maintaining respect for the rule of law.” he said. Greenholtz is a shareholder with Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel where he has worked since 2006.

A Putnam County committee is meeting with state officials to address female inmate overcrowding problem, The Herald-Citizen reports. Tennessee Corrections Institute (TCI) official Bob Brass said the female overcrowding issue is due to an increasing female population, statewide prescriptioin drug crime and convictions for cimes like TennCare fraud. Putnam County has spent $1.1 million since 2007 on outside agencies for housing inmates, most of whom are femaie.

Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis was denied another appeal to delay a judge’s mandate that she issue marriage licenses to same sex-couples, CBS reports. Davis returned to work this week following five days in jail for refusing to issue licenses based on religious objections. The appeals court said Thursday Davis’ request was denied because her lawyers "did not first ask (U.S. District Court Judge David) Bunning to delay his mandate before they appealed to the high court.”

An open house and ribbon cutting for the Children’s Health Law Directive with Memphis Child is planned for Sept. 22, 10:30 a.m. at the Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital Research Center Lobby, 50 N. Dunlap St. Memphis Child focuses on identifying legal and social issues that impact patient health through a medical legal partnership among the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Memphis Area Legal Services and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.

Knoxville Bar Association (KBA) members along with students from Lincoln Memorial University’s Duncan School of Law and the University of Tennessee College of Law are invited to KBA’s Minority Law Reception Oct. 1. The event will be held at The Square Room at Café 4, 5:30 – 7 p.m. “Our bar is made better when we foster the professional group of law students of color, and I ask you to join us,” KBA Executive Director Marsha Wilson writes.

Apple said it will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court’s ruling that the company conspired to fix prices of ebooks when it launched its original iPad and iBook store in 2010, Fortune reports. “Dynamic, disruptive entry into new or stagnant markets — the lifeblood of American economic growth — often requires the very type of conduct that Apple engaged in,” the company argued in papers filed Wednesday.

University of Tennessee College of Law will host a one-day symposium, “Into the Field: Food and Agricultural Law and Policy,” on changing trends in agricultural production and how law and policy are adapting. Lawyers, students, faculty and community members are invited to attend the Oct. 9 event at the College of Law, 1505 West Cumberland Ave. Cari Rincker of Rincker Law PLLC in New York City will deliver the keynote address.

Nashville attorney and TBA General Counsel Paul Ney was appointed to the LaunchTN board of directors by House Speaker Beth Harwell, R-Nashville, the Nashville Ledger reports. Ney is a partner of Patterson Intellectual Property Law PC and previously served as director of the Nashville Davidson County Mayor’s Office of Economic and Community Development. Launch Tennessee is a public-private partnership focused on supporting the development of high-growth companies in the state of Tennessee.

U.S. courts are required to publish the outcome of misconduct complaints against judges on their websites under amended rules adopted by the Judicial Conference, The Wall Street Journal reports. “As a practical matter, having them only as paper copies in a clerk’s office meant that they were invisible,” said Arthur D. Hellman, a law professor at University of Pittsburgh. “This is certainly a step forward.” The Judicial Conference also relaxed the standard for disclosing a misconduct investigation.

The rape trial of former University of Tennessee football player Michael Williams, scheduled to begin Sept. 29, was rescheduled for a date to be determined Monday. The Times Free Press reports Knox County Criminal Court Judge Bob McGee granted today the defense's motion for a continuance. Williams and former UT football player A.J. Johnson each face two counts of aggravated rape for an incident that happened in November 2014.