Knoxville city officials will begin soliciting proposals to develop the former State Supreme Court building into a mixed-use development, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports. The building has been vacant since the Supreme Court moved to the post office building on Main Street in 2003. 

The ABA Journal reports one of the first drivers to file what has become a class action against Uber Technologies made a filing Monday in opposition to a $100 million settlement. Drivers in the suit, first filed in 2013, contend they were misclassified as independent contractors when they were actually employees, and Uber doesn’t pay them enough for mileage and expenses. Plaintiff Douglas O’Connor, one of the first to file, said he felt “utterly betrayed” by class counsel Shannon Liss-Riordan and that the settlement is not in the best interest of Uber drivers. 

The Trial Court Vacancy Commission will consider five applicants for the Chancery Court vacancy in the 20th Judicial District – Davidson County. The vacancy was created by the announcement earlier this year by Chancellor Carol McCoy that she will retire Sept. 1. The applicants are: Stanley A. Kweller, Carlton M. Lewis, Paul Charles Ney Jr. and Matthew J. Sweeney III of Nashville, and William Edwin Young of Brentwood. The Trial Court Vacancy Commission will interview the applicants on June 14 in Room LP 12 of Legislative Plaza, 301 6th Ave. N., in Nashville. The interview and hearing will be open to the public.

Gov. Bill Haslam today returned the Refugee Resolution unsigned, a measure (SJR 0467) that directs the Attorney General to initiate legal action regarding refugee placements in Tennessee. Haslam has asked the Attorney General to clarify if the General Assembly has the authority to hire outside counsel if the Attorney General fails to pursue action. According to a news release from the governor’s office, Haslam also announced a bill (HB 2248) that will redirect administrative funding for the University of Tennessee’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion will become a law without his signature. The Tennessean reports Haslam signed into law today a bill (SB 0047) that reduces the state’s Hall income tax on some dividend and interest this year and eliminates the tax in 2022.

More than two dozen people attended the Tennessee Supreme Court’s Indigent Representation Task Force listening tour stop today in Johnson City at the campus of East Tennessee State University. Chief Justice Sharon G. Lee was joined with task force Chair William C. Koch Jr. and task force members Dwight Tarwater and Susan L. Kay. The listening tour continues tomorrow in Knoxville. 

The U.S. Department of Labor finalized today a new overtime rule that will make employees who earn yearly salaries of $47,476 or less to be eligible for overtime if they work more than 40 hours a week. The overtime rule, which has not been changed since 2004, is expected to impact 4.2 million workers. Read more from Fast Company.

The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that the Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial does not protect the right to a speedy sentence, the ABA Journal reports. The unanimous opinion was against a Montana man who argued for a reduction in his sentence after waiting in jail more than 14 months following his guilty plea.

The Tennessee Supreme Court will hold oral arguments before 600 students next week at American Legion Boys State in Cookeville. The cases include a wage dispute lawsuit from Memphis and a first degree murder case.

The Knoxville News Sentinel reports Phillip Michael Huddleston, co-owner of Protech Metal Finishing in Vonore, faces federal charges for allegedly defrauding the U.S. Department of Defense of $1.2 million, forcing employees to cover up environmental violations and threatening to fire whistle-blowers. Huddleston's attorney, David Eldridge, said his client maintains his innocence.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee today filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights claiming that Sumner County Schools’ bathroom policy violates the requirements of federal anti-discrimination law and the U.S. Constitution. Sumner County prohibits transgender students from using restrooms that correspond with their gender identity. The ACLU filed the complaint on behalf of a transgender high school freshman and her parents, according to a news release from the organization.