Women lawyers work longer hours but bill fewer hours than male lawyers and earn less money than men, according to a white paper by four Stanford Law School students. The paper also shows little improvement to women attaining leadership roles at firms, reporting that only 5 percent of managing partners at large law firms are women. The research will be discussed at the upcoming “Women in Law Hackathon,” the ABA Journal reports. 

U.S. District Judge Kevin Sharp ordered on Friday a halt to the recount of the 2014 abortion ballot measure at the request of state election officials who are appealing the recount decision. Sharp cited the potential $1 million price tag of the recount in his decision, The Tennessean reports. 

Campbell County General Sessions Judge Amanda Sammons today changed her testimony regarding her part in the issuance of a show-cause order against an area attorney, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports. Sammons originally testified that a Knoxville attorney asked her for a criminal contempt action against a fellow attorney in a divorce case, but then changed course and said, “I did it on my own volition.” Sammons is currently under criminal probe by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and faces several ethics complaints. 

Following the trial court's dismissal of their complaint, the plaintiffs filed a motion for relief from judgment pursuant to Rule 60.02 of the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure (“Rule 60.02”). The trial court found no basis for setting aside the judgment under Rule 60.02 and denied the motion. The plaintiffs appealed. We affirm.

Interlocutory appeal in suit brought by healthcare corporations to recover costs for emergency medical services rendered to patients participating in Defendant‘s insurance plans.

Defendant, Robert Merle Coblentz, was charged with one count of sexual exploitation of a minor. This is an interlocutory appeal filed by the State from the trial court?s order granting Defendant?s motion to suppress evidence obtained from his computer pursuant to a search warrant. Upon our review of the record and relevant caselaw, we hold that the search warrant authorized the search of Defendant?s computer despite the fact that he was not named in the search warrant or affidavit as an occupant of the residence to be searched or as an owner of the items to be seized.

The Defendant, Billy Applegate, was indicted for one count of driving under the influence (DUI); one count of DUI per se; one count of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in damage to property adjacent to a highway; one count of driving a motor vehicle with an expired registration; and two counts of resisting arrest. See Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 39-16-602, 55-4-104, -10-105, -10-401. Following a jury trial, the Defendant was acquitted of the DUI, DUI per se, and leaving the scene of an accident charges.

Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery today announced the filing of a lawsuit against Knoxville paralegal Jonathon Trotter, who falsely advertised his ability to provide legal advice, legal services and notary services to Tennessee consumers on Facebook. The suit is seeking a temporary injunction ordering Trotter to immediately stop providing legal advice and services to consumers. 

The Petitioner, Essam Eshak, appeals the dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief as untimely. He asserts that the statute of limitations should be tolled in the interest of justice because trial counsel had an actual conflict of interest by simultaneously representing the Petitioner and his co-defendant and should not have assisted the Petitioner in entering a guilty plea. After review, we affirm the judgment of the post- conviction court.

“Indefensible,” is how Gov. Bill Haslam described Donald Trump’s controversial comments about a federal judge presiding over a case involving Trump University. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee said the judge, Gonzalo Curiel, has a conflict of interest because of his “Mexican heritage.” Haslam added, “To say that because of someone’s heritage or their ethnicity that they are unable to provide fair judgment is just wrong. It’s just not how the judicial system works in our country and not how it ever can work.” Read more from The Tennessean.