Register now for the 2016 TBA Annual Convention in Nashville to make sure you don't miss out. Along with compelling CLE programming, attendees will have ample opportunities to catch up with their colleagues and enjoy some of Nashville's top musicians. While you're at it, don't forget to make your hotel reservations now at the Sheraton Music City Hotel, (888) 627-7060. This year's convention is planned for June 15-18.

This is a termination of parental rights case. F.N.M. (the child) was born out of wedlock while her biological father, W.C.G. (father), was incarcerated. Shortly after the child?s birth, A.M.M. (mother) gave the child?s physical custody to individuals, who would later choose to be the prospective adoptive parents. Soon thereafter, mother surrendered her parental rights to the child. The prospective adoptive parents filed a petition for adoption and termination of father?s parental rights. Father opposed the adoption and filed a petition to establish paternity. After a hearing, the trial court found father to be the child?s biological parent; but it also found that there is clear and convincing evidence supporting termination of his parental rights. Furthermore, the court found, by clear and convincing evidence, that termination is in the child?s best interest. Father appeals. We modify the trial court?s judgment. As modified, the judgment terminating father?s rights is affirmed.

The Defendant, Jessie R. Bailey, entered a guilty plea to possession of 0.5 gram or more of cocaine with the intent to sell. The Defendant was sentenced to serve eight years. In a separate case, the Defendant pleaded guilty to facilitation of second degree murder and was sentenced to serve eight years concurrently to the sentence in the cocaine possession case. Approximately sixteen years after the judgments were filed, the Defendant filed motions pursuant to Tennessee Criminal Procedure Rule 36.1 requesting that the trial court correct illegal sentences.

This is a legal malpractice action in which the plaintiff alleged that the defendant attorney failed to conform to the applicable standard of care in drafting a prenuptial agreement. The trial court granted the defendant attorney?s motion for summary judgment. The plaintiff appeals. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Nuremberg: International Justice and Three Tennessee Lawyers, planned for April 18 at the Tennessee Bar Center, explores the history of all the Nuremberg trials in Germany from 1945-1948. The CLE, approved for 3.25 credits, will highlight the involvement of three Tennessee lawyers and features a screening of the acclaimed 1948 documentary, "Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today.” The course is scheduled from 1-4:30 p.m. and lunch is included. 

"I like it when government tries to figure out a different way to do things and we get better results, and this is an incredible result,” Gov. Bill Haslam said yesterday while attending the celebration of Davidson County Drug Court residential facility’s 20th anniversary. The Tennessean reports the program began in 2000 with 100 beds. Today, the program boasts 800 graduates coming from as many as 35 counties in Tennessee.

Jurors in the trial of former Vanderbilt football player Cory Batey revealed to The Tennessean that one juror was a "holdout," resulting in a compromise after a nearly three-hour deliberation. While all other jurors were in favor of convicting Batey on all seven counts as charged for rape, "One juror refused to see the evidence that was so obvious to everyone else," juror Bobby Lewis said. The jury found Batey guilty Friday of three of those charges.

The Tennessean reports Knoxville Police Chief David Rausch and a detective made “professional courtesy” calls to University of Tennessee head football coach Butch Jones about the investigation of rape allegations against team members A.J. Johnson and Michael Williams. The calls may have violated state law, according to a statement issued by the Knox County district attorney.  “A pre-arrest disclosure of sensitive information that is not made for the purpose of advancing the criminal investigation potentially could violate state law regarding the misuse of official information,” the statement said. 

A federal judge said yesterday that the Confederate emblem on the Mississippi flag is “‘anti-American’ because it represents those who fought to leave the United States,” The Associated Press reports. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves, who issued the statement during a hearing on a lawsuit filed against the state, has not yet said the suit, which seeks to eliminate the flag as a state symbol, can move forward. 

Mark Henderson, Mt. Pleasant’s former interim city manager, is appealing Maury County Circuit Court’s decision to dismiss his lawsuit regarding his termination. Henderson claims two votes from city commissioners dismissing him during a 2015 meeting were made in conflict of interest due to complaints he previously filed against the two, The Daily Herald reports. Henderson, a former practicing lawyer, is representing himself in the case.