Nashville attorneys Stanley Graham and Andrew Naylor, both of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis LLP, will explain the new federal overtime rule in a one-hour webcast CLE on June 28 at noon CST. The changes include increasing the minimum salary required for exempt employees from $23,660 to over $47,000 per year. The course, approved for one CLE credit, will replay on July 21. 

Attorneys for Gatlinburg police Detective Rodney Burns and Ooltewah High School head basketball coach Andre "Tank" Montgomery today entered not guilty pleas for the men charged in connection with the rape of an Ooltewah freshman. Burns faces charges of aggravated perjury for his testimony in the case; Montgomery was charged for failing to report child sexual abuse. Read more from the Knoxville News Sentinel. 

What’s next for Davidson County's business court? The Nashville Business Journal revisits its headline from a year ago and takes a look at the state of the Tennessee Supreme Court's business litigation pilot project created in May of last year. According to a report from Davidson County Chancery Court, 57 cases have requested transfer to business court as of the end of March. 

The Tennessean reports the 14 jurors who will hear the retrial of Brandon Vandenburg, the former Vanderbilt football player accused of rape, were chosen last night in Memphis. The jury, picked from Shelby County residents, contains nine women and five men. The chosen jurors will be bused to Nashville on Sunday and sequestered. 

Defendant, Dewey Burton, Jr., appeals his conviction for aggravated child neglect, raising the following issues: (1) whether the child neglect statute is unconstitutionally vague; (2) whether the jury instructions inadequately explained the mens rea requirement; (3) whether the trial court erred by permitting the medical expert to offer an opinion as to an ultimate issue; and (4) whether the evidence was sufficient to support his conviction. The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

A Tipton County jury convicted the Defendant, Shaun Royal Hill, of rape, and the trial court sentenced him to fifteen years in confinement.

Ex-wife sued ex-husband, mortgage company, title company, and attorney alleging causes of action for fraud, negligent misrepresentation, promissory estoppel, breach of contract, negligence, and civil conspiracy. Pursuant to the terms of a postnuptial agreement, a residence purchased in Collierville, Tennessee was to be ex-wife's separate property. Ex-wife alleged that ex-husband failed to deed the property to her as agreed in the postnuptial agreement.

Jury selection is expected to wrap up today in the retrial of former Vanderbilt football player Brandon Vandenburg, The Tennessean reports. More than 160 Shelby County residents were called as potential jurors, and of those dismissed, many felt serving on an out-of-town jury was a hardship.   

The Tennessee Bar Foundation’s Spring 2016 newsletter, Points of Interest, is now available. The edition features a look at the Foundation’s Legal History Project, expressions of thanks from clients of IOLTA grant recipients and an interview with Abuse Alternatives Director Donna Mix. TBF will meet next Thursday at the TBA Annual Convention from 4:30-5:30 p.m. 

TBA President Bill Harbison and Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sharon Lee issued a joint proclamation announcing Seersucker Day for the legal community on June 16. “…The wearing of seersucker has been known to cool tempers and promote great civility among lawyers,” the proclamation reads in part. Seersucker Day will fall next week during the TBA Annual Convention in Nashville, so TBA members are encouraged to celebrate the striped cotton fabric. You can read more about the history of seersucker in a new book authored by former TBA President Bill Haltom.