The Associated Press reports a Ruby Tuesday server filed a federal lawsuit against the Tennessee-based restaurant chain, claiming she is required to do “excessive untipped side work.” The national minimum wage for tipped workers is $2.13 per hour.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today appointed Shelby County Attorney J. Ross Dyer to the Court of Criminal Appeals, Western Section. His appointment will require confirmation by the Tennessee General Assembly. Dyer has been the chief counsel for Shelby County since 2014. He previously served as senior counsel and managing attorney for the Memphis office of the Tennessee Attorney General from 2004-2014. Dyer would replace Roger Page, who is now a Tennessee Supreme Court Justice. 

The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday ruled the government cannot, before trial, freeze assets needed to pay criminal defense lawyers if the assets are not linked to a crime. NPR reports the 5-3 ruling came in a Miami case where prosecutors received a court order to freeze assets of a woman who had fraudulently obtained $45 million. The woman challenged the asset-seizure order on grounds that she needed the untainted assets to hire a lawyer for trial.

Connor Schilling, the Memphis police officer who fatally shot 19-year-old Darrius Stewart last year, will receive line-of-duty disability payments of $1,138.19 twice a month beginning April 1. The Memphis Pension Board today approved the amount, along with 70 percent subsidy of his monthly health care premiums, after Schilling claimed he has post-traumatic stress disorder following the July 2015 incident. The case is now under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice. Read more from The Commercial Appeal.

U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger this week denied the University of Tennessee’s request to move the Title IX lawsuit to Knoxville. "The entire state has an interest in the resolution of this case that has lodged serious allegations against the state’s premier higher education institution," Trauger said in the ruling. The eight plaintiffs in the suit argued it would be “traumatic” for the case to be considered in Knoxville. Read more from The Tennessean.

Women in Numbers will honor Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Holly Kirby at its Annual Spring Membership Reception on April 27, 6-8 p.m., at the The Cordelle, 45 Lindsley Avenue in Nashville. WIN is a non-partisan organization dedicated to endorsing and supporting qualified women to run for public office and educating voters about the political process. Various sponsorship levels are available for the event. 

The Tennessean reports 178 people have applied to be Nashville’s next election administrator. Kent Wall, who currently holds the position, announced in January that he will retire after this month. The Davidson County Election Commission named Deputy Election Administrator Joan Nixon as interim administrator.

WKRN reports a jury of 10 men and 4 women were selected in Chattanooga for the retrial of Cory Batey, who has been out of jail since a mistrial was granted in June 2015. The former Vanderbilt football player faces five counts of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery. Batey will face the jury in Nashville on April 4.

The ABA Journal highlights Belmont University College of Law’s high bar exam passage rate – a 94 percent rate by its first-time takers on the July 2015 exam – as bar exam rates nationwide have declined. Jeff Kinsler, Belmont law professor, attributes the success rate to the school’s bar review course, which includes lectures on the seven subjects tested and a comprehensive writing lab.

Cancer Fund of America Inc., Cancer Support Services Inc. and their president, James Reynolds Sr., have reached a settlement in a massive fraud case against the Tennessee-based “sham charities.” The charities claimed to help cancer patients, but Reynolds spent the majority of donations on operators, family and trips. The $75.8 million settlement will be partially satisfied via liquidation of assets, and Reynolds will be required to surrender certain belongings. The settlement also bans Reynolds from profiting from any charity fundraising in the future. Read more from the Tennessee Secretary of State.