At least seven prosecutors have announced they will be leaving when Davidson County District Attorney General Torry Johnson retires Sept. 1. Among those leaving are incoming District Attorney General Glenn Funk’s election opponent, Rob McGuire, Bret Gunn, Kristen Menke, Shannon Poindexter, Sharon Reddick, Dina Shabayek and John Zimmerman. McGuire, Menke, Reddick and Shabayek will be starting a new law firm, while Zimmerman will begin prosecuting cases in Rutherford County for incoming District Attorney General Jennings H. Jones. Gunn and Poindexter have not publically stated what they plan to do. The Tennessean has more.

TennCare faces the prospect of lawsuits if it fails to set up a state system for people to apply for Medicaid, the Tennessean reports. Tennessee ended face-to-face assistance for people seeking Medicaid coverage on Jan. 1, when the Affordable Care Act came into full effect, and, instead, began telling people to apply online at healthcare.gov. People who should have qualified for coverage have fallen through the cracks or not been able to apply at all, according to the health advocacy and civil rights organizations. Attorneys with the Tennessee Justice Center, Southern Poverty Law Center and National Health Law Program are closely watching to see how the agency responds to a federal demand for a correction plan.

The family of Cleveland Municipal Judge Bill Moss will receive friends at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Bradley County Commission Room in the Bradley County Courthouse. The reception and short memorial service will honor the life of Judge Moss, who died Monday. The Chattanoogan has more

The TBA Mentoring Program is looking for attorneys with at least eight years of legal practice experience to join the program as mentors for upcoming classes. The program specifically needs attorneys in Jackson who practice disability, estate or elder law and those in the Nashville area who practice juvenile law, general solo, real estate, construction law or criminal defense. Visit the TBA website for more information or contact Christy Gibson.

U.S. House Republicans took the initial step yesterday to sue President Barack Obama over the administration’s decision to delay the employer mandate of the health care law. Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, announced that Republicans had released a draft resolution that would authorize the House to file suit amid GOP criticism that the president has declined to faithfully execute the laws of the country. Boehner’s actions on the lawsuit come as some Republicans are demanding the far more formidable step of impeachment. The Jackson Sun has more.

A Memphis lawyer was scammed out of $40,000, Local Memphis reports. Attorney Wes Fowler said he received a phone call claiming his sister would be arrested if he did not pay $800. Although Fowler did not follow through, the criminals were able to gather enough information about him to send a fake email to his bank requesting a $40,000 money transfer to an account in New York. There have been other victims of similar scams across the country, according to reports. The U.S. Attorney’s Office is investigating the case and has alerted the Secret Service and FBI.

U.S. District Judge Rya Zobel dismissed a request by Saint Thomas Hospital for summary judgment in a court case focused on the hospital’s role in the deadly meningitis outbreak in 2012. If approved, the request would have ended the case without a trial. Zobel’s decision now means that plaintiffs’ lawyers can investigate defendants’ documents and ask the defendants questions under oath. The Tennessean has more.

Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey said Wednesday he has no intentions of “sitting on the sidelines” while members of the state Supreme Court try and earn yes votes in the August retention election, TriCities reports. Ramsey spoke out a day after Chief Justice Gary Wade told the Bristol Herald Courier that Ramsey’s campaign to oust him and fellow justices Connie Clark and Sharon Lee is “disconcerting” and “disturbing.” Ramsey said the retention election flies under the radar of most voters because it takes place only every eight years but the fact that voters are involved makes the justices fair game in the political arena.

National Democrats have introduced legislation to reverse the U.S. Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision by exempting federally mandated health benefits, such as contraception coverage, from the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the Nashville Business Journal reports. The Protect Women’s Health from Corporate Interference Act would prohibit for-profit companies from using religious beliefs to deny employees' coverage for contraceptives or any other essential health benefit required under the Affordable Care Act.

U.S. District Judge Curtis Collier, the senior federal judge in Chattanooga, spoke at the Federal Bar Association’s 50th anniversary civil rights celebration this week. Hundreds of people – blacks, whites, attorneys, students and professionals – listened to speeches, freedom songs and soul-moving music to commemorate the event, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reports. “Civil rights didn’t happen by magic,” Collier told the crowd. “People made tremendous sacrifice. That’s why we come to celebrate.”