The law license of Patrick R. Egger was transferred to disability inactive status on Feb. 19. Egger cannot practice law while on disability inactive status and may return after reinstatement by the Tennessee Supreme Court after showing clear and convincing evidence that the disability has been removed. View the BPR notice.

The Department of Homeland Security yesterday released the long-awaited H-4 employment authorization rule, allowing certain H-4 spouses of H-1B non-immigrants to receive employment authorization documents, according to immigration attorney Greg Siskind. Siskind Susser goes into detail about the new rule in its blog.

Convinced the state is underfunding Tennessee’s largest public school district, the Shelby County School Board voted Tuesday to explore suing the state over how it funds K-12 education, Tennessee Chalkbeat reports. School boards in Knox, Hamilton and Bradley counties voted earlier this month to pursue legal discussions, and leaders of Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools are expected to consider the matter in several weeks.

Organizations with initiatives to employ new and underutilized lawyers in innovative ways while meeting the legal needs of poor and moderate-income individuals can apply for start-up funding from the American Bar Association. Now in the second year, the Catalyst Grants are designed for programs proposed by bar associations, courts, law schools and other groups. View the press release. 

Knox County Clerk Foster Arnett Jr. has filed suit against the Public Building Authority over mold in his courthouse office, the Jackson Sun reports. According to the suit, a window restoration project at the courthouse in 2012 released toxic mold and spores and has caused significant medical problems for Arnett and others in the building.

Former Shelby County Commissioner Henri Brooks yesterday pleaded guilty to falsification of an election document in connection with her run for Shelby County Juvenile Court Clerk, Local Memphis reports. On her campaign paperwork, Brooks claimed to live in Midtown though neighbors dispute that. Brooks, who until yesterday had not been charged with a crime, entered an Alford plea, which allowed her to maintain her innocence while admitting the government had enough evidence to find her guilty of the crime.

Tennessee prosecutors suspended the longtime executive director of their statewide organization Tuesday amid questions about a deal that he orchestrated to help Davidson County District Attorney Glenn Funk boost his state pension. Members of the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference voted to suspend Wally Kirby without pay for one month following an almost three-hour special meeting. News Channel 5 has more.

The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously supported a bill sponsored by Sen. Mark Green, R-Clarksville, to create a new post in the 19th judicial district that will be filled by an appointment from Gov. Bill Haslam. The 19th judicial district is currently served by three circuit court judges and one chancery court judge: Judge Ross Hicks, Judge Bill Goodman, Judge John Gasaway and Chancellor Laurence McMillan. The new position will be on the August 2016 ballot. The Leaf Chronicle has more.

The job market for new law grads is improving now that fewer students are enrolling in law school, says James Leipold, the executive director of the National Association for Law Placement. Although the employment rate fell for law grads nine months after graduation in 2013, the raw number of jobs held by new law grads in 2013 was higher than the number of jobs held by law grads before the recession. The ABA Journal has more.

A memorandum of understanding almost settled the 1968 sanitation workers strike before Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, recalled David Caywood during a recent forum. Caywood, who had drafted a proposed settlement of the strike as an attorney at Burch, Porter and Johnson, joined attorney Charles Carpenter, Circuit Court Judge D’Army Bailey and former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton to talk about the law, attorneys and the effect of both on Memphis in the 1960s during  “Voices of Civil Rights,” a panel discussion presented last week by the University of Memphis Black Law Students Association. Memphis Daily News has more.