Tennessee has received a  $221,000 federal grant to expand a juvenile court project that between August 2010 and July 2012 screened more than 2,600 youth and referred almost 1,400 juveniles for mental health, substance abuse and family services, WRCB News 3 reports. The grant will increase the use of evidence-based therapeutic practices for the juvenile justice population, and allow the program to expand into more counties.

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit last Thursday in federal court to stop Anheuser-Busch InBev’s proposed $20.1 billion purchase of Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo, the Johnson City Press reports. The deal would unite the ownership of popular beers such as Bud Light, the best-selling domestic beer, and Corona, the best-selling import. The government said the deal could lead to higher beer prices since the firm would control nearly half of all beer sales in the country.

Lipscomb University President Randy Lowry has teamed up with Lipscomb’s Lifelong Learning program to teach a course called “Peace is Not the Absence of Conflict” in which adult students will learn how to use conflict management strategies, the Tennessean reports. Lowry, a lawyer, mediator, author, consultant and teacher, has served clients in conflict management in more than 40 states and on six continents. He will teach the class in partnership with his son John, who is also a lawyer.

Indictments from nearly 900 cases in the Nashville area are under review after officials discovered that 2011 grand jury chair Eugene Grayer is a convicted felon. According to the ABA Journal, an appeals court is set to decide whether any of the cases will need to be retried. Grayer was convicted of theft in 1977, but his felony status was not uncovered until he applied for a handgun permit and underwent a background check.

Under a new reform released this week by the U.S. Treasury Department, large employers will now face penalties for every employee who receives federally subsidized coverage. The Affordable Care Act provides federal subsidies to workers who aren't able to get "affordable" insurance through their employers, which is defined as less than 9.5 percent of household income. The rule applies that 9.5 percent to the cost of a worker's individual coverage however, not the cost to cover an entire family. Businesses with 50 or more full time workers must now “face decisions on the amount their employees contribute to their own health insurance,” John Graves said in an email to the Nashville Business Journal.

Sumner County Criminal Court Judge Dee David Gay, Chancellor Tom Grey, Penny White and James E. Mackler participated on a panel that re-examined the 1865 trial of Mary Surratt, the first women executed by the federal government. Surratt was convicted of being co-conspirator of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Following a viewing of the 2010 film “The Conspirator,” the analysis concluded that Surratt had been tried in a mock court that set out to convict her without following the rules of justice or fairness. The event took place during a continuing legal education seminar sponsored by the Sumner County Tennessee Bar Association, the Tennessean reports.

Knox County and the Public Building Authority (PBA) have filed suit against Professional Security Consultants and Design, which installed security systems throughout all Knox County schools, Knoxnews reports. An independent audit of security system installation at the Hardin Valley Academy and Powell Middle School revealed a host of problems with the work. The lawsuit seeks more than $400,000 to fix the firm’s “breaches, deficiencies and code violations” at Hardin Valley and Powell Middle. The firm in turn filed a countercomplaint alleging PBA and the school system owe it nearly $300,000 for additional work done to satisfy PBA’s complaints.

Two attorneys have been shot and killed over work-related grievances this week. Phoenix attorney Mark Hummels was gunned down after an arbitration meeting at a north-Phoenix law office, azcentral reports. His client — Steven D. Singer, CEO of Fusion Contact Centers — was also killed. The gunman was identified as Arthur Douglas Harmon who had been in a nearly yearlong legal battle with Singer over a business deal. He was found dead yesterday morning from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Texas prosecutor Mark Hasse was fatally shot multiple times while walking to work at a courthouse. Gunmen ambushed him in the parking lot, and then drove off from the scene together. Kaufman County authorities are investigating and have offered a $20,000 reward for the capture and conviction of the assailants.

Several states have recently announced their support for merit selection over judicial election, according to the newsletter of the Justice at Stake Campaign. Gavel Grab reports that 61 percent of voters in Kansas oppose rewriting the state’s constitution to change the merit selection process for choosing Kansas Supreme Court justices to judicial elections. Numerous newspaper editorial boards have called for the Wisconsin Supreme Court to do away with its judicial election system. A Beloit Daily News editorial says, “Political manipulation has infected Wisconsin’s system of justice. That is intolerable.” The Pennsylvania legislature recently introduced a bill to end judicial election in the Supreme Court in the wake of corruption charges surrounding suspended justice Joan Orie Melvin.

Derek Bishopp, the inventor of the now ubiquitous pull-apart paper strip used by perfume advertisements in consumer magazines, is being sued by Chattanooga company Arcade Inc. for defamation, according to the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Bishopp posted online allegations and other negative comments alleging Arcade owes him nearly $3 million stemming from a 1993 contract. Attorneys for Arcade claim the contract was fulfilled years ago and have asked Hamilton Circuit Court Judge Marie Williams to stop Bishopp from continuing disparaging statements.