Bradley Arant Boult Cummings today said it will move its Nashville office to One22One, a new high-rise office building located in the Gulch, the Nashville Business Journal reports. The firm signed a “long-term lease” to occupy the top four floors of the new building, roughly 100,000 square feet, with move in set for late 2023. Bradley’s Nashville office, currently located in Nashville’s Music Row area, is comprised of more than 165 attorneys, making it the third largest law firm in the city.

The Tennessee Supreme Court today clarified uncertainties concerning the appropriate standard of review to apply to claims of alleged prosecutorial misconduct during closing argument when no objection was lodged at the time of the alleged misconduct but the claim is raised in a motion for new trial. After reviewing State v. Tyler Ward Enix, the high court clarified that failure to object to a prosecutor’s statements during closing arguments results in waiver on appeal and that the plain error standard of review applies to claims that are treated as waived. The Administrative Office of the Courts has more on the case and the Supreme Court’s decision.

Former Govs. Phil Bredesen and Bill Haslam have joined forces to launch a new podcast that will delve into hot-button political issues like gun violence, climate change and affordable housing, Axios Nashville reports. The new show, “You Might Be Right,” launches tomorrow and hopes to elevate bipartisan problem-solving and civil conversations that include different parts of the political spectrum. The podcast comes from the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee and will feature an eight-episode season with guests like former Vice President Al Gore, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan and former U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander. Listen to the trailer for “You Might Be Right.”

Senate Speaker Randy McNally, R-Oak Ridge, and House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville, are assembling a special committee to study sentencing and violent crime following several instances of violent deaths in Memphis, the Nashville Post reports. The committee will review the “supervision, investigation, and release of individuals who commit crimes in this state” and “recommend whether there is a need for legislative action to provide additional safeguards to protect the public from those who repeatedly violate criminal laws.” The committee will include co-chairs Sen. Ed Jackson and Rep. Bud Hulsey, plus Sens. Richard Briggs, Todd Gardenhire, Bill Powers and Jeff Yarbro, and Reps. Clay Doggett, Andrew Farmer, William Lamberth, Lowell Russell and Antonio Parkinson.

Fulfill all your annual CLE requirements with the TBA’s Tennessee FastTrack program! This annual staple is a 15-hour CLE, offering tips and updates in diverse areas of law, designed to be relevant to a wide range of practice areas. The program will provide a combination of live credit and prepaid credits to complete online anytime — at home or on mobile — allowing you to customize learning to your schedule. Catch the program in Nashville this Friday from 9 a.m. until 2:15 p.m. CDT at Belmont College of Law or attend the Knoxville program on Sept. 23 from 9 a.m. until 2:15 EDT the UT Conference Center.

Stop by and tour the Tennessee Bar Association’s new office space this Thursday from 2-5 p.m. CDT. TBA will open its doors to members interested in touring the new space, located at 3310 West End Ave., Ste. 590 in Nashville. Visitor parking is available. Please register here so we know how many guests to expect.

The 2022 class of the TBA Public Service Academy convened for its first session last Thursday and Friday. The academy is a nonpartisan training fellowship that provides attorneys with the tools to run for local public offices, such as school board, city council and county commission. The theme of the first session of the program was “Preparing to Run,” and speakers discussed the importance of choosing service, how to assess fundraising power, balancing the practice of law and public service, and complying with Tennessee campaign finance laws. They also shared what they learned while running for office. The class will meet again for its final session in November. For more information about the public service academy, check out TBA’s website.

Baker Donelson has launched a new location in Charleston, South Carolina, with the addition of four attorneys from two firms. All four join the firm as shareholders. They are: corporate attorney J. Ashley Cooper and employment attorney Jennifer K. Dunlap, both previously with Parker Poe; and health law attorneys Alissa Fleming and Catherine F. Wrenn, both previously with Womble Bond Dickinson. Cooper will serve as managing shareholder of the office. The Charleston office is the firm’s second office in South Carolina and the latest expansion in the Carolinas following a new office established in North Carolina in last October.

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti today objected to the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed Title IX regulations in a formal letter joined by 19 other state attorneys general. The group argues that the department’s proposed redefinition of “sex” in Title IX to include “gender identity” would promote sex-based discrimination and threaten constitutional rights. Title IX of the Education Amendment currently protects people from discrimination based on sex and applies to schools, local and state educational agencies, and other institutions that receive financial assistance from the department. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee stopped the department from enforcing the guidance on July 17 following a lawsuit from Tennessee and other states. Read the full release from the AG's office.

At a meeting of judges and lawyers in Colorado on Friday, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts expressed concern that criticism of the court’s controversial decisions has veered into attacks on its legitimacy as an institution. “People can say what they want,” he said. But “simply because people disagree with an opinion is not a basis for questioning the legitimacy of the court." It is the first time Roberts has spoken publicly since the court eliminated a constitutional right to abortion, Bloomberg reports. A number of political leaders, including Vice President Kamala Harris, have called into question the court’s integrity following that decision. Yahoo News looks at that story. Roberts also used the speech to indicate that when the court resumes in October, it will reopen to the public.