Shelby County Criminal Court Judge James Jones Jr. today signed an order blocking the release of nearly 20 hours of additional footage from the scene where Tyre Nichols was beaten by multiple Memphis police officers in early January, as well as accompanying charging documents. Jones wrote in his order that public release will “be delayed until such time as the state and the defendants have reviewed this information,” the Commercial Appeal reports. The Memphis Police Department and the Shelby County District Attorney's office supported release of the information. The motion to block it came from Blake Ballin, the attorney representing Desmond Mills Jr. — one of five officers charged in Nichols’ death. The other four officers also signed onto the petition.

The White House has endorsed a bipartisan bill that could give the president authority to ban or force a sale of TikTok, Bloomberg Law reports. The bill, introduced yesterday, would give the president the ability to force the sale of foreign-owned technologies, applications, software or e-commerce platforms if they present a national security threat to U.S. users. Critics of the video app say it allows the Chinese government to access the data and viewing trends of some 100 million Americans. Former President Donald Trump had ordered a ban on the app in 2020 but a federal judge blocked the effort, arguing it violated free speech rights. The new legislation would strengthen the administration’s hand in future court battles, advocates say.

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The U.S. Sentencing Commission tomorrow at 9 a.m. EST will host the second day of a public hearing on proposed amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines related to areas including firearms, conflicts among the U.S. appeals courts, career offenders and criminal history. Arizona U.S. Attorney Gary Restaino will represent the DOJ at the hearing, and law professor Leslie Scott will represent the federal defender perspective. A livestream of the hearing will be available here.

University of Tennessee College of Law has announced that Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sharon G. Lee will serve as the University of Tennessee College of Law’s Spring 2023 commencement speaker. “We are thrilled and honored to have Justice Lee as our 2023 commencement speaker,” Dean Lonnie T. Brown, Jr. said. “She truly epitomizes all that is good about the legal profession, and I am so glad that our 2023 graduates will get to hear from such a wonderful role model.” The College of Law’s commencement will take place on May 18 at 7:30 p.m. EST in Thompson-Boling Arena.

The Knoxville Bar Association’s Diversity in the Profession and Barristers Law School Mentor committees will facilitate a Law Student Discussion Group at LMU Duncan School of Law on Thursday from noon to 1:15 p.m. EST. The theme of the discussion is “Don't Say No to Change.” Studies on associate satisfaction have shown that the attrition rate of new lawyers can be as high as 75%. Panelists will share their personal and professional motivations and what made them open to changes during their careers. Register here for this free event.

The Women Law Students Association (WLSA) at Vanderbilt Law School is sponsoring career-oriented talks throughout March as part of Women’s History Month. Thursday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. CST is a conversation with a first-generation woman lawyer, Kris Reliford, a partner at Bradley. March 24 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. will be a conversation with Courtney Urschel, deputy chief of the human rights and special prosecutions section of the Department of Justice.

Belmont University Law School’s moot court teams were recently named regional champs at the National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) in Brooklyn, New York. Samantha McCaleb was named Eighth Best Advocate in the region, and Frank Toub and Carli Tuttle were Belmont’s regional semifinalist team. The regional champion team will travel to Washington, D.C., for the national finals in April. This is Belmont’s seventh year to compete in the NAAC competition, as well as its seventh straight year to be regional champions and advance to nationals.

The Tennessean reports that a Republican-backed proposal to rename of a portion of Nashville's Rep. John Lewis Way after former President Donald Trump is off the table. State Rep. Paul Sherrell, R-Sparta, who sponsored the bill along with state Sen. Frank Niceley, R-Strawberry Plains, withdrew the legislation on Monday night. The bill, HB1372/SB1407, drew outrage from Nashville leaders and residents. The Metro Council in 2020 renamed a section of Fifth Avenue after the civil rights activist and longtime Democratic member of Congress from Georgia. Lewis helped lead lunch counter sit-ins along the street during the early years of the civil rights movement.

Tennessee is outsourcing the testing of at least 550 rape kits to a private Florida lab through a $1.5 million federal grant, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) announced Monday in a move aimed at reducing processing times, reports the Associated Press. In a news release, the TBI said it plans to submit up to 1,000 rape kits if more grant funding becomes available by the end of the year, at a cost of $2,155 per kit. The state’s turnaround times for sexual assault kits entered the spotlight after the high-profile killing of teacher Eliza Fletcher in September. The man charged with killing Fletcher was charged in a 2021 rape of a different woman shortly afterward, when the rape kit from that case was finally processed.