SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 17, 2025

It came just over six weeks after the justices heard oral arguments in a challenge to Tennessees ban on gender-affirming care for minors. Specifically, when a litigant files a notice of appeal after the time to do so has expired, does he have to file a second notice when the time to appeal is reopened? In Parrish v.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Tennessee , an original case in which Mississippi claims that Tennessee is, through an unnatural amount of well-pumping on its side of the border, stealing groundwater from the Mississippi side of the border. Eight justices were present, with Justice Kavanaugh, who recently tested positive for the virus, attending remotely.

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Day on Torts

JUNE 13, 2022

Where defendant’s allegedly defamatory statements accusing plaintiffs of bigamy were made within the context of a declaratory judgment action, the absolute litigation privilege applied and dismissal of the defamation case was affirmed. This case is a good example of the absolute litigation privilege being applied. In Vanwinkle v.

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JURIST

JULY 28, 2022

State and local governments with lawsuits against Teva—excluding New York, which is pursuing separate litigation—are all potentially party to the settlement Teva announced Tuesday. The states are led by Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller.

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Day on Torts

DECEMBER 4, 2024

On Wednesday, December 4, 2025, the Tennessee Supreme Court heard an oral argument about the ability of a plaintiff to discover surveillance films a defendant took. The oral argument is being conducted at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee, as part of the Court’s SCALES program. It begins at 9:00 a.m.

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Day on Torts

JUNE 24, 2024

A claim that asserted defendant attorneys acted in their own self-interest when they represented another party in multiple lawsuits against plaintiffs fell within the ambit of the Tennessee Public Protection Act. 15, 2024), plaintiffs had been involved in over ten years of trust litigation. In Garner v. W2022-01636-COA-R3-CV (Tenn.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Polsinelli PC's latest hire to its fast-growing Nashville office is a litigation shareholder who has spent more than a decade working on a wide range of trials across the state of Tennessee.

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Law 360

AUGUST 31, 2023

has been hit with yet another suit in consolidated litigation over a data breach exposing the personal information of roughly 11 million patients, joining at least 15 other suits that have already been filed, according to a complaint filed in Tennessee federal court on Wednesday. HCA Healthcare Inc.

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LawTechnologyToday

MARCH 18, 2022

Pera is a partner at Adams and Reese LLP in Memphis, Tennessee, where he focuses his practice on commercial litigation, media law, and legal ethics work. The post Cybersecurity: A Lawyer’s Ethical Duty to Read the News appeared first on Law Technology Today.

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

RealPage has asked a North Carolina federal court to transfer the government's antitrust case against it to Tennessee, where private litigation has been playing out over claims the software company helps residential landlords fix rental prices.

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Above The Law

MARCH 22, 2024

* Tennessee passes first law protecting musicians from AI. Detroit News ] * Republican donors might be the top litigation financiers in the country. Now Nashville doesn't have to compete with some robot going "I love trucks and drink beer and hate migrants" all played over the same stupid chord progression. oh wait. [

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Law 360

OCTOBER 19, 2021

has agreed to pay out about $99 million to end litigation and negotiations related to claims one of its largest manufacturing plants has been discharging hazardous and solid waste containing cancer-linked chemicals, known as PFAS, into the Tennessee River in Alabama, the company announced Tuesday.

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Day on Torts

AUGUST 14, 2022

Only a few days remain for the opportunity to register for the Fundamentals of Civil Litigation in Tennessee seminar! This is a two-day program designed to help new lawyers grasp practical matters of civil litigation. The seminar is not slanted towards any particular type of litigation or side of the case.

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Day on Torts

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

When a litigant has filed a motion to dismiss pursuant to the Tennessee Public Participation Act (TPPA), that motion should be analyzed under the provisions of the TPPA rather than under the traditional Tennessee Rule of Civil Procedure 12 analysis. In Reiss v. Rock Creek Construction, Inc. , This opinion was released 3.5

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 1, 2023

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a new Tennessee law limiting drag shows on constitutional grounds. Federal district judge Thomas Parker granted an injunction on the ground that the Tennessee law is vague and overly broad. However, many of these events are held off school grounds and with the support of their parents.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The United States Monday filed a lawsuit against Cigna Corporation in the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee for allegedly providing false patient diagnoses to receive increased Medicare payments in violation of the False Claims Act. The defendants include Cigna and its various state companies.

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Day on Torts

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Where plaintiff real estate professional brought an action for defamation and false light based on an online review written by defendant, defendant moved to dismiss the action pursuant to the Tennessee Public Participation Act (TPPA). This case is accordingly an important read for anyone litigating a case that might implicate the TPPA.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Tennessee , dealt with Mississippi’s claim that Memphis, Tennessee, is stealing Mississippi’s groundwater. Arguing for Mississippi, Mississippi Deputy Solicitor General John Coghlan repeatedly emphasized the extraterritorial effect of Memphis’ pumping from an aquifer that straddles the Mississippi-Tennessee border.

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Above The Law

MARCH 24, 2022

* Bad Blood: Apple is facing antitrust litigation because of its heart monitoring capabilities. Tennessee Lookout ]. . * Tennessee Lookout ]. Idaho’s governor just yolo signed a bill that flouts Roe. [ All hands on deck: students are putting books on hold to support Ukraine. Reuters ]. * National Law Review ].

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LegalReader

APRIL 28, 2022

There is no average settlement for a truck accident in Tennessee. This amount will vary greatly depending on the weight of the accident.

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Day on Torts

JULY 12, 2022

is pleased to announce that we’re back with our Fundamentals of Civil Litigation in Tennessee seminar! This is a two-day program designed to help new lawyers grasp practical matters of civil litigation. You will learn how to organize your case and how to prepare for all aspects of litigation with efficiency and excellence.

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CourtTechBulletin

DECEMBER 16, 2021

We were curious as to the status of online court help to the self-represented litigants as a good 2021 year-end wrapup article for the CTB? We share what we found below. In addition, we just learned of a new NIJ study on the use of Chatbots in the Criminal Justice System to add to our list of online helpers.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Litigation Paralegal Boot Camp Are you still waiting for on-the-job training that takes you through each phase of a litigation case and shows you what you can do to support your attorneys? Here’s how to practice mindfulness to reduce stress. This is what you’ve been looking for! LEARN MORE Rule No.

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Day on Torts

MAY 22, 2024

The Tennessee Public Protection Act applies to legal malpractice claims in Tennessee in certain circumstances. After over ten years of unsuccessful litigation on the trust, plaintiff filed this legal malpractice case against defendants. In Cartwright v. Hendrix , No. W2022-01627-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Continue reading

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 31, 2021

The department said it has not opened investigations in Florida, Texas, Arkansas, or Arizona because those states’ bans on universal indoor masking are not being enforced in schools due to litigation or other state action.

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Day on Torts

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Those seeking to learn the current state of the law on whether and when one can avoid the use of an expert witness on the negligence issue in Tennessee medical malpractice litigation may wish to read my recent article, “ Flies, Buttermilk and Malpractice.” issue of Tennessee Bar Journal.

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Above The Law

JULY 2, 2021

* A Tennessee gamer is suing so that he can keep his vanity "69PWNDU" license plate. They deserve the yellow jersey for how fast they withdrew that litigation. Hope he isn't a legal noob. Yahoo News ] * A Texas lawyer has been disbarred for allegedly taking his client's food stamps and purportedly faking the client's signature.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The action against North Carolina is not the only ongoing voting rights litigation in the country. Rights groups have recently challenged redistricting maps in Georgia , Tennessee , North Dakota , Louisiana , Alabama , and South Carolina.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Enforcers urged a North Carolina federal court not to transfer the government's antitrust case against RealPage to the Tennessee court overseeing similar private cases, saying Congress has made it clear that public antitrust actions should not be roped into multidistrict litigation.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 4, 2024

million customers from a cyberattack by a Russia-linked cybercrime gang will be centralized in Tennessee, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has ruled, expressing their confidence in the judge selected to preside over the MDL.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Tennessee counties and Endo Pharmaceuticals traded bitter claims of legal shenanigans before the drugmaker suffered another default judgment for opioid discovery misconduct, and the bombshell ruling underscores the company's ongoing peril in nationwide opioid litigation, according to court records and experts.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 10, 2023

In 2019, Tennessee passed a law imposing a slew of restrictions on voter-registration drives. The state’s arm of the NAACP and other voting-rights groups filed a lawsuit against Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett and other officials, challenging the measure as a violation of their First Amendment rights. In Hargett v.

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Law 360

MARCH 7, 2023

has asked the Georgia federal judge who oversaw the multidistrict litigation to allow its challenge of co-lead counsel's $77.5 million fee allocation to proceed in a Tennessee court. A law firm that helped class representatives win a landmark $425 million data breach deal from Equifax Inc.

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SquirePattonBoggs

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

OSHA also stakes out a middle position, arguing that the Sixth Circuit should modify the stay so that the masking-and-testing requirement can remain in effect during the pendency of this litigation. And yesterday, several States, including Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee (though not Michigan) filed a petition for initial en banc.

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Day on Torts

MAY 8, 2024

A finding of trespass requires a court to award nominal damages under Tennessee law. When a litigant proves trespass, the property owner receives at least nominal damages. In Dorer v. Hennessee , No. M2023-00729-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. The trial court ruled that appellee trespassed but refused to award damages due to his “good faith.”

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LegalReader

MARCH 18, 2022

Filing a truck accident claim is not as simple as recovering damages after a minor fender-bender.

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LegalReader

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Located in Blount County, Highway 129 has 318 curves in just 11-miles. With winter slowly approaching, visibility on the Tail of the Dragon is close to zero.

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