The 2012 Justice Programs annual seminar has been scheduled. The seminar will once again be held in Knoxville (Nov. 29 and 30), Nashville (Dec. 6 and 7) and Memphis Dec. 13 and 14). Fifteen hours of CLE credit (including four hours of ethics / dual credit) will be awarded to…
The Lexis website that contains the Tennessee Code that is available through the Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts is not updated with 2012 legislative changes. This despite the fact that many of those changes went into effect July 1, 2012, or even earlier. It appears that Westlaw has updated…
AAJ is sponsoring a case planning workshop in Washington, D.C. on July 12-14, 2012. This in-depth program takes your active case through six critical workshops and three group sessions to help you define your case strategy. The hands-on format provides constant attention to your wrongful death or catastrophic injury case.…
Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Bill Cunningham has authored an article in the News Democrat Leader about lawyers who take their own lives. Called "Broken Hearted Idealists," it does a fine job exposing a problem in our profession and some interesting thoughts about why it happens.
John Travolta, one of the better known actors in the world, has been hit with two lawsuits alleging that he engaged in sexual misconduct. The allegations come from two masseurs who, so far, have refused to reveal their names. In one case, the masseuse claims that Travolta solicited sexual conduct…
"1-800-Ask-Gary" is a medical and legal referral service in Florida founded by Sarasota chiropractor Gary Kompothecras. If you have been to Central Florida you have seen their billboards, television ads and radio ads. Television ad costs exceed $12M per year. Business must be good – last June Kompothecras paid a little…
Subject to several exceptions, the Tennessee Supreme Court has the right to choose what cases it will hear. A T.R.A.P. Rule 11 petition is filed when one seeks permission to appeal a case to the Tennessee Supreme Court. In the year ending June 30, 2011, 888 Rule 11 petitions were…
A law student at the University of Texas, Michael T. Raupp, has written a note in the Texas Law Review (Issue 90, Volume 1) titled "The Multiplication of Indivisible Injury." The work is critical of the handling of the subject by the Restatement (Third) of Torts, which prompted a…
The Supreme Court of South Carolina has ruled that a father playing catcher in a softball game who was injured during a collision at home plate did not have a claim against the baserunner. In Cole v. Boy Scouts of America, Opinion No. 27072 (S.C. S. Ct. 12/5/11), South Carolina’s…
Aggie Spirit took exception to my suggestion that Herman Cain encourage the NRA to waive the confidentiality provisions of the settlement agreements with the women who lodged sexual harassment charges against him. This was AggieSpirit’s comment:: I am sure your position as a trial lawyer (and likely member of ATLA)…