A federal judge in Knoxville today refused to grant preliminary injunctive relief sought by the plaintiff Tennessee law school in an antitrust lawsuit against the American Bar Association that also…
A fired administrative services manager at Vanderbilt law school in Nashville has been charged with theft based on accusations he stole at least $600,000 from the school.
A growing national labor and employment boutique is expanding into Massachusetts and Tennessee with the additions of well-known senior practitioners from other firms to its attorney roster.
More Tennessee lawyers are facing discipline for stealing or misusing client funds as the economy continues to take a toll on firms and solo practitioners.
Four defendants convicted in the 2007 torture slayings of a University of Tennessee student and her boyfriend will get new trials because of evidence that the judge in their case…
In a decision issued last month, a judicial conduct panel criticized a soon-to-be-retired chief bankruptcy judge for failing to resign from a Tennessee country club, but refused to sanction the…
A bankruptcy judge violated the ethics code when he failed to resign from a Nashville, Tenn., country club that had no blacks or women as voting members, according to the…
Once a mighty force in high-profile government cases, a storied Tennessee law firm is struggling financially after the deaths of its founding partners and has sued a former managing partner.
A Tennessee-based law firm with 14 offices in southern states and a significant presence in Louisiana is expanding westward and opening its first office in Texas.
Crediting those who came before her, including her parents, for her new role as the first black woman on the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Bernice Donald was…
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman plans to centralize the administrative services for its 14 offices in a new facility in Nashville, Tenn., that will house up to 150 employees after it…
A law firm has fired an employee accused of stealing a little over $13,000 from an elderly couple he apparently met while going door-to-door collecting past-due taxes for the city…
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