Lawmakers in Tennessee have passed a measure that makes it illegal for members of entertainment subscription services such as Netflix and Rhapsody to share their logins and passwords with others.
A former longtime Tennessee prosecutor has been criminally indicted on a felony charge of official misconduct, after being accused of flirting with female defendants and stating or implying that they…
A federal judge in Tennessee has ordered attorneys involved in a sex-trafficking case not to listen to recordings of almost 300 phone calls between Bell Tennent & Frogge and the…
Besides an IQ test score, testimony from mental health experts should be considered when determining if a prisoner is intellectually disabled, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled today.
A Memphis, Tenn., personal injury lawyer has been charged with rape by Dyersburg police, who say he asked a potential medical-malpractice client to partially disrobe so that he could see…
Cyndi Cheatham says she was simply seeking to see that her client, who is married to a man in a well-known Franklin County, Tenn., family, got a fair divorce trial.
When John Edward Dawson told his lawyer in a state court burglary and drug case that he was also being represented by a federal defender, she thought he was delusional…
A federal appeals court has booted a Tennessee federal judge from a case involving state health care for children, citing his “accusatory language” and “unproductive turmoil” in the legal dispute.
An award-winning, barrier-breaking federal district court judge has been nominated by President Barack Obama for a seat on the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
A Shelbyville, Tenn. judge was reprimanded by state disciplinary authorities for “excessive delay” this week because he waited nearly 11 years to rule on a case.
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