More than three years after their implementation, attorneys, courts, and litigants are still learning to navigate the new waters in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26. As a result of the 2015 amendments...

The Tennessee Business Court, in For Senior Help, LLC v. Medex Patient Transport, LLC, Case No. 16-0553-BC, decided January 5, 2017, stayed litigation and compelled arbitration of the disputes...

Text messages, once the exclusive domain of teenagers and college students, are increasingly used in business communications.

Just four years ago, the Tennessee legislature passed the Civil Justice Act of 2011, making it the latest in a growing number of states to statutorily cap the maximum amount of non-economic damages available to plaintiffs in tort suits.

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(a) requires a defendant to serve an answer "within 21 days after being served with the summons and complaint."

On April 7, 2015, the Fifth Circuit affirmed the Southern District of Texas' decision to vacate an arbitration award rendered in a dispute involving two separate contracts...

Marketing and advertising is a major component of most businesses. In fact, many businesses hire marketing companies or advertisers to help promote their businesses.

Danny Defendant, employed by Acme Widget Co., quits. Acme, of course, disables the password that Danny had used to access the Acme computer system. Danny then asks a friend, who still works at Acme, for her password.

The social network giant, Facebook announced that the site would no longer allow advertisers to exclude specific racial and ethnic groups in the areas of housing, credit, or employment advertisements.

For 22 minutes, Maximum Security and owner Gary West were winners of the 145th Kentucky Derby.

The reasons why someone may wish to become involved with a film project are as numerous and varied as there are people.

This blog has published numerous articles on data breach litigation and makes solid efforts to keeps its readers abreast of all the latest data breach litigation news.

It's that time of year again. Spring is in the air, flowers are in bloom, and Verizon's annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) has been released.

Effective July 1, 2016, Tennessee becomes the first state to remove the encryption safe harbor from its data breach notification laws (Tennessee Identity Theft Deterrence Act of 1999, Tennessee Code Annotated § 47-18-2101, et seq.).

The importance of retaining outside counsel after a data breach was recently underscored in the Target data breach class-action litigation filed by the financial institutions.

Forty-seven states and the District of Columbia have laws requiring notice of a data breach to potentially affected individuals. Alabama may soon join the crowd.

During the 2022 Regular Session of the General Assembly of Georgia, the Legislature enacted legislation that impacts zoning and real estate recording. The following is a summary of those...

New legislation in Tennessee has limited the recovery of attorney's fees, expenses, and actual and liquidated damages in instances where a real property owner seeks to enforce a lien.

A recent Tennessee Court of Appeals decision reinforces that parties to a contract are free to disclaim reliance on representations made by the other party.

On April 11, 2024, Lt. Governor Patrick issued interim charges for Senate committees to study in preparation for the 89th Legislative Session. Interim charges are directives...