Updates
Last week Chris McCarty, shareholder in the firm’s Knoxville office, participated in the 2023 Knox County Workforce Summit presented by Knox County, Knoxville Chamber, and presenting sponsor Regions Bank. The…
Nicholas Vescovo, a shareholder in Lewis Thomason’s Memphis office, has been named to Memphis Business Journal’s 2023 40 under 40. Vescovo regularly counsels clients ranging from start-ups and emerging companies…
In October 2021, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a new initiative under the False Claims Act: The Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative (“CCFI”). (LINK to DOJ News Release on the CCFI). …
This week Janet Hayes, a Shareholder in the Knoxville office, presented at the Knoxville Bar Association's annual Law Practice Today Expo on “Workplace Investigations: Navigating the Treacherous Trail to Truth.” …
Construction Industry Statute of Repose Applies to Improvements Dedicated as Public Property In Garamella v. City of Lebanon, et al., 2022 Tenn. App. LEXIS 24 (Tenn. Ct. App. Jan. 24,…
The False Claims Act (“FCA”) remains an important mechanism for the Government to fight actions that defraud us– the citizen taxpayers. (LINK to Cornell Law Article on the FCA). In…
Marshall Stair presented an update on the Fair Labor Standards Act at the East Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women this week. Marshall concentrates his practice in employment law with an…
According to the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), healthcare fraud continues to be a leading contributor to False Claims Act (“FCA”) settlements and judgments. (LINK to DOJ’s Feb. 7th Press Release). …
David Draper recently participated in a panel at the ALFA International Client Seminar on supply chain and price volatility in the construction industry. Whether by pandemic, inflation, war, protective tariffs…
Noor Obaji spoke at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law’s Diversity and Pre-Law Day on “My Life as a Lawyer.” She discussed the challenges and triumphs…
When your bar association asks you to do something, whenever and wherever possible, you say "yes." At least, that was the thought at the forefront of my mind when Marsha…
On March 7, David Garst participated in the 2023 SpeakUP legislative engagement event sponsored by the American Institute of Architects Tennessee. The seminar series took place at the Tennessee State…