Updates
Last week, Mayor Barry delayed implementation of Nashville new local hiring law citing concerns from labor and industry groups. Following on the heels of the Mayor’s announcement, Herbert Slatery, Tennessee Attorney…
“Subcontractors: In the Legal Trenches” On Friday, October 16, 2015, the construction attorneys from the Knoxville office of Lewis Thomason will present its annual Construction Law Seminar at Fox Den…
Last year, Daniel Olivas won summary judgment for the defendant, a home inspector, in a personal injury lawsuit, obtaining a ruling that the home inspector owed no duty to a…
Yesterday, new Nashville mayor Megan Barry delayed the implementation of the new local hire law. The mayor’s decision comes as a bit of a surprise following her public support of the…
// Justin Joy of Lewis Thomason explains what the Europay, MasterCard and Visa (EMV) card liability shift means for businesses. // Though debit and credit cards with chip technology are slowly…
Lynn Peterson, was instrumental in founding the youth court program in Blount County.// // At Monday’s swearing-in ceremony for the third edition of Blount County Youth Court, local legal authorities…
Earlier this year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) added a new rule to provide increased protections to construction workers working in confined spaces on construction projects. Confined spaces are…
On September 9, Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander (R), along with 35 co-sponsors in the Senate and 25 co-sponsors in the House, filed legislation to force the NLRB to return to…
The Arkansas Trucking Seminar was held last week in Rogers, Arkansas. The seminar is held annually and is one of the largest transportation seminars in the country. LT was one of…
The Nashville Bar Foundation Leadership Forum was created last year as the brainchild of John Tarpley. The forum brings together outstanding young Nashville-area lawyers with 3-7 years of experience to…
Recently we posted (here) that the Tennessee Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners passed rule changes affecting military families. Additional rule changes have now been announced. To view the changes, click here. These…
#VoteNoon3. In July and August, Twitter was abuzz as Nashville’s construction community actively campaigned against Charter Amendment 3. The proposed amendment sought to require contractors to assign at least 40%…