Updates
Blount County Youth Court has been awarded a $1,000.00 grant from the Staples Foundation, the private charitable arm of Staples Inc. The Blount County Youth Court has been operating since…
Margaret Cooper, Preston Hawkins, Sarah Sheppeard and Paul Whitt have been named shareholders at Lewis Thomason. Marisa Combs, Edd Peyton, Casey Shannon, Brad Telfeyan, Claire Thomas and Shannon van Tol…
Eric Butler, an attorney with an extensive background in tax law, has joined Lewis Thomason in Knoxville as special counsel. Butler will focus on the practice areas of federal and…
Tennessee follows the “American Rule” concerning attorney fees. Accordingly, even if a party wins his case, he is not entitled to attorney fees unless there is a contract or statute…
On Wednesday, January 20, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage & Hour Division issued Administrator’s Interpretation No. 2016-1 that expands and explains the “joint employer” standard under the Fair…
The above titled article by Brian S. Faughnan that was published in the ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct may be seen in its entirety by clicking on the link…
2015 has been a remarkable year for the LT Healthcare Law Team. An undefeated year, to be exact, as LT healthcare lawyers have had a perfect record in medical malpractice…
The new bipartisan budget passed by both the House and Senate, and signed by President Obama on November 2, 2015, will increase the penalties issued by the Occupational Safety and…
LT Nashville presented its annual Employment Law Seminar on December 11 to HR professionals. The seminar was held at Hillwood Country Club in Nashville and was co-sponsored by the Crow…
At the Knoxville Bar Association's annual meeting Sarah Y. Sheppeard was recognized as the first recipient of the Don Paine Lawyer Legacy Award. The award honors Don Paine's memory and…
At the Knoxville Bar Association's annual meeting Mark Castleberry was presented the President's Award for 2015. Mark Castleberry, Special Counsel, is based in the firm’s Knoxville office and has a…
As the year draws to a close, LT lawyers just keep on winning. On December 14 the Western Section of the Tennessee Court of Appeals issued its decision in…