Updates
It’s all in the name: Tennessee regulation requires construction contracts be in the specific name on the contractor’s license We all know—or should know—that Tennessee requires valid and appropriate contractor’s…
Failing to ensure certified payrolls are correct lead to a contractor owing three times the amount paid by the government under a construction contract. The False Claims Act imposes liability…
Congratulations to Lars Schuller for his recent victory before the Court of Appeals, wherein the court summarily affirmed the Sevier County Chancery Court’s judgment for Defendants in a complex boundary…
There have been a number of significant construction and development projects in Memphis, Tennessee recently. Perhaps the most ambitious is the redevelopment of the old Sears Crosstown warehouse located on…
The Tennessee Court of Appeals affirmed Tennessee’s requirement that remote contractors (subcontractors, sub-subcontrators, material suppliers to a subcontractor, etc.) must serve notices of nonpayment on both the owner and prime…
David Garst received the American Institute of Architects/Tennessee Society Presidential Award of Excellence at the association’s annual convention in Knoxville on July 31, 2015. This was the second time that…
Congratulations to the defense team of Cheryl Estes and Natalie Bursi. They won a defense verdict in a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Western District…
General Al Harvey and Kevin Baskette successfully defended a Mississippi surgeon in a medical malpractice trial in DeSoto County, Mississippi in July. After deliberations, the jury returned a unanimous verdict…
The American Bar Association held its annual meeting in Chicago last week, and once again this year, LT lawyers were front and center. As reported in last week's edition, John…
The practice of law is stressful, period. Technology has only increased the pressures of a legal career. When I started practicing 22 years ago, to-do lists were kept on notepads, missed calls…
David Garst received the American Institute of Architects/Tennessee Society Presidential Award of Excellence at the association's annual convention in Knoxville on July 31, 2015. This was the second time that…
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