Tennessee Business Litigation
01.11.2018 | by:
Thomas K. Potter III
The Sixth Circuit recently affirmed that failure-to-supervise claims against a brokerage firm over outside business activities it knew nothing about nevertheless were arbitrable under FINRA…
10.27.2017 | by:
Thomas K. Potter III
The Tennessee Supreme Court recently held that Tennessee's Trust Code and broad trust-instruments authorize a Trustee's execution of a pre-dispute arbitration clause. That isn't a…
10.25.2017 | by:
Zachary D. Miller
In Belle Meade Title & Escrow Corp. v. Fifth Third Bank, et al., No. 3:17-cv-874, ECF No. 26, --- WL ---- (M.D. Tenn. Oct. 17,…
06.27.2017 | by:
William L. Penny
The commissioners of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) and the Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA) recently responded to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's…
05.10.2017 | by:
Kenneth M. Bryant
Corporate litigants often request to file data, documents, and even entire cases under seal. Some judges routinely acquiesce to these requests if the other side…
10.7.2016 | by:
Thomas K. Potter III
The Sixth Circuit this week declined the SEC's request to dismiss a Constitutional challenge to the new MSRB pay-to-play rules. Instead, the Court ordered the…
09.12.2016 | by:
Thomas K. Potter III
The Securities Division of Tennessee's Department of Commerce and Industry has increased its enforcement activity during 2016. The recent actions include: Final Administrative Orders: Clifton…
08.1.2016 | by:
Thomas K. Potter III
Last month, the 6th Circuit joined the majority view recognizing the "materialization of the risk" theory of loss-causation as an alternative to "corrective-disclosure" in securities…
08.1.2016
In Tennessee, shareholders may file a lawsuit for injuries suffered by the company or by the shareholders individually. A shareholder files a derivative action when…
07.29.2016
On July 1, 2016, Tennessee's Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act went into effect. The Act grants fiduciaries authority to access a decedent's…
