Along with the ever-increasing importance of information in our society come various legal rights to access that information. Some of those rights to information have been established for decades.[1] Other information access rights are nascent, with some not yet in existence. [2] Since the enactment of the Tennessee Revised Limited Liability Act (“Act”) nearly two decades ago, members of Tennessee limited liability … Read More
Tennessee Court of Appeals Remands Case for Improper Valuation of Partnership Interest
The article below first appeared in the Tennessee Bar Association’s September 2020 Business Law Connect, an e-newsletter for section members. Moonshine and whiskey are big business in Tennessee. Three men—one with a stack of recipes, one with an idea and looking for something to do, and one as the always important “money man”— decided to start a distillery in Sevier … Read More
Use Common Sense Business Practices for Liability Protection Under Tennessee COVID-19 Recovery Act
The article below first appeared in the Tennessee Bar Association’s August 2020 Business Law Connect, an e-newsletter for section members. While there has been a significant amount of media attention regarding the COVID-19 liability bill signed by Gov. Bill Lee on Aug. 17, Tennessee businesses should be aware that the liability immunity granted by the legislation is not absolute. Perhaps … Read More
Martin v. Rolling Hills Hospital, LLC — The final word on non-compliant HIPAA releases under Section 121?
Probably not. When I saw the opinion was released, I was initially hopeful that the Tennessee Supreme Court’s April 29, 2020 opinion of Martin v. Rolling Hills Hospital, LLC, may be the last Section 121 non-compliant HIPAA release case I would ever need to read. Perhaps—finally—all of the often-convoluted issues that have festered for the past decade would be put … Read More