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Cool Springs Law Firm. White House says No Amnesty for Snowden while Judge deems NSA program Unconstitutional. December 16, 2013. An interesting juxtaposition of developments trailing one of the biggest news stories of 2013 reinforces just how convoluted the whole situation is and likely will be for the foreseeable future: First, to the surprise of few (and the dismay of more), the White House yesterday confirmed it is not considering amnesty for Edward Snowden, the. Read on ». January 14, 2013. Williams...
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Southern Land’s Hillsboro Tower in Green Hills is a Long Time Coming / Legal Nonfiction
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Cool Springs Law Firm. April 28, 2014. Southern Land’s Hillsboro Tower in Green Hills is a Long Time Coming. Under 070 News Media. 306 Culture and Institutions. Although a group of area residents recently filed suit hoping to slow the construction of Southern Land’s now 16-story office, retail and residential development at 4000 Hillsboro Pike, the legal foundation for the plan was laid over a decade ago. Southern Land Company’s Hillsboro Tower project rendering. pic.twitter.com/WNAR…. Is 1st to match...
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Court of Appeals Sends Campfield Defamation Case Back to Trial Court / Legal Nonfiction
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Cool Springs Law Firm. September 11, 2014. Court of Appeals Sends Campfield Defamation Case Back to Trial Court. The Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled earlier this week that the defamation lawsuit filed against state Sen. Stacey Campfield may proceed to trial, reversing the trial court’s earlier decision dismissing the case. Roger Byrge, an unsuccessful candidate for state representative in 2008, sued Sen. Campfield for posts placed on Campfield’s blog, camp4u, during the campaign. The Court of Appeals st...
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Cool Springs Law Firm. January 28, 2014. Founders’ Plan Amendment Could Change Selection Procedure for Tennessee Judges. January 27, 2014. Reading into a Coincidence on the Anniversary of a Death. In Steve Martin’s 2010 novel An Object of Beauty, which I am currently reading, John Updike makes a cameo appearance as a gentleman fellow-traveler on a train from New York to Washington D.C. with the story’s protagonist and a Milton Avery painting. John Updike. By Dennis Kan, National Endowment for the Hum...
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Cool Springs Law Firm. December 13, 2013. Festivus for Florida: Designated Public Forums are ‘Come one, Come all’ (including ‘Airing of Grievances’). Stevens told NPR’s Jessica Palombo. That the move was a protest against the approval of the nativity display, saying “The government shouldn’t be in this business of allowing the mixture of church and state.” Read or listen to the full story here. This is perhaps one of the more amusing episodes in the endless controversy surrounding religious symbolism in ...
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Todd Moore PLC Delivers Winning Defense for Chapel Hill in Utility Tap Lawsuit / Legal Nonfiction
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Cool Springs Law Firm. April 22, 2014. Todd Moore PLC Delivers Winning Defense for Chapel Hill in Utility Tap Lawsuit. Under 070 News Media. NASHVILLE, Tenn. April 21, 2014 Franklin-based law firm Todd Moore PLC. Has successfully defended the Town of Chapel Hill in a developer-brought lawsuit over the reallocation of water and sewer taps. Effectively argued the municipality’s position that the water and sewer taps allocated for a certain project were tied to the land not to the developer. Moore, who serv...
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Politicians Say the Darndest Things: Legislators Afforded Immunity / Legal Nonfiction
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Cool Springs Law Firm. March 2, 2014. Politicians Say the Darndest Things: Legislators Afforded Immunity. 306 Culture and Institutions. Defamation is the communication of a false statement that harms someone’s reputation, and a victim of defamation may be entitled to monetary damages. However, when an allegedly defamatory statement is made by a legislator in the course of their duties, the lawmaker is almost always immune from suit. In the recent Tennessee Court of Appeals case of Miller v. Wyatt. Willia...
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Cool Springs Law Firm. Steve Martin’s Nashville Shows of the 1970s – Vandy, Exit/In and Krystals. October 16, 2014. I just finished reading Born Standing Up, Steve Martin’s memoir of his career as a stand-up comedian. Although he quit stand-up more than 30 years ago, many of the performances that launched his movie and writing career stand out as memorable still. (I think) I vaguely recall my brother telling me of Martin’s performances in. Read on ». September 11, 2014. Read on ». April 28, 2014. In 2011...
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