Home > Article VOL. 45 | NO. 28 | Friday, July 9, 2021 SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Dozens of states are taking aim at Google in an escalating legal offensive on Big Tech. This time, attorneys general for 36 states and the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit targeting Google’s Play store, where… Continue reading Tennessee, dozens others target Google’s app store in antitrust suit
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Michael Avenatti faces sentencing in Nike extortion scheme
Home > Article VOL. 45 | NO. 28 | Friday, July 9, 2021 NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti, the brash California lawyer who publicly sparred with then-President Donald Trump before criminal fraud charges on two coasts disrupted his rapid ascent to fame, faces sentencing in one of those cases Thursday. Over a year after… Continue reading Michael Avenatti faces sentencing in Nike extortion scheme
Company drops plans for Byhalia pipeline; Activists rejoice: ‘Sometimes the good guys win’
The company planning to build the Byhalia Connection pipeline on Friday announced that it is abandoning the project, bringing a sudden end to one of the biggest environmental controversies in recent Memphis history. The project, which would have put a crude oil pipeline through mostly Black South Memphis neighborhoods, sparked a complex legal and public relations battle… Continue reading Company drops plans for Byhalia pipeline; Activists rejoice: ‘Sometimes the good guys win’
Nissan Foundation gives $697K to 28 nonprofits
VOL. 45 | NO. 27 | Friday, July 2, 2021 The Nissan Foundation has announced it is awarding $697,000 in grants to 28 nonprofit organizations for its 2021 grant cycle at metro areas where Nissan has an operational presence. Eight Nashville area agencies will benefit. During its 29-year history, the Nissan Foundation has awarded approximately… Continue reading Nissan Foundation gives $697K to 28 nonprofits
Former MNPD Officer Andrew Delke sentenced to 3 years in prison after entering voluntary manslaughter guilty plea
NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) – Former Metro Police Officer Andrew Delke has been sentenced to three years in prison for the shooting death of Daniel Hambrick after a judge accepted a plea deal during a hearing on Friday morning. The hearing before Judge Monte Watkins turned into chaos after Vicki Hambrick, the mother of Daniel Hambrick, had… Continue reading Former MNPD Officer Andrew Delke sentenced to 3 years in prison after entering voluntary manslaughter guilty plea
Baker Donelson hires for real estate practice
VOL. 45 | NO. 27 | Friday, July 2, 2021 N. Courtney Hollins has joined Baker Donelson as a shareholder in the firm’s Nashville office and a member of the Real Estate Practice Group. Hollins represents buyers, sellers, developers, investors, landlords, tenants, lenders and borrowers in commercial real estate acquisition, disposition, construction, development, leasing and… Continue reading Baker Donelson hires for real estate practice
Court records raise questions of pilot’s qualifications to fly before deadly crash
NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) – Court records, audio and emails from a bitter child support case of the daughter of Joe Lara raise questions about his qualifications to earn a medical certificate which determines if a pilot is healthy enough to fly. The emails show the mother of Lara’s daughter repeatedly requested that Lara not pilot… Continue reading Court records raise questions of pilot’s qualifications to fly before deadly crash
Trump Organization, CFO indicted on tax fraud charges
VOL. 45 | NO. 27 | Friday, July 2, 2021 NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s company and its longtime finance chief were charged Thursday in what prosecutors called a “sweeping and audacious” tax fraud scheme in which the executive collected more than $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation, including apartment rent, car payments and school… Continue reading Trump Organization, CFO indicted on tax fraud charges
California bans state travel to Florida, 4 other states
Home > Article VOL. 45 | NO. 26 | Friday, June 25, 2021 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California added five more states, including Florida, to the list of places where state-funded travel is banned because of laws that discriminate against members of the LGBTQ community, the state attorney general announced Monday. Democratic Attorney General Rob… Continue reading California bans state travel to Florida, 4 other states
Rental assistance falls victim to politics, bureaucracy
VOL. 45 | NO. 26 | Friday, June 25, 2021 The Associated Press Updated 1:04PM Before the pandemic hit, Jacqueline Bartley, a mother of two girls and a boy, had a comfortable life. Then the 41-year-old lost her job at American Airlines, quickly spent her savings and found herself months behind on the $1,350-a-month home… Continue reading Rental assistance falls victim to politics, bureaucracy