TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Suzanne Craig Robertson on Sep 17, 2020

"While a plaintiff decides where to initially file its case, the defendant is not always subject to those whims — or strategic choices — of a plaintiff,"  Gil Shuette, a lawyer with Sims Funk PLC in Nashville (pictured), writes in the current issue of the Tennessee Bar Journal. "One such opportunity for defendants to weigh in on the forum choice is the federal doctrine of removal." Also in this issue, our columnists cover a variety of topics. John Day writes about statutory construction in tort law. Marlene Eskind Moses and Benjamin Manuel Russ explain the 2020 Child Support Calculation Amendments. Dan Holbrook writes about how the federal estate tax exemption will drop in 2026 (or possibly in 2021), and Edward G. Phillips and Brandon L. Morrow cover the landmark case of Bostick v. Clayton County, Georgia -- an expansion of Title VII.