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The TBA’s Law Blog has been redesigned to help you stay up-to-date with Tennessee news that impacts your practice. New features include a search by content option that allows you to quickly access archived stories in news categories, including legal news, the General Assembly and the Tennessee Supreme Court. Opinions are also accessible and sortable from the page. The blog is updated throughout the day and is compatible with your smartphone and tablet, so make the TBA Law Blog your online source for Tennessee legal news. Take a quick video tour of the new blog.

In the coming weeks, the TBA is making a number of updates to the TBA.org website to improve the way you find and use legal news, opinions and other information. As part of this, we are also making changes that will make data on the site more secure. This will mean that you may be required to log in to the website to access certain information. For example, beginning this week, you will need to log in to access the online version of TBA Today. If you have not previously logged in to the site, you can do so by going to the “Log In” or “My Account” links at the top right of TBA.org and request a new password.

Check out our video on Tennessee's newest lawyers at the TBA Open House earlier this week. The page also features photos from the event and Nashville's swearing-in ceremonies. Search and share photos from swearing-in ceremonies around the state by using #newTNattorney. 

The TBA experienced some problems in the delivery of both incoming and outgoing emails on Tuesday as it transitioned to a new domain hosting company. This transition is now complete and operations have returned to normal. Thank you for your patience as we worked through this transition.

This will be the last issue of TBA Today for attorneys who have not yet renewed their membership in the Tennessee Bar Association. The 2014-2015 TBA membership year ended June 30 and the 30-day grace period for renewal has now expired. To keep receiving TBA Today, the Tennessee Bar Journal and other services and benefits, contact Membership Director Kathy Prescott or renew online.

The TBA today launched a new responsive design for the TBA.org website that allows for easier use on mobile devices such as smart phones and tablets. The site now automatically determines which type of device you are using and reformats information to offer the best display for that device. About 30 percent of all visits to the TBA.org website now come through mobile devices. 

In 2013, 88 percent of TBA members found TBA Today to be VERY USEFUL. Think that percentage is higher in 2015? Take the just launched 2015 TBA Survey of Tennessee Lawyers to have your opinion count. Look for the link in your email from Yacoubian Research. If you didn't receive the email, call or email Will Hampton at Yacoubian Research, 877-250-7890.

TBA Member Services (TBAMS), the wholly owned subsidiary of the Tennessee Bar Association that provides insurance and other services to members, today announced that it has severed ties with insurance agent Graham Swafford III. “We expect a virtually seamless transition for policy holders,” TBA Executive Director Allan Ramsaur said.

Lawyers who have obtained, or are in the process of obtaining or renewing lawyers' professional liability insurance through the TBA endorsed carrier, The Bar Plan, will get a letter within the next week or so fully informing them about the continuation of service.

"One reason we set up this subsidiary is to be able to offer continual service to our members as agents come and go and that is exactly what we are doing here," Ramsaur said. Kelly Stosik, TBA Membership Director, will handle calls, emails and other inquiries while The Bar Plan's in-house agent will continue to deal with applications and other issues until a new agent comes onboard.

Health, life, and disability brokerage arrangements for policies sold under the TBA umbrella will be ironed out in the next week or two. TBAMS will be seeking out an experienced agent to step in. Any questions? Contact Kelly Stosik or Allan Ramsaur at the TBA at (615) 383-7421 or kstosik@tnbar.org or aramsaur@tnbar.org.

The TBA is improving its website for CLE programming to give you new powers, new tools and new formats for learning. Transition to the refreshed website will take place Sunday evening, so there may be some time when the site is unavailable over the weekend. It is expected to be fully operational by Monday morning.