Thank you to the following technology companies that are participating in this year's Tech Showcase set for Thursday in Knoxville: Arbor AI, Big Cloud Consultants, Clio, Digital Ideation Group, Easy IT Guys, LexisNexis, Lexitas, Our Family Wizard, Paladin, Scipio Technologies, Verbotics AI and Writly. Check out our sponsor page for more information on these companies and make plans to visit with them during this week's event. Pre-registration has closed but on-site registration will be available. Can't make the full convention? TBA also is selling day passes for Thursday. A showcase ticket includes 3.5 hours of legal tech CLE, lunch, choice of Lunch & Learn break out session and access to vendors in the Tech Showcase Exhibit Hall. Day passes can be purchased at the TBA Registration Desk on the second floor of the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

The TBA’s 145th Annual Convention will kick off Wednesday in Knoxville. Pre-registration has closed but on-site registration will be available at the Crowne Plaza Downtown Knoxville. The TBA Registration Desk will be located on the second floor of the hotel. Tickets also will be available for individual events and Thursday’s Tech Showcase, which will include 3.5 hours of legal tech CLE, lunch and choice of Lunch & Learn breakout session. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with colleagues from across the state!

Thank you as well to the sponsors who have helped underwrite the costs of this year's convention! Thank you to Platinum Sponsor Miles Mediation & Arbitration; Silver Sponsors Lexitas, SoFi and TBA Member Insurance Solutions; Bronze Sponsors Clio, Easy IT Guys, JAMS, LexisNexis, Pinnacle Financial Partners and The Bar Plan; and Copper Sponsors Conservatorship Association of Tennessee, Duck Hunts Medical Records Retrieval, Esquire Deposition Solutions, Tennessee Lawyers Assistance Program (TLAP) and Time Miner. Check out our sponsor page for more information on these companies and make plans to visit with many of them this week.

SUTTON, Chief Judge. Constantine Antonas founded a pair of investment companies and created accounts for them at PNC Bank. Investors trusted Antonas with millions. But he lost the money through poor investments, and he lied to cover it up. After his scheme came to light, a group of the investors filed this lawsuit against PNC and a PNC employee in state court. PNC removed the case to federal court, arguing that the investors joined the PNC employee fraudulently, which precluded his presence from destroying federal diversity jurisdiction. See 28 U.S.C. § 1332. The district court agreed, denied the investors’ motion to remand to state court, and dismissed the lawsuit for failure to state a claim. We agree and affirm.

JOHN K. BUSH, Circuit Judge. Leke Dodaj was found removable after having been convicted of a firearms offense and two crimes involving moral turpitude. The Immigration Judge (IJ) granted him cancellation of removal because of hardships his family would face were he removed. The Department of Homeland Security appealed the cancellation, and the Board of Immigration Appeals (the Board) reversed. Dodaj petitions for review of that decision. He also petitions for review of the Board’s denial of his motion for reconsideration. We DENY both petitions.

This appeal involves a grandmother and grandfather’s petition to terminate the parental rights of a father to two of his children. The petition alleged the following grounds for termination: (1) abandonment by failure to visit, (2) abandonment by failure to support, and (3) failure to manifest an ability and willingness to assume custody. The trial court held that each ground was proven by clear and convincing evidence. The trial court also determined that the termination of parental rights was in the best interests of the children. The father appeals. We ultimately affirm the termination of the father’s parental rights but must vacate the trial court’s determination regarding the failure to manifest an ability and willingness to assume custody for failure to comply with Tennessee Code Annotated section 36-1-113(k).

The trial court found the appellant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of three charges of criminal contempt. The appellant appeals those criminal contempt findings. Discerning no error, we affirm.

Petitioner/Mother seeks accelerated review of the trial court’s denial of her 13th motion to recuse. Because a final judgment has been entered in the underlying termination of parental rights case, and Mother has appealed that judgment, issues related to the trial court’s denial of Mother’s recusal motion may be raised in her appeal of the final judgment. Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal.

This is a long-running divorce case on appeal to this Court for the third time. The husband raises several issues concerning the trial court’s classification of the parties’ interests and award of attorney’s fees to the wife. We affirm

This is an accelerated interlocutory appeal as of right pursuant to Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 10B § 2.02 from the trial court’s denial of a motion for recusal. Having reviewed the petition for recusal on appeal, we affirm the trial court’s decision to deny the motion for recusal

In this second interlocutory appeal in this claim, the employee asserts the trial court erred by ordering him to complete a medical records release and to disclose the identity of a doctor who provided treatment for injuries allegedly related to his work incident. The employee also asserts the trial court erred by not ordering the employer to provide him with a copy of the transcript of his discovery deposition and further alleges the court reporter refused to provide him with a copy of the transcript for the expedited hearing. Having carefully reviewed the record, we affirm trial court’s order, find the employee’s appeal to be frivolous, and remand the case.