Grandparents brought a criminal contempt petition against Father for alleged violations of a grandparent visitation order. After a bench trial, the trial court found the father guilty on all 23 counts of criminal contempt and sentenced him to the maximum sentence of 10 days per count to be served consecutively. Of the 230 days, 140 days were suspended, with a sentence of 90 days of actual confinement. Father raises multiple challenges on appeal to every count and also challenges the sentences imposed. We affirm 11 of the counts, reverse 12 of the counts, and remand for resentencing.

This appeal concerns the trial court’s dismissal of a will contest for failure to prosecute. We affirm the decision of the trial court.

Defendant appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion to quash Plaintiffs’ post-judgment subpoena for financial records he alleges are statutorily exempt from the subpoena process. We determine that the trial court’s order does not constitute a final appealable judgment and that no good cause exists to waive the finality requirement. As a result, this Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction to consider this appeal, and we grant Plaintiffs’ motion to dismiss this appeal.

This appeal involves a property dispute between the decedent’s husband and the decedent’s only daughter, who is a child born of a prior marriage. The chancery court concluded that the husband had no interest in the property under the decedent’s will, as the property had instead passed directly to the daughter, not the decedent, under the terms of the grandmother’s will. Additionally, the chancery court concluded that any claim by the husband was also barred by an earlier settlement agreement reached by the parties. Under the terms of that settlement agreement, the chancery court also awarded attorney’s fees and costs to the daughter. The husband appeals. We affirm.

In this case that began as a breach of contract action, the defendant property owner attempts to appeal from two cases that were not consolidated in the trial court but resulted in the entry of a single order in favor of the plaintiff roofing company. Because the order appealed from did not adjudicate all of the claims of all of the parties, we dismiss this appeal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

Memphis lawyer Greg Siskind with Siskind Susser began working on a AI tools for immigration lawyers in 2016, and co-launched Visalaw.ai in 2023. Recently, the company won $1.6 million in seed financing from Atlanta-based Valor Ventures to accelerate its growth and innovation. The tool, according to Siskind, is designed to enhance the productivity, efficiency and profitability of immigration law firms by harnessing AI-powered legal research, assessment, document drafting, summarization and visa application construction. He says his own firm has seen up to a 90% reduction in time spent on drafting key filings. Read more about the investment in a news release from the company.

Samuel “Sam” Jackson has been named the new managing partner of Spencer Fane’s Nashville office. He replaces Charles Robert Bone, who has held the position since the firm acquired Bone McAllester Norton in 2021, according to the Nashville Business Journal. Bone now works directly for a company that had been one of his top clients: real estate developer Southwest Value Partners. His father, Charles W. Bone, remains of counsel at Spencer Fane. Jackson has focused his practice on labor and employment matters and education law, and will oversee an office of 36 attorneys. He earned his law degree from the Cumberland School of Law in 2000.

U.S. Rep. John Rose, a Republican from Cookeville in his fourth term, announced his plans to run for governor an event in Williamson County, WSMV reports. According to sources, Rose said at a Republican women’s function, “I am convinced my best days are ahead and that the best opportunity I have to serve Tennessee is in a different role. So, I’m going to come home at the end of this period and I’m going to offer myself … as a candidate for governor.” Before being elected to Congress, Rose served as Tennessee’s agriculture commissioner. He is also a farmer, attorney and owner of an IT training enterprise.

The Tennessee court system continues to face challenges providing legal representation to individuals who are guaranteed counsel. Currently, the responsibility to secure counsel for indigent clients in many cases falls to judges. A benefit of the indigent representation proposal from the Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) on behalf of the Tennessee Supreme Court is eliminating the use of court time to appoint attorneys in these cases. Under the proposal, judges would be able to rely on the proposed "Office of Indigent Conflicts and Civil Counsel," which would assume responsibility for providing lawyers for indigent representation in child welfare cases and criminal cases when the public defender has a conflict. Attorneys who wish to take these cases would work with the office to secure appointments. This shift eliminates any potential or perceived conflicts by removing judges from the task of appointing counsel. Also, the proposed "Indigent Representation Commission" would be charged with reviewing, developing and, where possible, implementing procedures to improve accountability and prevent misuse of the system. Learn more about the plan and indigent representation in Tennessee. Watch for more details about the plan in upcoming issues of TBA Today.

KPMG has become the first accounting, tax and consulting firm allowed to practice law in the United States, Bloomberg Law reports. KPMG won final approval from the Arizona Supreme Court today after obtaining initial approval from a court committee evaluating applications under that state’s new law firm ownership rules. The alternative business structure, known as KPMG Law US, will operate independently but as a wholly owned subsidiary of the company. It will provide legal services such as integrating contracts and tech systems after corporate mergers.