Tennessee corporate trustees, appropriately seeking ways to increase revenue, have embraced an “if you build it, they will come” strategy of developing business through Tennessee trust law features, writes Knoxville lawyer Eddy Smith in the current Tennessee Bar Journal. The state continued its effort to be recognized as a top U.S. trust jurisdiction when Gov. Lee signed into law 2021 Tenn. Pub. Acts 420. The act, Smith writes, "goes far in supporting Tennessee’s goal of becoming the preeminent trust jurisdiction in the South, if not the entire U.S. However, lawyers and trustees must be wary of a handful of potential traps in the form of unclear provisions or public policy concerns."

The question of where a suit can be filed for a products liability claim for a person injured in Tennessee against an out-of-state product manufacturer requires more than an analysis of Tennessee’s venue statute. The manufacturer must also be subject to personal jurisdiction — general or specific — in Tennessee. You know John Day has the details .

"Breathe in, breathe out," TBA President Sherie Edwards writes. "Within seconds of birth, we begin to breathe. But do you truly know how to breathe?" Give this simple breathing exercise a try. Edwards suggests this way to handle the stress you are facing, and points readers to a $40 discount to the Calm app, as another benefit of your TBA membership.

The TBA took top honors last week during the National Association of Bar Executives Communications Section’s Virtual Workshop. In the category of Authored Article, the TBA won for the January/February 2021 Tennessee Bar Journal piece “Stress, Law & Happiness: New TLAP Director Offers Hope Past the Pain” by Journal editor Suzanne Craig Robertson. In the category of Special Projects, the TBA won for the 2020 redesign of the TBA.org website and new association management system supported by Member Central. In the category of Excellence in Regular Publications, the TBA won for the Tennessee Bar Journal and sister publication TBJ Select. In addition, TBA’s Assistant Executive Director Barry Kolar was named the 2021 recipient of the E.A. “Wally” Richter Leadership Award. The award is given annually for outstanding achievement in the field of communications, extraordinary service to NABE colleagues, and distinguished leadership of the section. Kolar leads the TBA’s communications team and served as chair of the NABE Communications Section in 2014.

2021, are you seriously still doing this? Dear readers, take a look at this quick inspiration for your busy day to help get you through it. And 2022, we are coming for you.

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