You’re driving down the road; you glance down at the speedometer and see that you’re driving right at the speed limit. Then, you see flashing lights in your rear-view mirror. You pull over and a police officer orders you to step out of your car. The ... [Read more...]
Small Claims Court: An Overview
Let’s say that you have a dispute with your landlord. You were asked to pay a security deposit on your apartment and now that you’re moving out, your landlord refuses to return your money. Your landlord claims that he’s keeping the money to offset ... [Read more...]
Divorce and Taxes
If you are facing a divorce, you know that there are plenty of difficult, even painful questions to be resolved. How do you tell your friends and family? How should you divide your property? What sorts of custody arrangements do you want? And there ... [Read more...]
Legalizing Recreational Marijuana: A New State Revolution?
Election night 2018 brought about several changes in the legal landscape, but probably none so stark or so surprising as the spread of recreational marijuana laws. States that have voted conservatively in recent elections voted on ballot measures ... [Read more...]
The State(s) of Medicaid Expansion
In 2012, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) made some sweeping changes to health insurance, but one of the broadest changes was its expansion of Medicaid coverage. Medicaid, a program involving coordination between the federal ... [Read more...]
State Bans on Conversion Therapy
Garrard Conley, the author of the memoir-turned-movie, Boy Erased, said of his experience with conversion therapy, “I came to therapy thinking that my sexuality didn’t matter, but it turned out that every part of my personality was intimately ... [Read more...]
A Primer on Construction Contracts
If you are involved in a construction project, you may anticipate obtaining permits, coordinating materials, and battling weather conditions, but you may not think about paperwork. Every construction contract involves a contractual relationship, or ... [Read more...]
An Overview of Birthright Citizenship
President Trump recently acknowledged that his administration has been looking into using an executive order to end birthright citizenship. This declaration prompted a flurry of reactions from confusion to outrage. Birthright citizenship seems to be ... [Read more...]
Toxic Torts and the TVA
A decade ago, Roane County, Tennessee, suffered the worst coal ash spill in American history. A barrier gave way at the Tennessee Valley Authority (“TVA”) Fossil Plant in Kingston, Tennessee, pouring over 5 million cubic yards of coal ash (the waste ... [Read more...]
Tampering with Digital Locks: New Laws and Smartphones
It’s a common experience: the smartphone that is supposed to make your life easier and more manageable develops a glitch. You don’t have the time or the money to send it off for repair, but you do have enough know-how to fix it yourself, so you try ... [Read more...]