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Next-Gen Bar Exam That Truly Tests Daily Practice Skills Must Include Technology

LawTechnologyToday

In today’s legal profession, lawyers must be technologically competent. Examinees will be required to perform the activities typically required of a newly licensed lawyer. He hypothesized that “lawyers in general are woefully deficient in using the software tools at their disposal – e.g., Word, Acrobat, Excel.”

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Dismissal of Defamation and False Light Claim under Tennessee Public Participation Act partially reversed.

Day on Torts

M2021-00878-COA-R3-CV, 2022 WL 4490980 (Tenn. 28, 2022), plaintiff was a real estate professional involved in some capacity with Durham Farms, which was a large residential community. In Charles v. McQueen , No. Defendant was a resident in the community who wrote a negative online review of the developer of the community and plaintiff.