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If your employer is submitting false bills to the government, your company is participating in fraudulent activity. This is commonly seen in the healthcare sector when clinics, doctors and hospitals submit bills to Medicare or Medicaid. For example, a medical office might double bill for the same service or charge for a more expensive procedure […]

If you get into a traffic accident, your insurance company isn’t the only one who needs to know. Under Tennessee “hit and run” law, you may be required to take several different steps to notify the government and/or the other driver about the accident. Some of these requirements apply immediately, and the failure to abide […]

Viewers of WSMV-Channel 4 may have seen me interviewed on the evening news last Friday discussing the Vanderbilt Football rape case. The

Can the police subpoena your emails to your spouse?  Can your emails be subject to a subpoena? Marital Privilege  Doctrine Are your emails to your spouse protected when written on a work computer?  According to one very recent federal court ruling, not necessarily so.  United States v Hamilton, -F.3d-, (4th Cir. Dec. 13, 2012).  Although the case […]

According to multiple local media sources this week, due to dry conditions in the area the Metro Nashville Police Department will have a zero tolerance for those that set off fireworks in Nashville this 4th of July week.  Nashville Police have indicated that those caught shooting off fireworks will be arrested or issued misdemeanor citations […]