Office of the Attorney General: Farm Truck

On March 12, 2014, The State of Tennessee, Office of the Attorney General, issued opinion No. 14-30 which addresses the question, “When a farmer contracts to raise, produce, or feed poultry for the owner of the poultry, is a truck used to transport poultry from the farm pursuant to the contract between the farmer and the owner of the poultry a “farm truck” for purposes of weight restrictions on State highways (not including interstates).  Although the provision’s definition of farm truck did not specifically mention the transportation of poultry, the Attorney General reasoned that since the provision includes “livestock…or other agricultural products”, it was the intention of the General Assembly to include poultry.  Thus, trucks carrying poultry to market by a farmer under contract to the owner of the poultry shall be considered a “farm truck”.

You can now rest easy.  I can’t say the same for the chickens. Read more here.

President's Call for a 2-Year Law Degree

President Barack Obama’s comments last week that law school should be limited to two years is drawing reaction from both sides of the issue. A number of law professors praised discussion on the idea, but most of those blogging about the concept found fault with it. Berkeley Law professor Dan Farber warned that a two-year program would not leave time for specialized courses, such as environmental law, that are not tested on bar exams. Albany Law School professor Mary Lynch suggested the president is confusing unpaid interning with a true clinical experience, and that he does not understand that clients no longer want to pay for on-the-job training of new attorneys. And Matt Bodie with the Saint Louis University School of Law argued the idea would not automatically lower tuition as schools could just increase the cost per credit hour. Read a wrap up of reactions at TaxProf Blog.

The source of this is the TBA Today by the Tennessee Bar Association.