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The following is a library of the more recent articles or news items that are written by our attorneys or feature our attorneys or firm. 



Date Title
March 8, 2010 Claire Miley, Ryann Schneider and Nesrin Tift author article on Health Information Technology Regulation for BNA’s Health IT Law & Industry Report
March 8, 2010 Kevin Douglas on Online Shareholder Proxy Voting for Investor’s Business Daily
March 5, 2010 Jeff Oldham on Nashville Convention Center Bond Financing in the Nashville Business Journal
March 4, 2010 Jeff Oldham on Proposed Exception to Tennessee’s Usury Law and Nashville Convention Center Bond Financing
March 5, 2010 Scott Thomas and Bob Brewer on the Impact of the Recession on IT Operations and Management
March 2, 2010 Anna Grizzle on Medicaid Integrity Audits Nashville Medical News
March 1, 2010 Tim Garrett Receives Volunteer of the Year Award
February 25, 2010 Anna Grizzle Authors Article on ZPICs for BNA’s Health Care Fraud Report
February 22, 2010 Claire Miley on Delayed CMS Edits for Report on Medicare Compliance
February 19, 2010 2009-2010 Bass, Berry & Sims PLC Moot Court Competition Final Round
February 19, 2010 Anna Grizzle and Seth Killingbeck Author Article for Compliance Today
February 19, 2010 Leigh Walton on Hospital Mergers for The Tennessean
February 17, 2010 Ryann Schneider Chairs YWCA Event
February 17, 2010 Ryan Thomas Discusses Acquisition for GlobeSt.com
February 16, 2010 Keith Simmons Discusses ‘The Business of Law” for The Memphis Daily News
February 12, 2010 Kevin Douglas on Proxy Access for Corporate Board Member
February 11, 2010 Grand Opening Celebration for Pinnacle Tower from Nashville Business Journal
February 10, 2010 William Ozier Discusses the Fair Labor Standards Act for Nashville Medical News
February 10, 2010 Keith Simmons Contributes to Article on Law Firm Management for The American Lawyer
February 2, 2010 Bass Berry & Sims Donates $300,000 in Equipment to Schools
February 2, 2010 Antiques and Garden 20th Anniversary Celebration
February 1, 2010 Brian Roark on Healthcare Fraud for American Medical News
February 1, 2010 Ross Booher Honored by Nashville Business Journal
February 1, 2010 Anna Grizzle on Louisiana Wrongful Death Case for Healthleaders Media
February 1, 2010 Kevin Douglas and Stephen Hinton Author Article on Shareholder Rights for Deal Lawyers
January 29, 2010 Anna Grizzle on Louisiana Wrongful Death Case for Modern Healthcare
January 25, 2010 Brian Roark on Medicare Billing Fraud for Healthcare Risk Management
January 22, 2010 Brant Phillips Explains Supreme Court Decision on Campaign Finance for The Tennessean
January 20, 2010 Brian Roark on Healthcare Whistleblower Lawsuits for HealthLeaders
January 15, 2010 Leigh Walton Named to Nashville Entrepreneur Center Board
January 11, 2010 Leslie Sanders Authors Article on the Family Medical Leave Act for BNA’s Government Employee Relations Report
January 8, 2010 Alonda McCutcheon Successfully Defends Vanderbilt in Sixth Circuit Case
January 8, 2010 Steele Clayton Interviews FTC Bureau of Competition Director Richard Feinstein
January 8, 2010 Walton, Noonan, Miley, Jacobs, Sloan, Harris Provide Cover Story for ABA’s The Health Lawyer
January 5, 2010 Fritz Richter and Curtis Fisher Author Article on Initiatives to Encourage Retirement Savings
January 5, 2010 Leslie Sanders Interviewed on Labor and Employment Litigation Trends by Law360
January 5, 2010 Cynthia Reisz Authors Article on Stark for Health Care Fraud Litigation Reporter
January 4, 2010 The Pinnacle at Symphony Place - Do Green Buildings Make Life Greener?
January 4, 2010 Scott Noonan Discusses Hospitals Employing Physicians for Nashville Post and The City Paper
December 31, 2009 Brian Roark on Medicare Fraud Enforcement for HealthLeaders
December 30, 2009 Making A Difference: Bass, Berry & Sims PLC Donates Furniture, Computers To Metro Schools
December 30, 2009 Strick’s Gift Helps Newborns in Need
December 29, 2009 Kevin H. Douglas Authors Article on Proxy Access for The Corporate Board
December 28, 2009 Bass, Berry & Sims PLC Donates to Second Harvest Food Bank
December 23, 2009 Metropolitan Corporate Counsel Discusses ABA Task Force on Corporate Responsibility Chaired by James Cheek
December 22, 2009 Bass, Berry & Sims PLC Represents American Petroleum Institute
December 21, 2009 E. Warner Bass Honored by Friends of Warner Parks
December 17, 2009 R. Dale Grimes Interviewed by The Christian Science Monitor on FTC Antitrust Lawsuit Against Intel
December 16, 2009 Ryan Thomas Authors Article for Directors and Boards
December 16, 2009 Bass, Berry & Sims PLC to Host Film-Com
December 15, 2009 Robert Horton Discusses Supreme Court Case for The Tennessean
December 9, 2009 Smith & Wesson Acquires Universal Safety Response
December 7, 2009 R. Dale Grimes Interviewed by Financial Times on FTC Scrutiny of Google and Apple
December 7, 2009 Douglas, Holley and the Corporate & Securities Practice Group Author Article on Corporate Law Trends and Forecasts for Financial Fraud Law Report
December 3, 2009 Brian Roark on Hospitals Suing Massachusetts over Medicaid, Medicare and Uninsured Reimbursements
December 1, 2009 Christopher Chi Elected to Tennessee Asian Pacific American Bar Association Board
November 30, 2009 Andy McQueen Named Board Member for Nashville Alliance for Public Education
November 30, 2009 AmREIT Announces Successful Completion of Merger with REITPlus
November 20, 2009 Nashville Post Reports on Corporate and Securities Law Alert
November 12, 2009 Bob Thompson Comments on U.S. Senator Chris Dodd’s Finance Reform Proposal
November 11, 2009 Cynthia Reisz and Philip Berg Author Chapter in Representing Physicians Handbook
November 11, 2009 John Good Interviewed for Corporate Finance Law360
November 11, 2009 Ryan Thomas and Thomas Wedeles Author Article on Amylin for Directorship
November 10, 2009 Richard Spore Authors Article on Management and Governance of Real Estate Joint Ventures
November 10, 2009 Grimes, Clayton, Sinback Author Article for National Law Journal
November 6, 2009 Ross Booher Discusses FCPA for InsideCounsel
November 5, 2009 Alonda McCutcheon Chosen for 2010 TBA Leadership Law Class
November 4, 2009 Michael Sontag Chairs American Cancer Society’s Nationwide Gift Planning Advisory Council
November 4, 2009 Keith Simmons Discusses New Tennessee Lottery Program
November 3, 2009 NPR Airs Story on Litigation Training Program at Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
October 26, 2009 Barfield, King, Denton and Jasper Article on NHC Nursing Home Fire Republished in Defense Law Journal, Cited Before the U.S. Supreme Court
October 26, 2009 Mike Dagley and Brian Iverson interviewed by WPLN on Litigation Training Program
October 23, 2009 Fritz Richter Writes on “Catch-Up” Contributions for Benefits & Compensation Law for Nonprofits
October 16, 2009 Justin Pitt to be Honored for Pro Bono Work by Legal Aid Society
October 15, 2009 Anna Grizzle Comments on HHS Inspector General’s 2010 Work Plan for Medicaid Compliance News
October 14, 2009 Todd Rolapp Comments on Executive Compensation for Markets Media
October 14, 2009 Elizabeth Warren Discusses HIPPA and Removable Media for HealthLeaders
October 9, 2009 James Gooch Elected Chairman of the Nashville Symphony’s Board of Directors
October 8, 2009 Eric Loumeau Discusses Corporate Law Practice for the Memphis Daily News
October 6, 2009 Former Bass, Berry & Sims PLC Attorney Named Chief of Staff and General Counsel of Environmental Working Group
October 6, 2009 Michael Sontag and Stephen Jasper Author Article on Court Decision Clarifying Limits on State’s Authority to Tax
October 6, 2009 Anna Grizzle Comments on RAC Audits for HC Compliance News
October 5, 2009 Jeff Yarbro to Run in 2010 Democratic Primary for Tennessee State Senate
September 25, 2009 Brian Roark and Mary Beth Fortugno on the Recession’s Effect on Healthcare Fraud
September 22, 2009 Richard Spore on the Memphis Botanic Garden
September 22, 2009 Steele Clayton Authors Article on Minimum Resale Price Maintenance Agreements
September 18, 2009 Ryan Thomas Offers Tips for Directors of Distressed Companies
September 15, 2009 Mike Sontag Discusses Applying Sales Tax to Legal Bills for Sales & Use Tax Monitor
September 2, 2009 Claire Miley on “Meaningful Use” for Healthleaders
August 28, 2009 Leslie Sanders Authors Article on the Family Medical Leave Act for Workplace Law Report
August 26, 2009 Paige Mills Comments on A&E “Rocky Top” Copyright Infringement for The Tennessean
August 24, 2009 Dale Grimes Discusses Impending Rise in Antitrust Prosecutions
August 17, 2009 Keith Simmons Discusses Alternative Billing in The Tennessean
August 13, 2009 Riney Green Discusses Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts (IOLTA) Program Requirements
August 11, 2009 Bob Brewer Discusses Stimulus Funding Implementation
August 6, 2009 Appeals Court Upholds Vanderbilt Ruling
August 5, 2009 Antitrust Practice Group Updates Chapter for ABA Publication
July 30, 2009 John Stemmler Discusses Legal Networks with Memphis Daily News
July 29, 2009 Jury Finds Whirlpool Not Guilty of Tolerating Climate of Racism at Local Factory
July 29, 2009 Brian Roark Discusses Hospital Compliance and Whistleblower Lawsuits for Healthleaders
July 27, 2009 James Gooch Interviewed by NewsChannel 5 on McNair Estate
July 22, 2009 Ryan Thomas Quoted on Failed Exelon and NRG Merger by Associated Press
July 22, 2009 Sontag and Jasper Author Article on 2009 Tennessee Tax Law Changes for Business Insider
July 22, 2009 Kevin Douglas Authors Article on Poison Pills for Executive Counsel
July 17, 2009 Tim Garrett Contributes to Nashville Business Journal’s Executive Survival Guide
July 16, 2009 Mike Sontag on 2009 Tennessee Tax Law Changes
July 13, 2009 Claire Miley Comments on Special Needs Plans in HealthLeaders Magazine
July 9, 2009 Anna Grizzle Authors Article for Compliance Today
July 8, 2009 Keith Simmons Discusses Midsize Firms with the National Law Journal
July 6, 2009 Brian Roark Discusses Medicare Fraud Indictments for American Medical News
June 22, 2009 Dale Grimes Comments on Talecris for Pharmawire
June 22, 2009 Brentwood City Commissioners Tap Mark Mamantov for TIF Instruction
June 5, 2009 Booher and Phillips Author FCPA Article for The Corporate Counselor
July 3, 2009 Sontag and Jasper Author Article for State Tax Notes
June 2, 2009 Dale Grimes Comments on the Potential Merger Between CSL and Talecris Biotherapeutics for Pharmawire
May 26, 2009 Dale Grimes Comments on Increased Federal Antitrust Enforcement
May 13, 2009 Claire Miley on Gender Disparity in Health Insurance and the Creation of a Public Health Plan
May 1, 2009 Keith Simmons Interviewed for Nashville Business Journal
April 28, 2009 Catherine Sloan Authors Article for American Health Lawyers Association
April 23, 2009 Claire Miley Discusses Cordero v. Christ Hospital and the Apparent Authority Concept
April 16, 2009 Page Davidson Q&A - Shareholder Activism and M&A Deals in the Current Market
April 14, 2009 Hospital Syndications: Opportunities and Options, or Poised for Extinction?
April 10, 2009 Minimizing Antitrust Risk: Perspectives on Compliance Programs
April 1, 2009 Claire Miley Discusses CMS Ambulatory Surgical Center Rules
March 30, 2009 Booher and Phillips Author FCPA Cover Article for the Tennessee Bar Journal
March 30, 2009 Elizabeth Warren Interviewed for American Medical News
March 20, 2009 Bass, Berry & Sims Co-Sponsors Leadership Health Care Delegation
March 17, 2009 Appeals Court Upholds Civil Verdict in Memphis Against Former Salvadorian Officer
March 16, 2009 Grimes Authors Article for Corporate Counselor
March 16, 2009 Thomas and Stair Author Article for The Business Lawyer
March 12, 2009 Pinnacle Tower Changing Nashville Skyline
March 11, 2009 Booher and Phillips Author FCPA Article for Medical Device Daily Perspectives
March 10, 2009 Allen Overby Interviewed for Financial Management
March 9, 2009 Reisz and Roark Author Article for American Health Lawyers Association
March 9, 2009 Esquivel Authors Article for ABA’s Antitrust Trial Practice Newsletter
March 4, 2009 Bass, Berry & Sims Sponsors Human Rights Campaign Event
March 3, 2009 DeParle Named to White House Health Reform Post
February 25, 2009 Bill Ozier Joins Business Boards
February 24, 2009 Leigh Walton Interviewed for Modern Healthcare
February 20, 2009 Healthcare Attorneys Author Article for American Bar Association Conference
February 20, 2009 Ross Booher and Taylor Phillips author Foreign Corrupt Practices Act article
February 18, 2009 Mark Mamantov Quoted in the Knoxville News Sentinel
February 17, 2009 Leigh Walton Interviewed for HealthLeaders Media
February 17, 2009 Keith Simmons Co-Chairs American Heart Association Event
February 16, 2009 Lee Barfield Commended in Tennessean
February 5, 2009 Karen Neal and Cindy Sellers Author Diversity Article for Tennessee Bar Journal
February 2, 2009 John Good Quoted in Memphis Business Journal
February 2, 2009 Claire Miley Quoted in Managed Healthcare Executive
January 30, 2009 Helen Woodyard Brown Profiled in Memphis Business Journal
January 27, 2009 Mark Sheets Quoted in Nashville Business Journal
January 22, 2009 Clarence Wilbon Profiled in Memphis Daily News
January 21, 2009 Walton, Masterson and Miller Author Articles for American Health Lawyers Association
January 16, 2009 Angela Humphreys Quoted in Agents Sales Journal
January 14, 2009 Brian Roark and Mary Beth Fortugno Author Article for Health Care Fraud Report
January 9, 2009 David Thornton Quoted in Memphis Business Journal
January 9, 2009 Shep Tate Profiled in Business Tennessee
January 6, 2009 Jessie Zeigler and Wendee Hilderbrand Author Article for ABA’s Environmental Litigator
January 5, 2009 Overton Thompson Represents Plaintiff in Suit Against German Government
December 31, 2008 Claire Miley Quoted in Hartford Business Journal
November 25, 2008 Leigh Walton Quoted in AAMI News
November 17, 2008 Anna Grizzle Authors Article for MedStaff News
November 14, 2008 Ryan Thomas Quoted in Bloomberg News
November 13, 2008 Brian Roark Quoted in Healthcare Risk Management
November 4, 2008 Sam Felker Confirmed as New Board of Health Member
September 4, 2008 Providing a Safe Harbor for Those Who Play by the Rules: The Case for a Stong Regulatory Compliance Defense
August 12, 2008 Bass, Berry & Sims Named One of the 50 Best Law Firms for Women
August 2008 Preparing for a Medicare audit from Health Care Compliance Association
July - August 2008 A look at the waning market of leveraged buyout deals and how to protect both pending deals and shareholders' interests
June 16, 2008 Mark Mamantov discussed tax-increment financing with Knoxville Business Journal
June 12, 2008 A discussion of reducing hospital dependence on Medicare from HealthLeaders Magazine
May 28, 2008 NashvillePost.com Article Covers Stites Attorney Jumps to Bass
May 2, 2008 Health Lawyers Weekly Reports on the Dismissal of the Qui Tam Lawsuit Filed Against IASIS
April 2, 2008 Richard Spore Reacts to Documentary Film Contrasting Academic Lives of Students in India, China and the United States
February 29, 2008 The Deal covers Bass, Berry & Sims and its involvement in two of the largest buyouts in 2008
February 2008 Lee Barfield discusses Medical Malpractice with the Nashville Medical News
January 17, 2008 Business Tennessee Magazine Recognizes 18 Bass, Berry & Sims Attorneys in its Annual “150 Best Lawyers” Listing
January 9, 2008 Bass, Berry & Sims Participates in 2008 Lex Mundi’s Guide to Doing Business Handbook
December 31, 2007 Knoxville Member Will Skelton Has Retired
December 6, 2007 Nashville Bar Journal Publishes Article by Dewees Berry
December 5, 2007 Managing Partner Keith Simmons Profiled in Of Counsel
October 9, 2007 The Integration of Vanderbilt Law School
October 3, 2007 Lex Mundi Institute Turns Out 78 Graduates from 2007 Programs
September 25, 2007 Cindy Reisz named Health Care Hero
July/August 2007 Article By Richard Spore Published in Probate & Property Magazine
July 11, 2007 Bass, Berry & Sims Breaks Ground for Future Nashville Office
June 27, 2007 NashvillePost.com Article Covers Jack Bovender’s Perspective of HCA’s Buyout
June 5, 2007 Reisz and Jacobs Co-Author Chapter for Health Law Handbook
April 2007 The American Lawyer Recognizes Bass, Berry & Sims' Real Estate Capital Markets
Spring 2007 Tennessee Young Lawyer Features Colleen Hitch
April 2007 Lack of ‘enterprise’ dooms cabin owners’ RICO claim
January 17, 2007 Bass, Berry & Sims Participates in Lex Mundi’s Guide to Doing Business Handbook 2007
January 2007 Business Tennessee’s “Best 150 Lawyers 2007” Recognizes Bass, Berry & Sims Attorneys
December 2006 Bass, Berry & Sims Mourns Death of Partner
November 20, 2006 The Tennessean Features Firm’s Pro Bono Whistle-Blower Case
October 19, 2006 Bass Berry Starts Capitalizing on REITs
August 18, 2006 Nashville Business Journal's "Best of the Bar" Recognizes Nine Bass, Berry & Sims Attorneys
June 18, 2006 "County commission to vote Tuesday on TIF," an article featuring Mark Mamantov
March 2006 Tennessee's Maternity Leave Act Revised to Include Men and Adoption
March 2, 2006 Righting History: A local attorney unearths the secrets of a bloody decade in El Salvador
February 2006 Crossing the Delaware: The state updates and simplifies its LLC formation laws
January 2006 Dangerous Liaisons: These Tennessee lawyers have sought justice in faraway, sometimes frightening, places
January 2006 Esquivel, Brewer and Prendergast: Access to Justice Award winners