The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has filed a lawsuit against Maryville-based home lender Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. accusing them of predatory lending. It’s a manufactured-home-financing company which primarily finances loans for homes manufactured and sold by its parent company, Clayton Homes, Inc. The lawsuit alleges Vanderbilt “saddled borrowers in the greatest need with mortgages…… MORE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WOKI/WVLT) – United States District Judge John Broomes has dismissed a defamation lawsuit against Tennessee Representative Tim Burchett. The lawsuit stems from a February shooting in Kansas City following the Chief’s Super Bowl victory. 1 person died, 22 injured including minors in shooting following Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade. The lawsuit, filed in the…… MORE
Country music trio Lady A—formerly known as Lady Antebellum—has filed a lawsuit against blues singer Anita White, who has been performing under the name Lady A for a number of years. According to the lawsuit filed in a Nashville court, Lady A’s Hillary Scott, Dave Haywood and Charles Kelley are seeking a ruling that their…… MORE
Singer/songwriter Heidi Merrill filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Carrie Underwood, NBC and the NFL over “Game On,” the 2018 theme song to Sunday Night Football. According to the lawsuit, Heidi claims that her song, “Game On,” which she penned with three others in 2016, recorded and posted to YouTube in 2017, is “substantially—even strikingly—similar,…… MORE
According to TMZ, Blake Shelton has reached a settlement with In Touch magazine over its September 2015 issue that featured a cover story with the headline “Rehab for Blake: He Finally Hits Rock Bottom.” The accompanying article portrayed Blake as an alcoholic with several of the singer’s alleged drunken antics. Blake denied the incidents occurred…… MORE
