Attorney Paul Ney to Waddey firm

Waddey and Patterson, Nashville's largest pure-play IP/patents law firm, today announced the addition of Paul Ney (left), of counsel. Ney was previously Nashville Mayor Karl Dean's director of economic development. Their announcement is here.

Waddey & Patterson adds IP lawyer

Matthew Cox, a UT-minted lawyers and VU-trained engineer, has joined Nashville-based Waddey & Patterson in Nashville. The full story's here.

Hot100 includes Dandy Dozen

BusinessTN offers its Hot100 Tennessee up-and-coming companies, and included among them are a dozen or so VNC thought you might want to know more about: Aegis Sciences ... Capital Confirmation ... Cell Journalist ... eMids ... Emma ... Informatics Corp. of America ... Magazines.com ... onFocus ... StudioNow ... VGT ... Human Capital Corp. ... Waddey & Patterson ... Enjoy!

News Red-eye

We're catching-up: Here's the story on recapitalization and CEO changeup at The Documentary Channel... The update on Waddey & Patterson's hiring a trio of IP attorneys... The Entrepreneur Center gets an online project manager... Economist Pat Choate on the U.S. depression and an E&Y exec notes they're keeping an eye on N'ville...