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CASE ILLUSTRATES DIFFICULTY OF RECOVERY FOR WHISTLEBLOWERS UNDER TENNESSEE PUBLIC PROTECTION ACT

In Sweat v. City of McMinnville, filed 3/23/2018, the Tennessee Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a firefighter's case brought...

APPEALS COURT HOLDS DISCHARGED POLICE OFFICER' S SEX DISCRIMINATION SUIT WAS FILED TOO LATE

In Jackson v. City of Cleveland, E2015-01279-COA-R3-CV (filed 8/22/16), the Tennessee Court of Appeals held that a city police officer...

Covenants Not To Compete

In Tennessee, circumstances of separation from employment can be a factor in the enforcement of a covenant not to compete. Tennessee law...