Non-compete Agreements Under the Microscope: What Makes Them Enforceable
Monday, January 26th, 2026
Approximately one in five workers in the United States are bound by a non-compete agreement. In response, the Federal Trade Commission attempted to implement a nationwide non-compete covenant ban in early 2024. The ban immediately met constitutional challenges in federal court and was quickly enjoined from enforcement1. However, as of September 2025, the Federal Trade […]
Read More »Tennessee Supreme Court Upholds Termination of Tenured Teacher
Thursday, January 26th, 2017
Recently, Tennessee’s Supreme Court upheld a school’s termination of a tenured teacher. The teacher was terminated for low teaching skill and failure to control her classes. Tennessee law provides that tenured teachers are entitled to a hearing (essentially a trial) before their local school board within 30 days of termination. In this case, the hearing […]
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