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Physician Non-Compete Agreements Go Under the Knife: The Tennessee Supreme Court Strikes Down Physician Non-Compete Agreements 36 U. MEM. L. REV. 115 (2006)
Oscar C. Carr, March 31, 2010
In Murfreesboro Medical Clinic, P.A. v. Udom, [FN2] the Tennessee Supreme Court, relying on public policy, banned noncompete agreements between physicians and their private employers. [FN3] In Udom, a physician signed an employment agreement with a private medical practice that contained a...

ADA REVISIONS AMOUNT TO SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION
Michael D. Tauer, Kendra Tidwell, March 18, 2010, previously published by Glankler Brown, PLLC Employment Law Report on Spring 2009
Litigation under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA or the Act) has long been a thorn in the side of employers. In many cases, a plaintiff’s lawsuit has been defeated at the summary judgment stage simply by proving the plaintiff’s ailment or condition did not rise to the level of...

FLSA Column: The Stimulus for the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Enforcement
March 18, 2010, previously published by Glankler Brown Employment Law Newsletter on September 17, 2009
Investigators from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently conducted an investigation of the operations of the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD). According to the GAO, the investigation uncovered evidence of negligence, incompetence and dishonesty among WHD...