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<copyright>Copyright 2007</copyright>
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<title>TortsProf Law Blog</title>
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<title>Ombudsman Helps Businesses With Conflicts</title>
<description><![CDATA[Creating an ombudsman position at your business can assist with effectively dealing with internal conflict short of litigation. Most employment litigation is originated because an employee feels like he or she has a legitimate dispute and&nbsp;no one in management either...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:37:37 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Backdating Lands Top Corporate Execs In Trouble</title>
<description><![CDATA[Corporate executives continue to be the subject of government investigations into illegal backdating of stock options. &quot;The inquiries appear to be accelerating as prosecutors home in on cases at companies culled from the 130 or so under investigation by the...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:44:57 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Entertaining New Employment Blog</title>
<description>There are several blogs I try to review on a regular basis. Today, I was reading the Wall Street Journal&apos;s law blog and it had an entry about a blog I hadn&apos;t read before. It is very funny -- something...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:59:49 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Are Pro Se Litigants Afforded an Unfair Advantage in Commercial Litigation?</title>
<description><![CDATA[An opinion released a couple of days ago from the eastern section of the Court of Appeals highlights the ongoing disagreement about how pro se litigants should be treated by the Courts.&nbsp; The case, C&amp;W Asset Acquisition v. Oggs, was...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2007 09:42:02 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Corporate Hot Topics In 2007</title>
<description><![CDATA[I recommend an interesting article about corporate hot&nbsp;issues in 2007, highlighting new SEC rules about executive compensation disclosures and the like. If the following introduction to the article piques your interest, then read the rest of it here. Staying ahead...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:46:28 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Supreme Court Takes Employment Discrimination Issue</title>
<description><![CDATA[An important employment law question will be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court with a couple of Nashville lawyers on the case. The issue is &ldquo;cat&rsquo;s paw&rdquo; liability and the employer is represented by Todd Presnell and Kara Shea in...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:10:32 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Scathing Comments Exchanged Between Justices of Michigan Supreme Court.</title>
<description><![CDATA[The attached dissent was filed by an associate justice of the Michigan Supreme Court following the recent election of the Court&rsquo;s Chief Justice.&nbsp; The accusations are serious.&nbsp; However, perhaps the most striking part of the dissent is the language and...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:29:11 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>No Private Right To Sue For HIPPA Violation</title>
<description>A federal circuit court has ruled that there is no private right of action for violations of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996). The most recent court to follow the consensus is the Fifth Circuit Court of...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Is It Ethical to Look Into Someone Else&apos;s Metadata?</title>
<description>An article over at Law.com looks at a significant question facing lawyers in the 21st century: When is it OK to look at the metadata in an adversary&apos;s document? The answer is unsurprising (and unsettling): nobody really knows for sure....</description>
<link>http://www.tnbusinesslitigation.com/ediscovery-discovery-of-electronic-evidence-is-it-ethical-to-look-into-someone-elses-metadata.html</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:03:27 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Burden of Proof Required to Prove Mitigation of Damages</title>
<description><![CDATA[A recent opinion from the Tennessee Court of Appeals highlights the burden that lies with a defendant who is attempting to prove mitigation of damages.&nbsp; In ABC Painting Co. v. White Oaks Apartments, the plaintiff brought suit for defendant&rsquo;s failure...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 10:14:31 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>No Title VII Retaliation Protection For Employee Who Cooperated</title>
<description><![CDATA[Is cooperating with a sexual harassment investigation enough to give an employee protection under Title VII&rsquo;s &ldquo;opposition&rdquo; and &ldquo;participation&rdquo; clauses?&nbsp;Not necessarily, according to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Title VII&rsquo;s anti-retaliation provisions protect employees who &ldquo;oppose&rdquo; unlawful acts and...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:06:29 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>2006 Tennessee Business Laws</title>
<description><![CDATA[Here are some business-related laws passed by the Tennessee legislature in 2006:Immunity when there is a major disaster for hospitals,&nbsp;voluntary health care providers and community mental health care centers&nbsp;participating in the Emergency Management Assistance Compact or Southern Regional Emergency Management...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:20:13 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Middle District of Tennessee Rule on Rule 26 Expert Reports Criticized by 6th Circuit</title>
<description><![CDATA[In an opinion just handed down by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, the Court criticized the application of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Middle District of Tennessee's Local Rule&nbsp;regarding expert witness reports. &nbsp;The Rule states:&quot;Expert witness disclosures shall be made timely in accordance with any...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:40:28 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>TCPA Doesn&apos;t Apply To Personal Real Estate Deal</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Tennessee Consumer Protection Act does not apply in a transaction in which the defendant&nbsp;is&nbsp;acting in a personal capacity and not as a business agent, according to the&nbsp;Tennessee Court of Appeals at Knoxville. In Abouelata v. Davis, the buyers of...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
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