by Jedidiah McKeehan | May 12, 2014 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law The Tennessee Maternity and Adoption Care Leave Act is found at Tennessee Code Annotated Section 4-21-408. This state law applies only to employers who employ 100 or more full-time employees at a job site or location. For...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | May 5, 2014 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law Human sex trafficking is the most common form of modern day slavery. It is an organized and violent business. According to the FBI’s website, “women and young girls are sold to traffickers, locked up in rooms or brothels for...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Apr 28, 2014 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law “As of November 2013, Tennessee was ranked as the toughest state in the nation regarding state statutes that protect children from commercial sex exploitation crimes,” reports Mark Gwyn, Director of the Tennessee Bureau of...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Apr 21, 2014 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law “Sex trafficking or slavery is the exploitation of women and children, within national or across international borders, for the purposes of forced sex work.” www.soroptimist.org/trafficking. This exploitation includes businesses...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Apr 16, 2014 | Columnist, McKeehan
Replacing previous federal law known as the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act, the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) primarily expands protections for active duty members of the armed forces. Found in the Appendix of Title 50 of the United States Code,...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Apr 7, 2014 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law Injunctions are orders made by a court to protect individuals from specific harm. Under Tennessee law, the Chancery Court has historically been the court of equity, undertaking to prevent harm rather than punish the...
