by Jedidiah McKeehan | Mar 31, 2014 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law Federal law, namely the National Labor Relations Act, passed by Congress in 1935 declares it is the “policy of the United States to eliminate the causes of certain substantial obstructions to the free flow of commerce and to...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Mar 26, 2014 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law Nuisance is the maintenance of a wrongful condition on a person’s own property over an unreasonable length of time which annoys or disturbs the free use of another’s property or which renders its ordinary use or physical...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Mar 17, 2014 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law When Tennessee became a state in 1796, its Constitution allowed capital punishment. As was the case in those times, this punishment was typically accomplished by hanging. Hangings often resulted in death by slow strangulation or...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Feb 24, 2014 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law The issue of grandparents’ visitation rights has been addressed by the United States Supreme Court in the case of Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57 (2000). In that case, an unmarried couple had two daughters. The couple’s...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Feb 10, 2014 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law Perjury is a crime categorized in Tennessee as an offense against the administration of government. Legal proceedings rely on the statements of witnesses, both verbal and written. The foundation of our legal system depends on...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Feb 3, 2014 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law You may have heard that one of the many reasons the Great State of Tennessee is an especially wonderful place in which to live and do business is because it does not have an income tax. This is not completely accurate. True,...
