H. Eric Burnette Named to National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40
BDP Partner H. Eric Burnette has recently been named to the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 under 40. Eric has successfully tried cases in State and Federal Courts as well as handling cases involving Multi District Litigation. #EricBurnette
New Tennessee Law Harms Employees
Characterized by the bill sponsors as "streamlining" and "clarifying" employment law, this new bill amends the Tennessee Public Protection Act (TPPA), Tenn. Code Ann. 50-1-304, to bar any common-law retaliatory discharge claim that stems from the same operative facts that support a TPPA claim. Effective July 1, 2014, when this new law takes effect, employees who have been fired can no longer bring both a common law retaliatory discharge claim and a statutory TPPA claim again