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Puerto Rico Supreme Court Reaffirms Importance of Just Cause for Employee Terminations

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The Puerto Rico Supreme Court recently issued a decision reaffirming the importance of just cause for employment terminations in Puerto Rico. Méndez Ruiz v. Techno Plastics Industries, Inc., No. 2025 TSPR 68 (June 26, 2025)....more

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The Tennessee Supreme Court Reaffirms Tennessee’s Adherence to the Employment-at-Will Doctrine

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In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of Tennessee recently ruled in Heather Smith v. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee that the right to petition in Article I, Section 23 of the Tennessee Constitution does not provide a...more

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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rules in Favor of Worker Fired for Rebutting Negative Performance Improvement Plan

On December 17, 2021, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruled that an employee discharged for submitting a written rebuttal to his employer in response to the placement of negative information in his personnel...more

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