Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-25-1709 (2026)
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This part shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make consistent the law with respect to the subject of this act among states enacting it.
Acts 2000, ch. 647, § 9.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2004–2010 · leading case: Hauck Mfg. Co. v. Astec Indus., Inc., 375 F. Supp. 2d 649 (E.D. Tenn. 2004).
Hauck Mfg. Co. v. Astec Indus., Inc., 375 F. Supp. 2d 649 (E.D. Tenn. 2004). “No courts, state or federal, have as yet undertaken to analyze or apply Tennessee’s particular preemption provision, but Tenn.Code Ann. § 47-25-1709 provides “[t]his part shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make consistent the law with respect to…”
The Hamilton-Ryker Grp., LLC v. Tammy L. Keymon (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010). “” T.C.A. § 47-25-1709 (2001). We are persuaded by these cases that the standard for exemplary damages under the Trade Secrets Act should be interpreted differently from the traditional standard for punitive damages so as not to require a finding of “hatred, ill will or spite.”
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