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MORE ON EMAILS AND NONCOMPETES
MORE ON EMAILS AND NONCOMPETES 150 150 Dan Frith

Our last blog post discussed whether your employer can monitor your emails at work. The answer was a “YES.”Need more confirmation about the perils of using your office email account to start that “new business” or join a “competitor?”A suit filed by Performance Food Group Co., LLC, a food-service distributor,…

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LAWYER REFERRALS – WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
LAWYER REFERRALS – WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 150 150 Dan Frith

Often times, we get calls in our office and the prospective client will say “Lawyer Smith told me to call you.”Now, there are many reasons why Lawyer Smith referred you to our office.1. Perhaps Lawyer Smith does not do this kind of law (Medical malpractice) and knows that we do.2.…

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ROANOKE DOCTORS SANCTIONED
ROANOKE DOCTORS SANCTIONED 150 150 Dan Frith

The Roanoke Times carried an interesting article in today’s paper. The article detailed how the Virginia Board of Medicine had recently disciplined 5 Roanoke area physicians for violations of various Board of Medicine regulations.The most interesting part of the article is that many of the violations dealt with the improper…

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HOW LONG DO YOU HAVE TO FILE A LAWSUIT IN VIRGINIA?
HOW LONG DO YOU HAVE TO FILE A LAWSUIT IN VIRGINIA? 150 150 Dan Frith

POP QUIZ: How long do you think the citizens of Virginia should have to file a lawsuit? a. 6 monthsb. 1 yearc. 2 yearsd. 3 yearse. 4 yearsAnd from when?a. From the date of the mistake orb. The date you learn it was a mistake?States are all over the map on this…

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INSURANCE COMPANIES FIGHT OVER NON-COMPETE
INSURANCE COMPANIES FIGHT OVER NON-COMPETE 150 150 Dan Frith

This report comes to our readers from Chicago. CRC Insurance Services, Inc, describes itself as one of the leading wholesale insurance brokers in the nation, with 29 offices across the country. CRC is suing many of its former employees and Ryan Specialty Group, Inc., (also an insurance broker), for violations…

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RESIDENT ON RESIDENT ATTACKS IN NURSING HOMES
RESIDENT ON RESIDENT ATTACKS IN NURSING HOMES 150 150 Dan Frith

You wouldn’t think this would be a problem…but it is. Many nursing homes accept residents with severe psychiatric problems, histories of criminal conduct, or repeated aggressive and threatening behavior towards others.Want a quick example? In the past two years, at least four residents of North Carolina rest homes have been…

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MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY GIANTS FIGHT OVER NONCOMPETE
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY GIANTS FIGHT OVER NONCOMPETE 150 150 Dan Frith

Even the big boys get their panties in a bind over non-compete agreements!St. Jude Medical Inc. has sued a former member of its innermost executive circle, alleging that he violated a noncompete agreement when he accepted a job with crosstown rival Medtronic Inc. In a complaint filed in Minnesota medical…

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TRINITY MISSION NURSING HOME CONTRACTS: TAKE TWO
TRINITY MISSION NURSING HOME CONTRACTS: TAKE TWO 150 150 Dan Frith

I shared with our readers the outrageous and unfair admission agreement/contract used by Trinity Mission Nursing Home here in Virginia in a previous post last week. To say the admission agreement used by this nursing home chain is “one-sided” would be a huge understatement.Lauren did some quick legal research and…

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BUSINESS CONSPIRACY ACT CASE REPORT
BUSINESS CONSPIRACY ACT CASE REPORT 150 150 Dan Frith

The more we handle noncompete and nonsolicitation cases for employees the more frequently we see situations in which the employer makes additional allegations and pursues additional legal remedies against departing workers.The most recent example of this trend comes from a case filed in Alexandria, Virginia, Perot Systems Government Services, Inc.…

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TRADE SECRETS IN VIRGINIA
TRADE SECRETS IN VIRGINIA 150 150 Dan Frith

Lauren and I represent employees in noncompete and nonsolicitation disputes with employers and we discuss the issues and considerations which arise in those cases on this Blog. Sometimes we represent an employee who, although she never signed a noncompete agreement, is now being sued by her ex-employer for the misappropriation…

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