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Tort Reform and HBO’s The Newsroom
Tort Reform and HBO’s The Newsroom 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

I have been watching a TV show on HBO called Newsroom for the last two years. Last night’s season finale was overly romantic, enjoyable and as a plaintiff’s lawyer (that means I represent individuals typically against companies) I particularly enjoyed a tete a tete between two characters (one of whom…

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Filing a Complaint Against a Virginia Nursing Home
Filing a Complaint Against a Virginia Nursing Home 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Every day we get calls from families who believe their loved ones have been neglected, mistreated, ignored or harmed in a Virginia nursing home. And everyday I explain that in order to file a lawsuit against a nursing facility, you must prove their action was (a) negligent; that (b) their…

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Should I Have My Employment Contract Reviewed?
Should I Have My Employment Contract Reviewed? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

So, you have an employment contract. It’s a brand new job and you are new to the industry. If you want to protect your rights in the workplace, it is important to have an attorney briefly review your agreement. Before you start working, is this a good time to have an employment…

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Over-Medication of Virginia Nursing Home Residents
Over-Medication of Virginia Nursing Home Residents 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

The over-medication of nursing home patients is a major problem. By overmedication, I don’t mean too many pills for various acute or chronic conditions – but rather, whether patients are given too much of a medication such that their behavior was altered, or their behavior subdued. Think overdose. Think somnolent, sleepy, not easy…

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Record Verdict Against Nursing Home Chain
Record Verdict Against Nursing Home Chain 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

The law in every state can be slighty different. In one state, you can ask a jury for any amount of money to fix the mistakes made by the defendants. In other states you can ask the jury for punitive damages, which is not to compensate the loss of the plaintiff,…

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Knock Knock. Who’s There? The Truth.
Knock Knock. Who’s There? The Truth. 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Lawyer jokes are sometimes funny, and sometimes true. But any joke where the punchline confuses “lawyer and liar” is not funny to me. Not funny at all. I believe telling the truth is actually my job, and I expect my clients will take the same approach to truth telling.    In fact, the…

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The Law’s Limits in Nursing Home Neglect and Abuse Cases
The Law’s Limits in Nursing Home Neglect and Abuse Cases 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Our law firm represents nursing home residents and their families in tragic cases of nursing home neglect and abuse. We do everything in our power to vindicate the resident’s rights under Virginia law. But sadly, the law’s limits prevent us from the following understandable requests: – “I want you to…

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Please, Do Not Trust Your New Employer to Interpret Your Non-Compete Clause
Please, Do Not Trust Your New Employer to Interpret Your Non-Compete Clause 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

We hear this too often: “If I had known I wouldn’t be able to call my old customers, I would never have taken this new job. I told them when they offered me the job I had a non-compete and they told me it wasn’t a problem. And now,  I…

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What Florida v. Zimmerman Teaches Us About the Justice System
What Florida v. Zimmerman Teaches Us About the Justice System 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

I remember the day the jury returned the verdict acquitting O.J. Simpson. I was a senior in high school (yes, that dates me) and our school cancelled class to gather us in Gills Hall and watch the foreman read the jury’s verdict live.  I believe it was an attempt to teach…

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The Best Response to a Cease and Desist Letter Ever!
The Best Response to a Cease and Desist Letter Ever! 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

I just read on Buzzfeed about a cease and desist letter sent by a local government official to a citizen about the use of a domain name – and the citizen’s pointed reply via New Jersey lawyer Stephen B. Kaplitt. Check out Mr. Kaplitt’s hilarious response to the cease and desist letter.…

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