Often we will get calls from Virginia residents who received medical treatment in North Carolina. We always advise they call a North Carolina attorney to get advice as the state laws are different.In Virginia, you have two years to file a malpractice action and can legally get up to $2,000,000.00…
read moreYou needed it yesterday.A book.On non-compete agreements and employer / employee relationships.Because you are heading to the beach today and need to spend a few days planning, discussing your options and making an exit strategy.So now you can buy our “How to Beat your Virginia Non-Compete” for your ebook –…
read moreCaregiving is hard.Making choices about long term care is not easy.Making educated choices about long term care requires time and thoughtfulness.Dan and I realize too often, families are forced to make these decisions without any time to prepare and consider their options. But that isn’t good enough. Virginians should know…
read moreI get it.These days, folks want information and they want it fast. They don’t want me to mail them our book on non-competes, they want to read it in five minutes so they know by Monday morning whether they can quit that job and start their new venture.Although you have…
read moreI heard a wonderful but not surprising story on NPR this morning –CAREGIVING IS TOUGH WORK and worth over $450,000,000 a year.And what do you do when you need professional help? A nursing home? Assisted Living?Dan and I have found so many of our clients are ill prepared for this…
read moreI just got back from a week away.. and it was lovely.No emails.No calls.And I read books about how to be the best version of my self at work, home etc. Time off allows you to plan, think, dream and explore.It occurred to me on my break, that many of…
read moreVa Lawyers Weekly reported the following yesterday: “An auto-detailing business cannot recover from its former employer who made plans to start a competing business while still employed by plaintiff; a Chesapeake Circuit Court says plaintiff’s non-solicitation clause is facially overbroad because it would prevent defendant from offering his services as…
read moreSomeone googled that this week and ended up on my blog.It is a good query: LEGAL WAYS AROUND YOUR NON-COMPETESo dear Googler, here are the legal ways in Virginia to get around your non-compete:1. Don’t sign one.Most likely that has already happened so I am wasting my time with number…
read moreAs a child I knew my Mother, a Godly woman, believed in three things as being definitive sources of wisdom:1. The Bible2. Good Housekeeping Magazine3. My Uncle DwightThis was clear at even a young age. If Good Housekeeping printed it, or my Uncle said it, it was gospel. That was…
read moreA Care plan meeting at a nursing home is really the adult version of a parent teacher conference.Required by federal law to occur quarterly, Care Plan meetings involve department chairs and often, family members, those holding powers of attorney, are invited to take place in this brief but important HEALTH…
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