Current salary $100,000Offer to change jobsand breach your non compete $150,000Hourly rate for non competeattorney $175 (that’s me)Cost of defending litigation as towhether you breached your non-compete $20,000 – $30,000 (easy)Price of not facing litigation PRICELESSI am well aware that encouraging people (1) not to breach their non-compete agreements and…
read moreYesterday, Frith Law Firm joined hundreds of trial attorneys across the country in giving back. We gave the Veterans Medical Center in Salem, a Wii gaming system. Why the Wiii? The Wii was selected because of a recent trend in rehabilitation toward a new treatment technique known as “Wiihab.” Wiihab…
read moreMy local paper this morning had the following headline: Area doctors paid by Eli LillySeveral Roanoke health care providers have received payments from the drug maker this year.By Sarah Bruyn JonesIt’s no big deal that local docs accepted $60,562.50 in the first three months of the year, is it?Well, Eli…
read moreSome professionals call their client list a “book of business.” A law firm, accounting firm, skilled workers like plumbers and electricians, have loyal customers. These customers may follow this professional wherever they go.We often see in our non compete work, that an employee is hired away from company #1, and…
read moreWant to join the conversation about medical issues in the United States? Best way to do that is to stay connected.I recommend the following sites to stay up to date:http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/http://www.codeblog.com/Enjoy these… and stay tuned.
read moreI realize most of our clients don’t want to spend thousands of dollars on having a business contract reviewed, before or after they sign it.Nor do they want to get legal help when they leave a job.I do however, believe in an ounce of caution.If you have the contract reviewed,…
read moreIn this week’s VA. Lawyer’s Weekly is a blurb about a case in Norfolk’s federal court. Bank of America asked the court to enjoin – stop ex-employees from contacting clients when they left BOA.The Court held there simply wasn’t sufficient proof that the employees had solicited any old clients. In…
read moreTrade Secret Claims are serious.Just how serious? Read this article about a successful Roanoke Virginia company – who recently had a California Court order they pay over $30 million dollars for a trade secret case.“Roanoke-based Luna Innovations Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this morning in the U.S. Bankruptcy…
read moreI was born and raised by an entrepreneur. What does that really mean? It means my entire life I have thought about “owning my own business.” I don’t think I am alone in this crazy dream.According to Entrepeneur Magazine, -68% of business students are interested in owning their own business.…
read moreIs that a phrase you have heard? “Elder law” attorney? I often get calls from very nice people who have been told they need an elder law attorney.They ask – “Lauren, do you do Elder law?”My response is most often – “well, sort of, what do you need? There are…
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