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VIRGINIA RIGHT TO WORK STATE 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

VIRGINIA RIGHT TO WORK STATE

I heard it again yesterday. PROSPECTIVE CLIENT: “They can’t fire me for refusing to sign a non-compete agreement. Virginia is a Right to work state.” Hmm. ME: “Sir, the phrase Right to work is one of the most mis-understood cliches in the Commonwealth. It does not actually mean you have a right to work, or…

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MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE COMPANIES GOING BROKE…NOT 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE COMPANIES GOING BROKE…NOT

I know you have read the stories in your local newspaper. Medical malpractice lawsuits are driving doctors away as the result of outrageous jury awards in frivolous lawsuits. The doctors, and their insurance carriers, tell their state and national representatives that laws must be passed to stop this outrageous tragedy. This is a bunch of…

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ADVICE FROM HEAD HUNTER REGARDING JOB SEARCH 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

ADVICE FROM HEAD HUNTER REGARDING JOB SEARCH

Last year I registered online for a few of the job search companies – for a loved one who was looking for work.. so I still get emails from Ladders, Monster, etc. A well meaning company sent me an email today with the following advice: Specifically, conventional wisdom about the professional job hunt is wrong:…

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MEDICAL ERROR – YOU MAY NEED A VIRGINIA LAWYER 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

MEDICAL ERROR – YOU MAY NEED A VIRGINIA LAWYER

To err is human.. Or so I have heard. And I am sure if you ask my husband, I have made a few major mistakes, today alone. But what happens when someone is hurt by a mistake? And I mean, really injured? We see it in car accident cases, civil suits against financial advisers that…

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EVEN STARBUCKS HAS NON-COMPETES 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

EVEN STARBUCKS HAS NON-COMPETES

Friends, I ran across this great blog this morning – http://www.smoothtransitionslawblog.com/2009/10/articles/noncompete-agreements/coffee-wars I am interested for many reasons in Mr. Radcliff’s posting. 1. His blog has many useful and insightful posts on non-compete law across the country2. I know the subject of the post’s daughter from Law School3. It is one of the rare cases where…

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THEY CAN’T SUE ME FOR THIS…CAN THEY? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

THEY CAN’T SUE ME FOR THIS…CAN THEY?

We get this question a lot…especially when a former employee signed a non-compete agreement but it now “competing” with his/her old employer! Want an example of an actual case in Virginia? A pending case in the Fairfax County Circuit Court provides the details. The case, Virginia Academy of Fencing, Inc. v. Sintchinov, provides the typical…

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VIRGINIA MALPRACTICE LAWYER 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

VIRGINIA MALPRACTICE LAWYER

What is malpractice? Webster’s Dictionary says Malpractice is “failure of a professional person, as a physician or lawyer, to render proper services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, esp. when injury or loss follows; (2). any improper, negligent practice; misconduct or misuse.” Practically and legally speaking, malpractice in Virginia is when a…

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TOP TEN MISTAKES THAT LEAD TO EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION IN VIRGINIA #3 & #4 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

TOP TEN MISTAKES THAT LEAD TO EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION IN VIRGINIA #3 & #4

Some people unknowingly invite litigation into their lives. Those people usually do a few of the 10 mistakes I am writing about this month. Here are mistakes 3&4 that lead to employment litigation: #3 – Thumb drive downloads: I love this one. Sept. 5, 2009 – give two week notice you are quitting in email…

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CHOICE OF LAW PROVISION IN YOUR NON-COMPETE AGREEMENT 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

CHOICE OF LAW PROVISION IN YOUR NON-COMPETE AGREEMENT

The law in every state is different. That is why attorneys are licensed in individual states, presumably, they know the laws of that state and are prepared to advise clients on that state’s unique laws. Employment contracts are no different. You may work in Tennessee for a North Carolina Company. Or maybe, you were hired…

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CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXPOSED IN ROANOKE NEWSPAPER 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXPOSED IN ROANOKE NEWSPAPER

Our firm gets a local weekly newspaper called BLUE RIDGE BUSINESS JOURNAL. In September, an article (OP-ED Actually) was written about caregivers and how sometimes it is better for everyone to place that loved one in a facility rather than going through the struggle of providing care to an elderly parent. The first part of…

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VIRGINIA NON-COMPETE BOOK 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

VIRGINIA NON-COMPETE BOOK

When in life do you get help for free? Almost never. But today, you do get help for free. Dan Frith has written a book on How to Beat your Virginia Non-compete. Now, when Dan wrote the book, he was assuming many clients may end up in litigation. I spend many hours a day trying…

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