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IMPORTANT RULING FOR FINANCIAL ADVISORS 150 150 Dan Frith

IMPORTANT RULING FOR FINANCIAL ADVISORS

A federal court judge in Wisconsin has rejected a request by Smith Barney to order financial advisers who now work for Robert W. Baird & Co.’s Green Bay office to stop soliciting Smith Barney clients. Smith Barney sued Baird last week and asked for a restraining order, claiming the financial advisers who abruptly left the…

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VIRGINIA ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY IN THE NEWS FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS 150 150 Dan Frith

VIRGINIA ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY IN THE NEWS FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS

We place our family members in assisted living facilities and nursing homes because they are frail or sick and cannot take care of themselves. The facility should provide a safe place for the people in need of special care. Unfortunately, it doesn’t always happen as shown by the results of a trial in Newport News,…

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EMERGENCY ROOM WAITING TIMES 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

EMERGENCY ROOM WAITING TIMES

This week I had potential clients / clients – tell me they waited in a local (Roanoke VA) waiting from for over 5 hours and 7 hours before they saw a nurse. What can happen in an emergency room as a result of a delay in treatment?Appendix can RuptureHeart Attacks can occur (preventable ones)Strokes can…

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WANT TO KNOW THE BEST AND WORST NURSING HOMES WITHIN 25 MILES OF PULASKI, VIRGINIA? 150 150 Dan Frith

WANT TO KNOW THE BEST AND WORST NURSING HOMES WITHIN 25 MILES OF PULASKI, VIRGINIA?

The information might be important if you are trying to decide where to place a loved one who can no longer care for himself/herself at home. But how can you determine which nursing home is the best? If this issue is important to you, you job just got a lot easier. The answer is provided…

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DO YOU HAVE A VIRGINIA EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

DO YOU HAVE A VIRGINIA EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT?

Do you work for a Virginia corporation or business? Was it started in Virginia? Does it have offices in Virginia? Even if you have never stepped foot in the Commonwealth, you may have an employment contract governed by Virginia law. How do you know? They are called “choice of law provisions” and can be found…

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WANT TO KNOW THE BEST AND WORST NURSING HOMES WITHIN 25 MILES OF GALAX, VIRGINIA? 150 150 Dan Frith

WANT TO KNOW THE BEST AND WORST NURSING HOMES WITHIN 25 MILES OF GALAX, VIRGINIA?

The information might be important if you are trying to decide where to place a loved one who can no longer care for himself/herself at home. But how can you determine which nursing home is the best? If this issue is important to you, you job just got a lot easier. The answer is provided…

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BAD DOCTORS AND NURSING HOMES 150 150 Dan Frith

BAD DOCTORS AND NURSING HOMES

The subject of this blog comes from one of our readers with TLC4LTC…a resident advocacy group committed to achieving quality care for nursing home residents in the Commonwealth of Virginia. A few days ago (May 28) I wrote about a woman whose mother was a resident at Heritage Hall nursing home in Front Royal, Virginia…

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WANT TO KNOW THE BEST AND WORST NURSING HOMES WITHIN 50 MILES OF STAUNTON, VIRGINIA? 150 150 Dan Frith

WANT TO KNOW THE BEST AND WORST NURSING HOMES WITHIN 50 MILES OF STAUNTON, VIRGINIA?

The information might be important if you are trying to decide where to place a loved one who can no longer care for himself/herself at home. But how can you determine which nursing home is the best? If this issue is important to you, you job just got a lot easier. The answer is provided…

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WANT TO KNOW THE BEST AND WORST NURSING HOMES WITHIN 50 MILES OF BRISTOL, VIRGINIA? 150 150 Dan Frith

WANT TO KNOW THE BEST AND WORST NURSING HOMES WITHIN 50 MILES OF BRISTOL, VIRGINIA?

The information might be important if you are trying to decide where to place a loved one who can no longer care for himself/herself at home. But how can you determine which nursing home is the best? If this issue is important to you, you job just got a lot easier. The answer is provided…

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WANT TO KNOW THE BEST AND WORST NURSING HOMES WITHIN 50 MILES OF WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA? 150 150 Dan Frith

WANT TO KNOW THE BEST AND WORST NURSING HOMES WITHIN 50 MILES OF WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA?

The information might be important if you are trying to decide where to place a loved one who can no longer care for himself/herself at home. But how can you determine which nursing home is the best? If this issue is important to you, you job just got a lot easier. The answer is provided…

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EMPLOYEES SHOULD FIGHT BACK 150 150 Dan Frith

EMPLOYEES SHOULD FIGHT BACK

We talk with employees all the time who are faced with a claim by their ex-employer that they (the employee) are working in violation of a non-compete agreement, breached a fiduciary duty owed to the employer, wrongfully took trade secrets from the ex-employer, etc., etc. Many times these allegations are just “puffing” by the ex-employer…an…

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VIRGINIA, A “RIGHT TO WORK STATE” 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

VIRGINIA, A “RIGHT TO WORK STATE”

I was watching a great episode of Law & Order last night (I know – cliche) when a political ad came on for the Va. Governor’s race. On candidate said his focus as governor would be to strengthen Virginia’s “RIGHT TO WORK LAWS” and to get more jobs in the Commonwealth. That is code for…

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