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FEDERAL COURT IN VIRGINIA FOLLOWS KENTUCKY LAW 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

FEDERAL COURT IN VIRGINIA FOLLOWS KENTUCKY LAW

The United States District Court in Norfolk handed down an interesting decision this week in Senture, LLC v. Dietrich and Swider. The case is only in the early stages of litigation but some pretty novel arguments were made and ruled upon by the court. Dietrich and Swider were employees of Senture, a Kentucky company that…

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NON PROFIT – DOES IT MATTER? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

NON PROFIT – DOES IT MATTER?

There has been a great deal of press in our local papers (and National) about non-profit health care providers…. So What essentially is the difference between non-profit or for profit? Non-Profit: Tax Exempt – does not pay property taxes No Shareholders Has a Board of Directors (which is usually not paid for service) Must have…

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DOCTORS SUED OVER ALLEGED KICKBACKS! 150 150 Dan Frith
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DOCTORS SUED OVER ALLEGED KICKBACKS!

Most Americans know by now that doctors get all kinds of “freebies” from the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. Besides the possible illegality of the situation, it makes me question the safety of the drugs and devices used by those doctors. If the products were so good…the manufacturers would not have to “purchase” their use…

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LEGAL CONSIDERATION: WHAT IS IT AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? 150 150 Dan Frith
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LEGAL CONSIDERATION: WHAT IS IT AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?

A noncompete agreement is a contract. As such, the contract must be supported by what is called “consideration.” Consideration is value paid for a promise. For example, if you sign a contract with a man, agreeing to buy his car, his consideration is the car which he promises to give to you. Your consideration is…

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SO SUE ME! 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

SO SUE ME!

A recent article in the WallStreet Journal highlighted a local hospital’s efforts to collect from unpaying hospital customers. This came as no surprise to me as I have had to wait in local general district court rooms for hours, to have my case called behind the hospital collection cases. And these weren’t families that owed…

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A PROMISE – NOT BOUND BY NON-COMPETE 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

A PROMISE – NOT BOUND BY NON-COMPETE

A friend of mine is on the job hunt – and she was on a few private, non-profit, state and federal job websites this week. On one site (she can’t remember which), before you could apply for a job, post a resume or even view the postings, you had to confirm that the following statement…

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PROSTATE CANCER AND CALCIUM LEVELS 150 150 Dan Frith
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PROSTATE CANCER AND CALCIUM LEVELS

Prostate cancer occurs when cells in the prostate gland grow out of control. There are often no early prostate cancer symptoms, but some men have urinary symptoms and discomfort. Prostate cancer treatment options are surgery, chemotherapy, cryotherapy, hormonal therapy, and/or radiation. In some instances, doctors recommend “watchful waiting.” Prostate cancer kills thousand of patients every…

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ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS AND STROKES 150 150 Dan Frith
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ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS AND STROKES

The use of antipsychotic drugs in nursing homes is wide-spread. Antipsychotics are used to treat various psychoses and neurologic conditions including schizophrenia and delusional disorders. Other indications for long-term antipsychotic use in the elderly include dementia with associated psychotic and/or agitated features. The most common name brands include Thorazine, Mellaril, Trilafon, Prolixin, Stelazine, Navane, Haldol,…

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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL TAKES A LOOK AT CARILION 150 150 Dan Frith
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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL TAKES A LOOK AT CARILION

I live in Roanoke, Virginia, a community of about 200,000 people. We have two hospitals but one, the Carilion Health System, is proverbial 800 pound gorilla. You see, Carilion is a non-profit hospital….meaning that they save about $50 million a year in tax exemptions! Originally, non-profit hospitals were set up to serve the poor and…

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MS DRUG MAY CAUSE BRAIN DISORDER 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

MS DRUG MAY CAUSE BRAIN DISORDER

I watch the FDA closely, but have a vested interest in drugs approved for the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis. Apparently, Michelle Obama and I have something in common – a parent with MS. So I was interested in today’s Wall Street Journal which reports Biogen will be working with the FDA to change labeling for…

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VA NURSING HOME LAWSUIT 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

VA NURSING HOME LAWSUIT

A federal Law suit was filed against a Virginia Nursing Home, New Market Nursing Care, alleging the nursing home was negligent in their care of Kenneth E Huffman. Plaintiff alleges that “the Defendant’s agents and employees deviated from the standard of care by failing to prevent avoidable skin breakdown, by failing to prevent the development…

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BROADCASTERS AND NONCOMPETES: NY HAS A BETTER WAY 150 150 Dan Frith
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BROADCASTERS AND NONCOMPETES: NY HAS A BETTER WAY

New York Governor David Paterson signed into law this month the Broadcast Employees Freedom to Work Act. The new law prohibits certain restrictions on broadcast employees that had placed a hardship on professionals in the industry by limiting their flexibility to be hired after leaving a company. The law bans contract provisions that condition employment…

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