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NURSING HOME CONTRACTS – EFFORT TO FORBID ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

NURSING HOME CONTRACTS – EFFORT TO FORBID ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS

House measure would outlaw nursing home arbitration clausesMay 23 2008Nursing home operators would be unable to subject residents and prospective residents to binding arbitration clauses under a bill introduced Thursday afternoon in the U.S. House. When a companion bill was introduced in the Senate in April, consumer groups enthusiastically praised it and provider advocates roundly…

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NURSING HOMES NEED NURSES! 150 150 Dan Frith
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NURSING HOMES NEED NURSES!

It is my experience the best nursing homes not only have the best nurses and aides, but they have plenty of them. Face it, the primary care givers are the front line, hands -on nurses. The nurse or aide who assists with dressing, hygiene, feeding, medication, bathing, therapy, assessment, treatment, wound care, and the list…

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LYNCHBURG NONCOMPETE FIGHT NOT OVER YET! 150 150 Dan Frith
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LYNCHBURG NONCOMPETE FIGHT NOT OVER YET!

In February of 2005, Centennial Broadcasting purchased WLNI, Lynchburg’s radio talk station, from its owner, Gary Burns. Centennial paid Burns an extra $25,000 for agreeing to not operate a talk radio station in the Roanoke-Lynchburg market for five years. Guess what? Later in 2005 Burns bought a music station (WBLT – 1350 AM) in Bedford…

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VIRGINIANS…. LISTEN UP, SUNRISE NURSING COVERS UP DEATH! 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

VIRGINIANS…. LISTEN UP, SUNRISE NURSING COVERS UP DEATH!

Sunrise Nursing Home cover up death! Sunrise staff told Chase’s son that she had died in her sleep. The son said he was told his mother had breakfast, was left alone at one point, and the aide returned to find she had died peacefully in her sleep. The nurisng home lied! The report from Mount…

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ROANOKE NURSING HOME TO EXPAND 150 150 Dan Frith
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ROANOKE NURSING HOME TO EXPAND

I read with interest an article which appeared in the Roanoke Times today. The article entitled, “Roanoke Council OKs Expansion of Nursing Home” was written by Mason Adams. The article reported that Roanoke City Council voted 6-0 yesterday to approve a 3,000-square-foot expansion of the Raleigh Court Health & Rehabilitation Center for a physical therapy…

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Trade Secrets and Computer Crimes 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

Trade Secrets and Computer Crimes

As our readers know, my law firm will only represent employees in disputes over non-compete and non-solicitation cases. Frankly, we don’t believe non-competes and similar restrictions on your right to earn a living should be upheld…in our opinion they are against sound public policy. We are seeing more and more corporations adding to their lawsuit…

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DOCTORS HEADING TO TEXAS: LET THEM GO! 150 150 Dan Frith
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DOCTORS HEADING TO TEXAS: LET THEM GO!

I recently read an op-ed pieces in the Wall Street Journal entitled, “Why Doctors are Heading to Texas.” The article, written by Joseph Nixon a member of what I presume is a conservative pro-business propaganda machine, describes how tort reform in Texas has lead to a massive influx of medical doctors to the state. Mr.…

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Virginia’s Birth Injury Fund Will Run Out of Money 150 150 Dan Frith
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Virginia’s Birth Injury Fund Will Run Out of Money

Virginia’s Birth Injury Fund was the first effort in the nation promising lifetime medical care to a small class of infants whose injuries at birth represented a severe malpractice threat against doctors and hospitals. A wonderful plan…but it has never worked! The plan was “sold” to the Virginia General Assembly by the Medical Society of…

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Medications Can Cause Eye Disease 150 150 Dan Frith
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Medications Can Cause Eye Disease

I was surprised to learn that commonly prescribed medications can impair our vision and cause diseases of the eye. A recent report, published in Drug Safety, identified 62 drugs that can cause adverse reactions to the eye. Public Citizen, on its WorstPills.org web site, summarizes the report and details how the medications can cause cataracts,…

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Drug Mistakes in Nursing Homes 150 150 Dan Frith
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Drug Mistakes in Nursing Homes

The press has been filled with articles recently about drug mistakes in hospitals. The wrong drug given to the wrong patient…the right drug given to the wrong patient…and even the right drug given to the right patient but in the wrong dose (actor Dennis Quaid’s newborn twins)! These articles got me to wondering about just…

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The NonCompete Quandary 150 150 Dan Frith
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The NonCompete Quandary

I want to share with our readers an excellent article from the online edition of Virginia Business and written by Marjolijn Bijlefeld. The article looks at how several different employees and employers in Virginia have been affected over the years by noncompete agreements. As an employee, reading this article will provide you with two very…

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BE A SMART EMPLOYEE 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

BE A SMART EMPLOYEE

For my Gen Xers and Gen Yers (you know who you are if you (1) have a facebook page; or (2) myspace profile; (3) a Blog; or (4) a profile on Linked in), LISTEN UP! Be careful what you post on these websites. If you are going to leave your company – and have a…

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