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The Best Response to a Cease and Desist Letter Ever! 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

The Best Response to a Cease and Desist Letter Ever!

I just read on Buzzfeed about a cease and desist letter sent by a local government official to a citizen about the use of a domain name – and the citizen’s pointed reply via New Jersey lawyer Stephen B. Kaplitt. Check out Mr. Kaplitt’s hilarious response to the cease and desist letter. You can download it here.…

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Virginia Public Radio: “On Elder Abuse and Signs of Neglect” 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Virginia Public Radio: “On Elder Abuse and Signs of Neglect”

This morning Virginia Public Radio hosted a 1 hour show on Financial Abuse of Virginia’s Elderly population. The show will be available online next week, and we will certainly share it with you when it is available. Callers from across the Commonwealth shared stories where loved ones, neighbors and friends had been taken advantage of…

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Newscaster Tripped Up by Non-Compete 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

Newscaster Tripped Up by Non-Compete

Just read an interesting article on the troubles of a news broadcaster in St. Louis, Missouri, Larry Conners.  It appears Mr. Conners made some derogatory remarks about the Internal Revenue Service on his Facebook page which his employer, KMOV and parent company Belo Corp., found unacceptable.  As a result, Conners was fired from his job. Mr. Conners…

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Virginia Truck Accident Injures I-81 Driver 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Virginia Truck Accident Injures I-81 Driver

Earlier this week, we heard about the horrific death of a Virginia Department of Transportation employee who was on the job when he was killed by a truck driver, traveling through Western Virginia. At some point, enough is enough. Sadly, Virginia truck accidents are typical in Southwest Virginia on Interstate 81. Trucks cause accidents, and when those trucks…

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A Checklist for Hiring a Competitor’s Employees 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

A Checklist for Hiring a Competitor’s Employees

Coca Cola hires Pepsi’s top-notch public relations manager. Dunkin’ Donuts snags Starbucks’s chief financial officer. Yahoo steals away Google’s vice president for search products. Fictional or not, doesn’t it sound kind of fun to consider hiring the star employee of your competitor? The mere suggestion of poaching a rival’s talent pool is both thrilling and scary. Thrilling…

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Sleeping Pills and Nursing Home Falls: Are They Related? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

Sleeping Pills and Nursing Home Falls: Are They Related?

As a Virginia attorney who represents nursing home residents, I admit it’s rare that I will hear about someone getting good medical care in a nursing home setting. Instead, here’s what I see: Out-numbered, over-worked, and under-paid staff trying to care for too many patients;   Corporate ownership more focused on squeezing out a few extra…

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Informed Consent: Just What Does It Mean? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

Informed Consent: Just What Does It Mean?

I handle medical malpractice cases against Virginia hospitals, doctors, dentists, and other health care providers. In almost every case, the issue of “informed consent” is present. If you have ever had surgery or any other involved medical procedure, you gave your doctor  your “informed consent” to replace your heart valve, remove that cancerous tumor or…

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Why Non-Competes Are Bad for Virginia’s Doctors 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Why Non-Competes Are Bad for Virginia’s Doctors

We need more jobs, right? Need more Virginians working to support their families? And in the process of putting people back to work, don’t we generally favor competition in the marketplace? Doesn’t competition typically benefit the consumer because businesses will try to get customers, reduce rates and provide better service? The answers to all of these…

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Hey, New Grads: What You Need to Know About Contracts 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Hey, New Grads: What You Need to Know About Contracts

It’s graduation season. I have been invited to attend a number of college graduation parties this month. No, not graduation age – just a “friend of the family.” Not that these super capable, smart and educated young people are asking for career advice from me – they aren’t – but if they were, I would share…

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When Virginia Doctors Make Mistakes: Say You Are Sorry 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

When Virginia Doctors Make Mistakes: Say You Are Sorry

A friend of mine sent me a wonderful article recently published in the Washington Post written by a physician who advocates that health care providers should admit mistakes when they are made. Yes, you read that correctly: the editorial says that doctors should fess up and admit their mistakes if they hurt a patient. Tell the family.…

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Book: “How to Beat Your Virginia Non-Compete” 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Book: “How to Beat Your Virginia Non-Compete”

You’re here because you have a Virginia non-compete agreement.  So why not check out our book, How to Beat Your Virginia Non-Compete? We answer common questions about Virginia non-compete law, including recommendations for employees and business owners.  Could we have called the book, “Non-Compete for Dummies”? No way. You’re no dummy (lots of people have signed non-competes…

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When a Doctor’s Failure to Diagnose is Negligent in Virginia 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

When a Doctor’s Failure to Diagnose is Negligent in Virginia

Sadly, we see them all the time: a case where a Virginia doctor failed to diagnose a medical condition. The emergency room doctor thought meningitis was the flu, and sent a patient home. The radiologist believed a tumor was a cyst and nothing was done. The family doctor thought it was migraines, and instead the…

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