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ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS

Employees. Lend me your ears. Don’t sign a contract with an arbitration clause until you know what it means… Here is a primer on arbitration clauses in Virginia. Read up!

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ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS

Today the Supreme Court of the United States is hearing a case about consumer contracts and specifically, arbitration agreements. Dan and I have written about arbitration agreements at length in both the employment and health care context. Here is an article about nursing homes and arbitration. Here is another article about employment contracts and arbitration…

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HOW TO GET A COPY OF YOUR NON-COMPETE / EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (reprise) 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

HOW TO GET A COPY OF YOUR NON-COMPETE / EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (reprise)

I have written on this topic a few times before… Here is a post from May 2010 about the issue: HOW TO GET A COPY OF YOUR NON-COMPETE (reprise) In that post I provide some general information on how to get a copy, but I have a new plan or theory. It is about to…

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BEST NURSING HOMES IN VIRGINIA 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

BEST NURSING HOMES IN VIRGINIA

Someone typed those words into goggle the other day….. And what did they find? Not much I fear. There is no list of nursing homes published with the best records. Nor is there a list of facilities with the healthiest or happiest residents and fewest accidents. Nursing home are much like any other consumer business.…

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HOW TO PAY FOR NURSING HOMES / ASSISTED LIVING & LONG TERM CARE IN VIRGINIA 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

HOW TO PAY FOR NURSING HOMES / ASSISTED LIVING & LONG TERM CARE IN VIRGINIA

Sometimes Dan and I write to point out issues that need solving in Virginia’s long term care industry. Sometimes Dan and I write to tell stories about elder abuse and neglect.Sometimes we write just to share relevant information about medical and long term care issues. Today I am writing to share some relevant information about…

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VIRGINIANS – BE GLAD YOU DON’T LIVE IN GEORGIA 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

VIRGINIANS – BE GLAD YOU DON’T LIVE IN GEORGIA

For some unknown reason that makes like absolutely no sense to me, the voters in Georgia yesterday, said yes to Amendment 1, which gives Georgia companies greater power to enforce non-compete agreements. Now, thanks to the fine electorate of the State, the following is possible: You sign a non-compete. It is ridiculous. You leave. You get…

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WHY DO NURSING HOMES WANT MANDATORY ARBITRATION? 150 150 Dan Frith
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WHY DO NURSING HOMES WANT MANDATORY ARBITRATION?

Before I answer the question, let me share with you how the issue arises. Lets say your father falls at home, breaks his hip, has the hip surgically repaired at a local hospital, and is sent to a nearby nursing home for 30 days of physical rehabilitation. Before the nursing home will admit your father…

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WINTER WEATHER AND NURSING HOME CARE 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

WINTER WEATHER AND NURSING HOME CARE

Last year we had a tremendous winter in SW Virginia. By tremendous, I am referring to the snowpocalypse that set in on Western Virginia, MD, NC, etc. The Mid-Atlantic states apparently had as much snow as parts of Alaska. We however, are not used to such a deluge of the white stuff…. which means, our…

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS AND NON-COMPETE / NON-SOLICITATION AGREEMENTS 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS AND NON-COMPETE / NON-SOLICITATION AGREEMENTS

I would like to thank the Government for keeping my practice busy. Why do the feds deserve such praise? A great deal of people work for companies that call themselves government contractors. Yes, an entire industry exists to support, work for and with our government. From IT people, to defense and intelligence, contractors are everywhere.…

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RADIO STATIONS AND NON-COMPETES 150 150 Dan Frith
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RADIO STATIONS AND NON-COMPETES

Radio stations use non-compete clauses in their employment agreements to stop talented “on the air” employees from leaving and going with a competitor. Courts regularly enforce these noncompete clauses if their restrictions are reasonable in scope, duration, and geographic range. I think such agreements are just another unfair way to limit an ex-employee’s job prospects…

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CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS… IS THAT STUFF REALLY SECRET? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS… IS THAT STUFF REALLY SECRET?

Get this question alot. “Hey, Lawyer. I signed this document 7 years ago when I started that says I wouldn’t share any confidential information with anyone outside of Virginia Corporation Company, LLC. I want to start my own business that sort of compete and I don’t have a non-compete… but customers and clients aren’t considered…

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NURSING HOME RESIDENT IN VIRGINIA SUFFERS HEAD INJURY AND DIES 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

NURSING HOME RESIDENT IN VIRGINIA SUFFERS HEAD INJURY AND DIES

Terrible news. Another Virginia nursing home resident dies from a fall. Not just one fall, but over a 2 year period, over 14 falls occurred. And finally, one last fall caused a subdural hematoma and he died. Our firm did not handle this case, it was on the other side of the State… but what…

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