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WHISTLE BLOWER NURSES IN TEXAS PREVAIL! 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

WHISTLE BLOWER NURSES IN TEXAS PREVAIL!

I previously shared the story about Texas nurse Anne Mitchell who did the right thing and filed a complaint against a local doctor whom she believed was providing substandard care. The good doctor, Rolando G. Arafiles Jr., MD, took offense and had Nurse Mitchell charged with “misuse of official information,” a third-degree felony in Texas…with…

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IS MY NON-COMPETE VALID IF THE TERMS ARE UNREASONABLE? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

IS MY NON-COMPETE VALID IF THE TERMS ARE UNREASONABLE?

Very smart people call our office all the time and say: “I read your blog. My contract is just like the one in that other case where the court held it to be unreasonable and invalid. So, is my contract invalid?” Short answer, no. Your contract is not unreasonable, invalid or not binding until a…

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WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA RESTAURANTS FIGHT OVER NONCOMPETE 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA RESTAURANTS FIGHT OVER NONCOMPETE

The Virginia Gazette has reported on a $1 Million noncompete lawsuit recently filed in Williamsburg, Virginia. Victor Minichiello of Sal’s By Victor is suing La Scala restaurant, where he temporarily operated while his business at Williamsburg Shopping Center was rebuilt. Minichiello’s lease was with Hassem and Georgia Salih as operators of La Scala, and Angelo…

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DO YOU HAVE A MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASE IN VIRGINIA? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

DO YOU HAVE A MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASE IN VIRGINIA?

A great deal of my day is spent investigating and discussing possible medical malpractice cases. Truth is, not every call we get is a case. Very few are actually cases worth pursuing. So when someone calls, I try to explain the legal elements of a medical malpractice case, and determine whether their situation, also has…

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SAVILE ROW TAILOR RUNS AFOUL OF NONCOMPETE? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

SAVILE ROW TAILOR RUNS AFOUL OF NONCOMPETE?

There is a great article on the front page of yesterday’s (August 9) Wall Street Journal. The article described how a young tailor, who previously worked at one of London, England’s Savile Row tailor shops, had left his previous employer and started his own competitive business making fine men’s suits. The tailor, Matthew Farnes, now…

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MORE ON EMAILS AND NONCOMPETES 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

MORE ON EMAILS AND NONCOMPETES

Our last blog post discussed whether your employer can monitor your emails at work. The answer was a “YES.” Need more confirmation about the perils of using your office email account to start that “new business” or join a “competitor?” A suit filed by Performance Food Group Co., LLC, a food-service distributor, alleges that a…

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CAN YOUR BOSS READ YOUR WORK EMAILS? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

CAN YOUR BOSS READ YOUR WORK EMAILS?

Friends. Romans. Employees. Lend me your ears. You do not have a right to privacy (for the most part) on your work computer. And your employer is getting advice like this from employment lawyers, telling them to read your emails: Delaware Employment Lawyers recommend employees “monitor” employee emails. “And, by “monitor,” I actually mean monitor—not…

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LAWYER REFERRALS – WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

LAWYER REFERRALS – WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

Often times, we get calls in our office and the prospective client will say “Lawyer Smith told me to call you.” Now, there are many reasons why Lawyer Smith referred you to our office. 1. Perhaps Lawyer Smith does not do this kind of law (Medical malpractice) and knows that we do. 2. Perhaps Lawyer…

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ROANOKE DOCTORS SANCTIONED 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

ROANOKE DOCTORS SANCTIONED

The Roanoke Times carried an interesting article in today’s paper. The article detailed how the Virginia Board of Medicine had recently disciplined 5 Roanoke area physicians for violations of various Board of Medicine regulations. The most interesting part of the article is that many of the violations dealt with the improper use and prescription of…

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HOW LONG DO YOU HAVE TO FILE A LAWSUIT IN VIRGINIA? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

HOW LONG DO YOU HAVE TO FILE A LAWSUIT IN VIRGINIA?

POP QUIZ: How long do you think the citizens of Virginia should have to file a lawsuit? a. 6 monthsb. 1 yearc. 2 yearsd. 3 yearse. 4 years And from when? a. From the date of the mistake orb. The date you learn it was a mistake? States are all over the map on this issue, but…

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A NON-FACEBOOK AGREEMENT? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

A NON-FACEBOOK AGREEMENT?

So we have long had non-compete agreements.And non-solicitation agreements. And now we are beginning an age where possibly we need non-social media agreements? An Employment lawyer who represents Employers, John Phillips, writes the following advice to his clients on his blog The Word on Employment Law: For the future, employers should include social networking as…

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INSURANCE COMPANIES FIGHT OVER NON-COMPETE 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

INSURANCE COMPANIES FIGHT OVER NON-COMPETE

This report comes to our readers from Chicago. CRC Insurance Services, Inc, describes itself as one of the leading wholesale insurance brokers in the nation, with 29 offices across the country. CRC is suing many of its former employees and Ryan Specialty Group, Inc., (also an insurance broker), for violations of its non-compete agreements. A…

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