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CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS and FORUM SELECTION CLAUSES IN VIRGINIA EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS and FORUM SELECTION CLAUSES IN VIRGINIA EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS

I came across this well written and relevant blog post today from a Virginia law firm, the Berlick Law Firm. The article is on forum selection clauses. If your employment contract says Virginia law applies, or more specifically, that you agree to litigate all matters in a certain county, court, etc., there are recent Virginia…

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CUSTOMER LISTS ARE NOT FOR YOU…. DEAR EMPLOYEE 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

CUSTOMER LISTS ARE NOT FOR YOU…. DEAR EMPLOYEE

Let’s be clear, I represent employees, not companies in non-compete contract disputes. I also help employees defend themselves against Trade Secret, Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty claims etc. I think as a general principal that non-competes stifle healthy competition…. but Trade Secrets, those are a different matter. Please, dear employee, take my advice: When…

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FALLS IN NURSING HOMES – AGAIN 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

FALLS IN NURSING HOMES – AGAIN

Dan and I have written about falls in Virginia Nursing Homes many times in the past. We have also represented families who have lost loved ones because of nursing home falls, or their loved ones have suffered great injury as a result. In December 2009 I wrote about falls and whether they are preventable. Last…

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SUMMER READING LIST 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

SUMMER READING LIST

Need a good book with plot twists and unpredictable turns? Want to learn something while you kick back with your toes in the sand? Hoping that your reading will enrich your life and add value to your career? Than you should read HOW TO BEAT YOUR VIRGINIA NON-COMPETE by Dan Frith. Available from Amazon.com for $17.00…

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BUSINESS TORTS IN MOTOWN 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

BUSINESS TORTS IN MOTOWN

A reader sent us a link this morning to the Detroit News where a battle is beginning over various business torts in the sports/ entertainment biz. You know the facts – big wig leaves, big wig takes 9 employees with him to a competitor, old company gets mad and files a lawsuit alleging among other…

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SOMETHING LEFT INSIDE DURING SURGERY? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

SOMETHING LEFT INSIDE DURING SURGERY?

As hard as it is to believe, surgeons and surgical teams sometimes leave stuff in their patients. What kind of stuff? Gauze Sponges Surgical tacks needles You name it. If it is involved in surgery, it has probably been accidentally left inside someone. As you can imagine however, your body isn’t going to easily accept…

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NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS IN THE KITCHEN 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS IN THE KITCHEN

This past weekend I was in Washington DC for a conference. A friend and I went to dinner at this great Greek, Turkish Tapas place where we ate, and ate and ate some more. We also had some wine. The food was amazing. The chef was a recent contestant on the Food Network’s Top Chef.…

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CHOICE OF DOCTOR AT A VIRGINIA NURSING HOME 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

CHOICE OF DOCTOR AT A VIRGINIA NURSING HOME

POP QUIZ: 1. There is a doctor on-staff, doing rounds at Virginia Nursing Homes, M-F, 9am – 5pm? 2. You will get better care, and see the doctor more often, if you let the medical director of a nursing home serve as your attending physician? 3. You have to let the doctor on staff at the…

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THE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE MYTH: THE BOOK 150 150 Dan Frith
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THE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE MYTH: THE BOOK

Lauren and I do not typically spend our time reviewing and recommending books and other publications but I found a book that I just can’t help but recommend: The Medical Malpractice Myth by Tom Baker. Mr. Baker is the Director of the Insurance Law Center at University of Connecticut We live in Western Virgina…a very…

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THE BUSINESS OF HOSPITALS and ARGUING FOR PUBLIC NEED OF SERVICES 150 150 Dan Frith
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THE BUSINESS OF HOSPITALS and ARGUING FOR PUBLIC NEED OF SERVICES

On the front page of today’s Roanoke Times is an article about how one local hospital (Lewis-Gale owned by HCA) wants to develop a state of the art NICU to serve those in the area. Well, that seems fine enough. Let them hire the staff and buy the equipment. Maybe, with two NICUs in the area,…

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HOSPITAL SECRETS 150 150 Dan Frith
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HOSPITAL SECRETS

I recently read an article on MSN titled, “10 Things Your Hospital Won’t Tell You.” A summary of the most important of those “10 things” follows: 1. At least 1.5 million patients are harmed every year by medication errors, according to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. 2. A study released…

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ASKING FOR THE LATE CHECK OUT — FROM A HOSPITAL 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

ASKING FOR THE LATE CHECK OUT — FROM A HOSPITAL

I have often worried about what a hotel would do if I didn’t check out in time. Recently, my husband was competing in a race out of town and we had to decide whether to (1) ask permission to use the room for another hour, or (2) wait and see if we got kicked out.…

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