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WHAT DOES A CEASE AND DESIST LETTER MEAN? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

WHAT DOES A CEASE AND DESIST LETTER MEAN?

A cease and desist letter can mean many different things. Some companies, will send a cease and desist letter to an ex-employee, in order to say “Hey, I think you are breaking your contract so WATCH IT.” Other companies will hire an attorney to write a cease and desist letter to say the exact same…

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ANSWERS TO MEDICAL MALPRACTICE / NEGLIGENCE QUESTIONS 150 150 Dan Frith
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ANSWERS TO MEDICAL MALPRACTICE / NEGLIGENCE QUESTIONS

A patient asks what he can do after a nurse covered his mouth and gave him medication to knock him out. Is it a case? Read Frith Law Firm’s response. A Mom wonders if she has recourse against a doctor’s office for causing her baby pain during what might be an unnecessary procedure. Read Frith…

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VIRGINIA – “WHERE EMPLOYEES HAVE A RIGHT TO WORK?” 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

VIRGINIA – “WHERE EMPLOYEES HAVE A RIGHT TO WORK?”

Pop Quiz Virginia IS a “Right to Work State:” (1) Yes. I saw a poster in our break room.(2) Yes. I heard something about this years ago.(3) No. In Virginia employees have no rights. Right to Work means the following: (1) My employer cannot fire me without cause.(2) My employer can’t prevent me from working…

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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)

Folks end up on our blog, all the time – wondering out loud to Google, “How do I make my employer give me a copy of my non-compete.” Well, sad answer is you can’t. That is why you should ask for a copy when you sign an agreement – always. New Rule of thumb. If…

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NURSING HOME NEGLECT IN VIRGINIA 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

NURSING HOME NEGLECT IN VIRGINIA

Friends and family will occasionally ask what kind of legal work I do. When I say “Nursing Home abuse and neglect,” they sometimes look puzzled. “What is nursing home neglect?” they will often ask. Rather than answer outright, I usually tell them about cases we have filed. Like the one where an elderly woman was…

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COST OF ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

COST OF ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES

An interesting fact. For $4300, you can spend 26 nights and 26 days traveling from Florida to Europe on a luxury cruise liner. You can get a suite with a balcony for little over $5200. On the way you will get to enjoy to sights and sounds of Gibraltar, United Kingdom, Spain, France, Italy, Monte…

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UNIVERSAL ENFORCEMENT OF NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

UNIVERSAL ENFORCEMENT OF NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS

Remember when you were a kid, and you and your brother both wanted the red Popsicle but there was only one red one left? When your Mom gave your whiny brother the red one, and you were given the gross orange one, how did you respond? You said sternly “That’s Not Fair. Why is he…

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WHO IS THE CAPTAIN OF YOUR HEALTH CARE SHIP? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

WHO IS THE CAPTAIN OF YOUR HEALTH CARE SHIP?

There was an article in our local paper today about Physician Assistants being used more and more in hospital settings and medical practices. I know of PA’s that treat depression, perform minor surgeries – they can almost do it all. When you go to a doctor, who is actually treating you? The Nurse?Physician?Nurse Practitioner?Physician Assistant?…

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NONCOMPETES AND THE MEDICAL PROFESSION 150 150 Dan Frith
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NONCOMPETES AND THE MEDICAL PROFESSION

Lauren and I have written several articles about doctors and non-compete contracts. (Type in “doctor noncompetes” in the search box in the upper left-hand corner of this page to be directed to those posts. We have also written an article which summarizes the various decisions by Virginia courts which can be found on our firm…

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PRETEND DOCTOR 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

PRETEND DOCTOR

I went to highschool in Tampa Florida and occassionly find myself on the Tampa Newspaper Websites looking for news. Today I landed on what I can only call, an amazing story in the Tampa Tribune: “TAMPA – Sandra Rovhana doesn’t have a license to practice psychiatry, psychology or any healthcare profession, investigators say. She doesn’t…

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WHEN SHOULD YOU GET ADVICE ON YOUR NON-COMPETE? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

WHEN SHOULD YOU GET ADVICE ON YOUR NON-COMPETE?

I do not know why this is, but here is a fact. Most people who call our office and want their non-compete reviewed, call on Thursday or Friday. Most people call right before they are going to quit and have another job offer on the table. Many of our prospective clients call toward the end…

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INFECTIONS AND HOSPITALS: LIKE PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY 150 150 Dan Frith
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INFECTIONS AND HOSPITALS: LIKE PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY

Maybe my attempt to be funny with the title of this post is misplaced. The point I am trying to communicate is that, from our experience, hospitals do a damn poor job of preventing their patients from contracting infections while hospitalized (called hospital-acquired infections). We see it all the time. Patients who are admitted for…

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