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ASSISTED LIVING NEGLIGENCE IN VIRGINIA 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

ASSISTED LIVING NEGLIGENCE IN VIRGINIA

Assisted Living facilities are a wildly popular alternative to nursing homes for some Virginia families. Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) are usually paid for privately and rarely will accept Medicaid or Medicare for payment. Many purport to provide medical care, with doctors and nurses on staff. Other still offer memory units for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients,…

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CHOICE OF LAW – WHY YOU MAY NEED TO GO OUT OF STATE TO GET AN ATTORNEY 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

CHOICE OF LAW – WHY YOU MAY NEED TO GO OUT OF STATE TO GET AN ATTORNEY

Dan and I enjoy reviewing and evaluating non-compete agreements. We enjoy meeting and working with new clients. We enjoy helping people that live far away and need their contracts reviewed. We cannot however, help when a choice of law provision in a contract says that Ohio, Maryland, Kentucky, North Carolina, Florida, law apply. We cannot…

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INVESTMENT BANKERS / FINANCIAL ADVISORS AND NON-COMPETES 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

INVESTMENT BANKERS / FINANCIAL ADVISORS AND NON-COMPETES

I am sure if you are a financial advisor or broker, you are aware of the prevalence of non-compete agreements in your industry. And I am also sure you have heard rumors that they exist on all levels – from the beginners, to the guys making $40mill a year. So what happens when the executives…

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EVEN CELEBS HAVE NON-COMPETES 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

EVEN CELEBS HAVE NON-COMPETES

Don’t you just love one local news anchor? Isn’t it usually the case that we pick favorites and watch their news cast? I know I do. Well, your local TV personality likely has a non-compete agreement. If he or she leaves, you the viewer may follow which the network clearly does not want. One Washington…

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NURSE GOING TO JAIL! ARE YOU KIDDING ME? 150 150 Dan Frith
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NURSE GOING TO JAIL! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

This story is one of the more scary items I’ve seen reported by the media. The New York Times ran a story about a nurse (Anne Mitchell) in Texas who informed state regulators that a doctor (Rolando G. Arafiles Jr., MD) at her rural hospital was practicing bad medicine. What did she get in return?…

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EMPLOYEE POACHING 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

EMPLOYEE POACHING

When hunters or fishermen are referred to as poachers, they are taking wildlife illegally, perhaps in violation of state or federal conservation laws. So if a company recruits a star employee, can that also be considered poaching, an illegal taking? Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal featured a great article about small firms taking employees: FIRMS POACH…

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MEDICATION MISTAKES 150 150 Dan Frith
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MEDICATION MISTAKES

What happens if you get the wrong medication?Wrong vaccine?Wrong shot?Wrong dose?Wrong type of treatment? One of two things happens. The mistake either (1) causes you harm (physical harm); (2) the mistake does not cause you harm. We often see tragic results from preventable errors. The wrong vaccine or medication can cause an overdose or an…

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CAN YOUR OLD EMPLOYER PREVENT YOU FROM GETTING A JOB? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

CAN YOUR OLD EMPLOYER PREVENT YOU FROM GETTING A JOB?

We get that question all the time. Can your old employer prevent you from getting a job? If they do, what are your rights? Let us start to answer that question at the beginning. 1. Do you have an employment contract?2. Does your employment contract state you will not compete? If the answer to number…

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FREE BOOK ON VIRGINIA NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

FREE BOOK ON VIRGINIA NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS

Last year Dan wrote a book on HOW TO BEAT YOUR VIRGINIA NON-COMPETE (photo below). It’s been a “best-seller” as we have been sending free copies to Virginia employees for almost a year now. If you want a free copy, give us a call at 1-866-985-0098 or email Mary Ann at mspencer@frithlawfirm.com. Now, sometimes we…

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PLEASE STOP SEARCHING FROM YOUR WORK COMPUTER 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

PLEASE STOP SEARCHING FROM YOUR WORK COMPUTER

Fellow Virginians, please listen to the following advice: PLEASE STOP USING YOUR WORK COMPUTERS / LAPTOPS / PHONES to search for information on: starting your own business names for your new business non-compete lawyers information on whether or current employment contract is valid how to breach your non-compete I know you think no one at…

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DO YOU HAVE A MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASE 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

DO YOU HAVE A MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASE

I spend a great deal of time every week talking to families about their possible medical malpractice claims. Many are amazed that despite what they believe to be an obvious physician error, I do not recommend filing suit. There is no exact litmus test but there are legal requirements that must exist before you can…

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VIRGINIA BUSINESS ADVICE 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

VIRGINIA BUSINESS ADVICE

I was just reading Virginia Business Magazine, February 2010. Good read. There is an article in the Guide to Doing Business, entitled LEGAL HELP CAN BE ESSENTIAL IN BUSINESS. “Ahh,” I said to myself, “This looks interesting,” so I begin to read. The author writes “It’s better to spend some money for legal advice during…

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