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Defense Contractor Whistleblowers 150 150 Bo Frith
  • Bo Frith

Defense Contractor Whistleblowers

The United States spends more on national defense than China, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, and Brazil – combined.[1] For Fiscal Year 2020, the Department of Defense has a discretionary spending budget of $712.6 billion.[2] The federal government spends a significant portion of that amount on goods and…

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Telemedicine and the Coronavirus 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

Telemedicine and the Coronavirus

Yes they are related.  Telemedicine, or the use of remote audio-visual technology to provide medical care has been around for years.  It probably got its first start when smaller rural hospitals used remote radiologists to interpret x-rays, CTs, and MRI studies during the middle of the night or on weekends when local radiologists were unavailable. …

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Whistleblower Protection for Sexual Orientation Discrimination 150 150 Bo Frith
  • Bo Frith

Whistleblower Protection for Sexual Orientation Discrimination

Due to recent developments nationally and at the state level, Virginia workers now enjoy protection from retaliation when bringing forward allegations of sexual orientation discrimination. As we have written about previously, Virginia enacted a sweeping statute effective as of July 1, 2020 providing broad protections for Virginia workers from retaliation for protected whistleblowing activities. Specific…

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How to make the most from your “Mychart” experience 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

How to make the most from your “Mychart” experience

If you have been to a doctor in the last year, it is likely someone asked you if you wanted to sign up for the Health System online portal.  Lewis Gale uses MyHealth One Carilion / Ballad Health / CVS use MyChart Each and every provider has their own way to confirm appointments, offer test…

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Insurance Fraud 150 150 Bo Frith
  • Bo Frith

Insurance Fraud

We have written before on the various attempts at fraud perpetrated by insurance salesmen. We have also handled numerous cases of egregious insurance fraud. Fraud in the insurance industry is not going away. Banner Life Insurance was recently hit with a $40.5 million settlement for fraudulently increasing the cost of insurance premiums. The case, filed…

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Radiologist Loses Medical License 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

Radiologist Loses Medical License

Why does this keep happening? A Richmond area radiologist,  Michael J. Bigg, MD, has been summarily suspended from medical practice amid allegations of repeatedly missing signs of cancer in his patients’ mammograms.  The Virginia Board of Medicine found Michael J. Bigg’s practice constituted a danger to public health or safety. Dr. Bigg owns the Allison…

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Virginia’s New Whistleblower Law: Timing Is Critical 150 150 Bo Frith
  • Bo Frith

Virginia’s New Whistleblower Law: Timing Is Critical

Virginia’s new whistleblower protection law, HB 798, becomes effective July 1, 2020. It provides a host of broad protections for employees who suffer retaliatory conduct by their employer. A key aspect of this law is the issue of timing. Understanding this issue is critical to the success or failure of whistleblower claims. Predictably, the business…

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Non-Competes No Longer Enforceable for Lower Income Workers 150 150 Bo Frith
  • Bo Frith

Non-Competes No Longer Enforceable for Lower Income Workers

A landmark new law passed by the Virginia legislature will render many non-competition provisions unenforceable. House Bill 330 states that non-competition provisions can no longer be enforced against “low wage” employees. The statute defines “low wage” as less than the average weekly wage of the Commonwealth. This is a significant change and an amount much…

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Frith & Ellerman all named Superlawyers in 2020 and 2021 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Frith & Ellerman all named Superlawyers in 2020 and 2021

Dan Frith has been named a Virginia Superlawyer for Plaintiff’s Medical Malpractice, for the 16th year in a row. Lauren Ellerman was named Virginia Superlawyer for Medical Malpractice, top 100 Lawyers in Virginia, and top 50 Women Attorneys in Virginia. And – our youngest attorney Bo Frith was just invited to join Top 40 under…

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Medicaid Fraud 150 150 Bo Frith
  • Bo Frith

Medicaid Fraud

Medicaid is a state and federally funded health care program that uses taxpayer dollars to cover the medical needs of low income individuals. When health care employees take advantage of this program by submitting false claims for financial profit, all taxpayers suffer. If you believe your employer is submitting false claims to Medicaid, you may…

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If I could ask Physicians to do just one thing …. 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

If I could ask Physicians to do just one thing ….

If I, as a daughter, mother, patient, plaintiff’s medical malpractice attorney could ask Physicians to do just one thing, it would be – TELL ME WHAT YOU TELL THE OTHER DOCTORS IN MY MEDICAL RECORDS.  That may seem like an odd request, but please, if you have a minute, or two, keep reading.  So often…

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Lauren Ellerman named top 100 lawyers in Virginia, 2020 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Lauren Ellerman named top 100 lawyers in Virginia, 2020

I am delighted to share I was named to Superlawyers Magazine 2020 list of 100 best lawyers in Virginia, as well as top 50 female attorneys in the Commonwealth.  I am grateful for the recognition, and can’t wait to get back to work helping clients when our State Courts re-open this summer.  I was also…

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