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VIRGINIA NURSING HOME ABUSE / NEGLECT ATTORNEY 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

VIRGINIA NURSING HOME ABUSE / NEGLECT ATTORNEY

Elopement Medication Errors Failure to Diagnose Failure to Treat Failure to get emergency help Failure to prevent / treat Pressure Ulcers Dehydration Choking / Bed Rail entrapment Falls Drop from lift Abuse by staff or other residents Frith Law Firm has successfully represented families faced with all of the above scenarios. Most of these cases…

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VIRGINIA BOARD OF MEDICINE 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

VIRGINIA BOARD OF MEDICINE

When I was in Law School, I worked for the Attorney Generals Office in Richmond and my boss Roscoe Roberts was Board Counsel to the Board of Medicine. This meant we attended all Board of Medicine hearings and advised what actions were permitted etc. I witnessed scared doctors being asked to defend their actions, and…

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MUTUAL NON-DISCLOSURE / CONFIDENTIALITY CLAUSE 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

MUTUAL NON-DISCLOSURE / CONFIDENTIALITY CLAUSE

Are you wondering why your employer is so fervently pushing you to sign a new agreement about “mutual non-disclosure.” Is the HR director rabidly trying to get everyone to sign a new confidentiality clause before January? Someone is telling your employer, that such agreements are necessary to protect their confidential information and if employees refuse…

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LIMITATIONS ON VIRGINIA NON-COMPETES 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

LIMITATIONS ON VIRGINIA NON-COMPETES

As the readers of this blog know, Lauren and I try to share some of the principles followed by Virginia courts when they are called upon to determine the validity and enforceability of non-compete agreements. We often hear from clients that the non-compete agreement they signed with their employer prevents them from doing the same…

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THE BEST AND WORST NURSING HOMES IN AMERICA 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

THE BEST AND WORST NURSING HOMES IN AMERICA

I have written several blogs over the past few months about the best and worst nursing homes in Western Virginia (just search our blog for your city or town to find those posts). My blogs were based upon the Medicare 5 – Star Rating System. Recently, the Scripps Howard News Service analyzed the 5 –…

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GETTING GOOD CARE IN THE NURSING HOME 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

GETTING GOOD CARE IN THE NURSING HOME

Isn’t that all we want for our loved ones? Pretty simple isn’t it? I just read an interesting book which is a must for family members who want to understand how to optimize the care received by their loved ones who live in a nursing home. The book, An Insider’s Guide to Better Nursing Home…

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DOUBLE STANDARD IN NON-COMPETE LITIGATION 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

DOUBLE STANDARD IN NON-COMPETE LITIGATION

If you leave your employer and go work for a competitor, you may be sued. If an Executive leaves and works for a competitor, they may be sued too, but it will likely settle. Last month I wrote about a Starbucks Executive leaving for Dunkin Doughnuts. Suit was filed and within weeks, the multi-million dollar…

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INEVITABLE DISCLOSURE: WHAT IS IT? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

INEVITABLE DISCLOSURE: WHAT IS IT?

Sounds like something you tell your teenage son or daughter….”you better tell me what you did because eventually the story will come out.” But “inevitable disclosure” means something entirely different when you are talking about non-compete agreements and trade secrets. In trade secret disputes, a company seeking to prevent a former employee from going to…

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SECRETS SECRETS ARE NOT FUN 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

SECRETS SECRETS ARE NOT FUN

UNTIL YOU TELL EVERY ONE. Do you know that rhyme? Well, it does not apply in Virginia law. A Trade Secret in Virginia, “means information, including but not limited to, a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, or process, that: Derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and…

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NURSING HOMES & BUGS 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

NURSING HOMES & BUGS

A Nursing home under Virginia law, is a medical provider. This means the facility (and by extension its staff) owes the residents of the facility, certain legal duties. There is not an exact list of duties, but basically they must take care of, protect and treat your loved one’s needs. This also means they owe…

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PURPOSE OF THE CEASE AND DESIST LETTER 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

PURPOSE OF THE CEASE AND DESIST LETTER

Dear Employees: I want to let you in on a little secret. Cease and Desist letters are often written simply to scare you into submission by employers. They are not always written by lawyers and often times, your employer has no plan on actually suing you. How do I know this? Because people end up…

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EMERGENCY ROOM ERRORS IN ROANOKE VALLEY 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

EMERGENCY ROOM ERRORS IN ROANOKE VALLEY

I had the displeasure of spending 6 hours Tuesday night in our local Emergency Room, with my Mother. Quick story – my Mom has MS and cannot walk about more than 5 feet with a walker. She was walking to her electric scooter, fell, hit her head on a table and her lower back on…

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