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Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2009: Prevent Mandatory Nursing Home Arbitration

Apr 24, 2009 | Nursing Home Law

I have another nursing home neglect case in which a nursing home (this time Magnolia Place of Greenville) has required a potential resident to waive her right to a jury trial in order to be admitted. The nursing home industry has been hit hard by lawsuits for negligence that result in serious injury to their elderly residents. So, instead of improving care, the industry has instead attempted to force residents to give up their right to a jury trial.

Twitter-at-Law: Connected Lawyers Know More

Apr 10, 2009 | Practice of Law

If you are not a lawyer on Twitter, you probably don’t know @RussRunkel, @elinfonet, @ Eric_B_Meyer or @taxgirl (my...

Severance Agreements and Release of Claims

Apr 6, 2009 | Employment Law, Litigation

I meet with people weekly to review severance agreements. Almost all severance agreements include a release of...

Employee Free Choice Act: Restoring a Balance of Power

Mar 23, 2009 | Practice of Law

On February 19th, I wrote a column, Eroding Employee Rights Has Opened Door for Unions for the Greenville News in...

An Ounce of Prevention: Choosing The Right Nursing Home

Mar 20, 2009 | Nursing Home Law

Nursing home care is not improving. And although I believe that lawsuits on behalf of residents seriously injured by...

Jurors are Tweeps Too: Web-based Mistrials A Trend

Mar 20, 2009 | Litigation

Jurors are instructed not to conduct independent research about issues in the cases they are selected to decide. They must decide the case on the evidence presented. They must not discuss the case until deliberations and then, only while in active deliberations with other jurors. But, as a series of cases over the last week have demonstrated, locking jurors away in a room no longer guarantees they will be cut off from the outside world.