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You Can Now Compare Nursing Homes on Staff Turnover Rates and Weekend Help
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it will add data on staff turnover rates and weekend staffing levels to its Care Compare website, giving consumers another tool when…
Enforcing Deeds of Trust
The Code of Virginia contains several statutes of limitations dealing with the enforcement of a deed of trust. If a deed of trust contains a maturity date, it may be…
Trends in FDCPA Litigation: To Call or Not to Call? Leaving messages can lead to FDCPA liability
“Like so many other industries, the practice of law evolves rapidly and enterprising plaintiffs’ attorneys are like lions stalking wounded prey. The collection industry has been in the cross-hairs of public…
Using a Donor-Advised Fund May Be a Way to Get a Charitable Tax Break Under the New Tax Law
Donor-advised funds are a growing trend in giving that may get more popular due to the new tax law. These funds allow you to donate money- receive a charitable tax deduction-…
Rachel Adams to Present at Richmond SHRM Legal Update
Attorney Rachel Adams is serving as a speaker at the Legal Update hosted by Richmond Society for Human Resources Management, scheduled for March 14th at the Science Museum of Richmond….
What I Learned from Justice Cynthia D. Kinser About Being a Lawyer
John O’Herron recently published an article in the Virginia State Bar’s “Virginia Lawyer” entitled “What I Learned from Justice Cynthia D. Kinser About Being a Lawyer”. You can read the…
Activities of Daily Living Measure the Need for Long-Term Care Assistance
Most long-term care involves assisting with basic personal needs rather than providing medical care. The long-term care community measures personal needs by looking at whether an individual requires help with…
Four Provisions People Forget to Include in Their Estate Plan
Even if you’ve created an estate plan- are you sure you included everything you need to? There are certain provisions that people often forget to put in in a will…
The SECURE Act’s Potential Disruption of Estate Plans with Retirement Assets
On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed into law the SECURE Act (“Setting Every Community up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019”), which will take effect January 1, 2020. While…
Estate Planning and Retirement Considerations for Late-in-Life Parents
Older parents are becoming more common- driven in part by changing cultural mores and advances in infertility treatment. Comedian and author Steve Martin had his first child at age 67….