While many employers routinely include post-termination restrictions on employment in their written employment agreements, Virginia’s courts have historically treated non-compete clauses as restraints of trade.  For this reason, they begin with a presumption of unenforceability.  But that presumption can be overcome, and the non-compete enforced, if the employer can demonstrate that its particular clause was

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One of the fundamental reasons for operating a business as a corporation or limited liability company is to protect the individual owners from personal liability for business-related debts.  That protection is often referred to as the corporate shield, or veil. This protection is not absolute.  When business owners operate corporations in name only – commingling

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Earlier this month, the US Supreme Court struck down a 1992 law that allowed certain states to retain their pro-betting laws, but prohibited any states without such laws from passing them moving forward.    (Click here for the opinion text: Murphy v. NCAA.)  With this ruling, all states now – or rather, for now – are

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It’s probably impossible for anyone to have interacted with us here at Marrs & Henry without having the pleasure of dealing with Nancy Faulkner.  She’s been with us since our founding in 2012, and has worked with Brad Marrs for the past 17 years!  Throughout that time, she’s been not only a strong legal assistant,

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March 19 marked the fifth anniversary of our founding of what has become Marrs & Henry. How time flies! But we wanted to take just a moment to thank all of you who have helped to make our venture a success, and for making it a joy for all of us to come to work

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For several decades, the pre-trial investigation process known as “discovery” has been governed by an open-ended standard, designed to assure that all parties had full and fair opportunity to sift through all the evidence and make their own determinations as to what mattered and what didn’t. Discovery has historically not been limited by what might

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If you haven’t heard our newest WRVA radio ad, take a listen to the audio file! It’s too true that when many people first run into a serious legal problem, they truly don’t know where to turn. We hope you’ll help us to help them! And of course, whenever you find yourself in one of

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Those clients who work with us on improving their rate of realization on worker’s compensation billings know that Virginia statute prohibits invoicing a patient with an awarded, work-related injury for any portion of his account for medical services provided. In worker’s compensation, medical providers must channel claims through the administrative process, seeking payment only from

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We’re trying something new – or at least, new for us – at Marrs & Henry. If you haven’t heard our current WRVA radio ad, take a listen to the audio file! We are indeed at that time of year when many small business owners look over their books and realize that there are problematic

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Dave Albo of Fairfax wears two hats. He is a state delegate from Fairfax, with enough tenure accumulated to have become Chairman of the House’s powerful Courts of Justice Committee. He is also a highly successful lawyer in the Northern Virginia region. And, in the interest of full disclosure, he is also my personal friend

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