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How Do I Get Out of My Non-Compete?
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How Do I Get Out of My Non-Compete?

In healthcare, there has been a large expansion in non-compete clauses. Many of our clients would like to find a way out of their non-compete clause when looking to leave their current employment.

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The first way to avoid breaching a non-compete clause is to have your attorney negotiate a contract without a non-compete clause before beginning your employment.

Sometimes, non-compete clauses are unavoidable. So what can you do in that

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New store coming downtown, restaurant features Thai food and other Jackson County business news
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New store coming downtown, restaurant features Thai food and other Jackson County business news

JACKSON COUNTY, MI – A great place to get some Thai food and a floral shop moving downtown are among businesses making news in the Jackson County area.

Here’s some recent business news you might have missed.

The Drunken Noodles are a hit at Sakura

Victor Taihuttu wanted to bring a different kind of cuisine to Jackson County, so he opened a restaurant that offered hibachi, sushi and Thai food.

Taihuttu opened Sakura in November 2022 in the former Northwest Coney Island location after it closed last summer.

The Drunken Noodles, a Thai dish, have become a favorite menu item,

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What is a Medical Power of Attorney?
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What is a Medical Power of Attorney?

One document that we recommend for almost all of our estate planning clients is a Medical Durable Power of Attorney. This document allows you to select the person who will make medical decisions on your behalf, if you are incapacitated or unable to make them yourself.

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A Medical Durable Power of Attorney is an essential document, as no one can predict their incapacity.

This legal document allows you to list

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What Does the End of the Public Health Emergency Mean?
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What Does the End of the Public Health Emergency Mean?

The national Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19 ends on May 11, 2023.

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The end of the public health emergency brings a variety of changes to the healthcare system.

Most of the remaining federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements will end for federal workers, contractors and foreign air travelers.

The government is also lifting requirements for Head Start educators and healthcare workers.

Free COVID-19 vaccines and tests will no longer be provided

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Remarriage and Estate Planning – Rickard & Associates
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Remarriage and Estate Planning – Rickard & Associates

If you are getting remarried, it is essential to understand your spouse’s inheritance rights.

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Before you get married for a second or third time, you want to be aware of the rights your spouse will have to your estate and vice versa.

You may want to work with an attorney to draft a prenuptial agreement, prior to exchanging vows.

Then, you want to be familiar with the intestacy laws in

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Adams County residents are owed close to $9M. Check to see if you have money waiting
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Adams County residents are owed close to $9M. Check to see if you have money waiting

Roughly $8.6 million of unclaimed property is owed to Adams County residents, according to Pennsylvania Treasury press secretary Samantha Heckel.

Unclaimed property includes dormant bank accounts, uncashed checks, forgotten stocks and insurance policies as well as tangible property like jewelry and valuables stored in abandoned safe deposit boxes and military decorations and memorabilia.

To see if you have money waiting, search the Treasury’s unclaimed property at patreasury.gov/unclaimed-property. The process to claim can be started online as well.

According to a press release from the Pennsylvania Treasury, over $211 million was returned in 2022 throughout the Commonwealth with more than $4

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I Don’t Have an Estate Plan…Right?
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I Don’t Have an Estate Plan…Right?

Whether or not you have a written estate plan, you do have an estate plan. The laws of the state in which you reside will make decisions about your estate if you do not have a written plan.

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If you don’t have a written estate plan, it is essential to know what the intestacy laws of your state are so that you know what will happen to your assets if

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Physician Contracting 101 – Rickard & Associates
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Physician Contracting 101 – Rickard & Associates

Physician contracts are often complicated and have unique terms. We help our clients understand the terms and negotiate their contracts.

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Many of our clients are physicians who are negotiating or renegotiating their employment contracts with their employers. Sometimes these are with health systems, hospitals, or small physician offices.

We also have clients come to us with issues after they negotiated their own contracts.

Physician contracts are unique, as they have

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