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Firing employees on workers' comp can present challenges

Apr 1, 2008

They say that most things in life swing like a pendulum from extreme to extreme. We know the business economy follows a boom-and-bust cycle that is mitigated only marginally through government intervention. Also, the political inclinations of society vacillate between conservative and liberal thought and from intolerance to excessive political correctness.

Two to-do lists

Apr 1, 2008

This legal threat, as with so many others, leaves us as veterinary practitioners with a "to-do" list. Actually two "to-do" lists, and they are as follows:

Long-term care insurance: details decisions and dollars

Mar 1, 2008

This month I complete a two-part column discussing an expense that many of us put so far on the back burner it's probably on a hot plate in the shed behind your clinic.

5 small-time financial strategies

Feb 1, 2008

It's no secret that most veterinary medical students are cash poor. Still, a handful might have a few extra dollars to spare, perhaps from a tax refund. Christopher J. Allen, DVM, JD, a consultant and president of Associates in Veterinary Law P.C., offers five ways to make smart investments with a small amount of money for future gains.

Protect your office from sexual harassment

Feb 1, 2008

Sexual harassment in a small-business setting tends to present differently than in a towering office-building in corporate America.

10 of the most common legal troubles for veterinarians

Jan 1, 2008

Mind-numbing television programs truly have a therapeutic effect after a long day at work. Listening to Oprah Winfrey or Tom Cruise talk about their latest philanthropic and humanitarian undertakings makes my eyes roll back in my head faster than a pint of Guinness.

Wake up now to the realities of long-term care insurance

Dec 1, 2007

I don't want you to go broke. And I want to teach you how to avoid it now and through your eventual retirement.

Whom do you trust

Nov 1, 2007

When the average person thinks about a "trust fund," he envisions Paris Hilton or some filthy-rich kid from college days who wouldn't recognize a hard day's work if it bit him.

It's never too early to plan for ownership of a veterinary practice

Oct 1, 2007

When I speak to veterinary students or new graduates, the topic of an eventual practice purchase often comes up.

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