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	<title>Sands Anderson Marks &amp; Miller</title>
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	<description>Sands Anderson Marks &amp; Miller attorneys in Virginia and North Carolina for public corporations, private companies, governments and individuals</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
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						<title>Understanding the Healtcare and Education Reconciliation Act</title>
						<link>http://sandsanderson.com/news_events/article/health_bill_lfa_podcast.html</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 9 Jul 2010 0:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Law Firm Alliance Health Law Group has launched a podcast series highlighting various portions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (Reform Bill) and the new HIPAA HiTech amendments. ]]></description>		</item>
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						<title>Revised 990 Form Calls for Tools for Good Governance</title>
						<link>http://sandsanderson.com/news_events/article/irs_form_990_governance.html</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 0:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Beginning with the 2009 tax reporting year, exempt organizations must provide significantly greater information on the manner in which they operate, manage their funds, compensate top officials, and allocate their resources to exempt activities.]]></description>		</item>
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						<title>Virginia Supreme Court Allows Auto UM/UIM Stacking</title>
						<link>http://sandsanderson.com/news_events/article/auto_policy_stacked_risk_08_09.html</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 0:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[In Virginia Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Comp. v. Williams, 278 Va. 75, 677 S.E.2d 299 (2009), the Supreme Court of Virginia recently held that uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage provided by a single policy could be stacked. The court&#039;s decision...]]></description>		</item>
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						<title>Visa Waiver Travelers Now Required To Use Electronic System For Travel Authorization</title>
						<link>http://sandsanderson.com/news_events/article/visa_waiver_security.html</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 0:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[As of January 12, 2009, Visa Waiver Program travelers will be required to use the Electronic System for Travel Authorization before boarding a carrier.]]></description>		</item>
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						<title>How Can They Sue Me There?:  A Venue Primer for Virginia Physicians</title>
						<link>http://sandsanderson.com/news_events/article/venue_for_physicians.html</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 0:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Many physicians who are sued for medical malpractice are surprised to learn that the case has been filed in a city or county that is different than the one in which they treated the patient who filed the suit.]]></description>		</item>
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						<title>Aggressive I-9 Compliance Plan Avoided Fines, Limited Liability</title>
						<link>http://sandsanderson.com/news_events/article/immigration_compliance_i_9.html</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 0:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[A client of our Research Triangle Park office which operates about a hundred retail locations throughout North Carolina with over three thousand employees, was subpoenaed by ICE for I-9 forms and payroll records, which were fournd to have errors exposing them to millions of dollars in fines. Seven months later, after implementing a compliance plan designed by lawyer Oliver Branch, they emerged without a fine.]]></description>		</item>
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						<title>Virginia Requires Disclosure of  Policy Liability Limits</title>
						<link>http://sandsanderson.com/news_events/article/policy_limit_disclosure.html</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 0:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Virginia&#039;s legislature adopted a new disclosure requirement for motor vehicle insurers that  requires an insurer disclose the limits of liability of any motor vehicle liability or personal injury liability insurance policy to a claimant prior to the filing of a civil action.]]></description>		</item>
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						<title>Simple Compliance Steps to Avoid IRCA Violations</title>
						<link>http://sandsanderson.com/news_events/article/immigration_compliance_steps.html</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 0:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Immigration law can be a mine field and catch an unwary employer. Most employers are first acquainted with the Immigration Reform and Control Act (&quot;IRCA&quot; through meeting their obligations to complete the I-9 form for each employee hired.]]></description>		</item>
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						<title>Watch for the Pitfall of &quot;Stale&quot; Medicals Points of Law Alert</title>
						<link>http://sandsanderson.com/news_events/article/stale_medical_bishop.html</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 4 Apr 2008 0:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[In order to file an employer&#039;s application on the basis of a release to return to work, you must file supporting medical documentation.  If the medical documentation is &quot;stale,&quot; the Commission will reject the application.]]></description>		</item>
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						<title>Nationwide Home Care Corporation Acquires Youth Services Client </title>
						<link>http://sandsanderson.com/news_events/article/youth_services_acquired.html</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 0:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kids in Focus, a Richmond, Virginia client of the firm, in 2008, with our help successfully joined a Louisville, Kentucky-based national home care company ]]></description>		</item>
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						<title>Mergers Happen: Local Talent Gets A National Stage</title>
						<link>http://sandsanderson.com/news_events/article/oliver_merger_07.html</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 0:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[A rising start in the interactive development world, firm client Oliver Creative, was approached with a purchase offer from a respected national public relations and marketing firm.]]></description>		</item>
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						<title>Med Mal Experts Requirements Clarified Point of Law Alert</title>
						<link>http://sandsanderson.com/news_events/article/med_mal_exps_clarified.html</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 0:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Two recent decisions by the Virginia Supreme Court addressed the necessity and qualifications of experts in medical malpractice cases]]></description>		</item>
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						<title>Employee Visa Options, Employer Liability Issues</title>
						<link>http://sandsanderson.com/news_events/article/foriegn_worker_visas.html</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 9 Jan 2008 0:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[The purpose of this article is to briefly inform Virginia employers of the non-immigrant worker visa options available for workforce development, and to highlight the current and pressing liability issues involved with such foreign workers and I-9 procedures.]]></description>		</item>
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						<title>Government Comes to Life for Richmond Middle School Students</title>
						<link>http://sandsanderson.com/news_events/article/students_day_2007.html</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 9 Jan 2008 0:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[On November 13 through 14, 2007, approximately 600 middle school students from the Commonwealth of Virginia were given the opportunity to explore the newly renovated Capitol during Students&#039; Day at the Capitol sponsored by the Young Lawyers Conference of the Virginia State Bar.]]></description>		</item>
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						<title>Supreme Court Rules Coverage Extends To Intrastate Activity</title>
						<link>http://sandsanderson.com/news_events/article/article_intrastate_transp.html</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 0:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sands Anderson PC lawyer Ashley Burgess details the points of law in a recent Supreme Court decision about commercial transportation liability.]]></description>		</item>
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						<title>Real Estate Goliath Topples to Investor David</title>
						<link>http://sandsanderson.com/news_events/article/case_real_estate_lease.html</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 0:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sands Anderson PC lawyers helped a retired investor keep his rental property out of the hands of a giant real estate concern.]]></description>		</item>
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						<title>Employer Cannot Substitute Paid Leave for Unpaid Leave for an Employee on Disability Benefits</title>
						<link>http://sandsanderson.com/news_events/article/article_katz_leave.html</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 0:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court recently held that an employee who is on paid disability leave can not be compelled by her employer to use accrued paid leave while she is on Family and Medical Leave]]></description>		</item>
		
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