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- Legal Matters: Rent the Right Way: Medical offices require unique leases
- Steven M. Harris, Esq.
- Published: Sep 02, 2011
- As tenants of medical office spaces, physicians often create special leasing issues. Medical tenants use hazardous materials, generate biomedical waste, demand confidentiality of patient records and require compliance with occupational safety standards—all unique aspects of the medical profession. Yet, often, physicians will sign “form” medical office lease agreements provided by the landlord without the benefit of legal counsel. Typically, the landlord provides a standard...
- Legal Matters: Anatomy of a Noncompetition Clause: Now's the time to review your employment contract
- Steven M. Harris, Esq.
- Published: Aug 09, 2010
- A physician who was recently offered a lucrative position with an otolaryngology practice in his community asked me to review his current employment agreement to determine if it contained any prohibitions against accepting the job. His previous employment contract contained a noncompetition clause that, justifiably, caused him and his prospective employer some concern. As it turned out, in his case, and in many others, the noncompetition clause was not as restrictive as it appeared at first glance. The...
