by Peter Gollub | Nov 28, 2015 | Consulting Blog, Law Blog
Training a dog can greatly improve the enjoyment you derive from having or working with it. Having better control over your dog potentially could even lower your exposure to liability. Can you do it? Training, like exercise, playing a musical instrument, or any other...
by Peter Gollub | Nov 9, 2015 | Resolution Blog
In Seattle, a man filed a 36-page complaint against his next-door neighbor, alleging that he suffered profound emotional distress from his neighbor’s dog’s “raucously, wildly bellowing and explosive” barking (photo from KOMO News). The man filing the...
by Peter Gollub | Nov 9, 2015 | Consulting Blog, Law Blog
Massachusetts House Bill No. 175, if passed, will prohibit the use of non-competition agreements in any employment contract involving veterinarians. Presently, for most occupations, Massachusetts courts are prepared to accept and enforce reasonable non-competition...
by Peter Gollub | Nov 9, 2015 | Consulting Blog, Law Blog, Veterinary Medicine
Can a licensed veterinarian provided medical advice to a pet owner over the telephone without having performed a physical examination on the pet? In Texas in March, 2015, in the case of Hines v. Alldredge, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said: “no.” Dr. Ronald...
by Peter Gollub | Nov 3, 2015 | Publications & News
Promote Animal Welfare features an online rehabilitation education course. PAW is designed to facilitate the work of animal cruelty offenders to better assimilate empathy, responsibility, and accountability. The course is available for an affordable $25 fee. Following...