Workers Compensation Solutions: Price & Feature Comparison

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The following is a feature/price matrix based on workcompcentral's independent research.*

Compare our features and our pricing, and it becomes clear that using WorkCompCentral as your primary workers' compensation legal tool in conjunction with our competition on an as needed basis will provide you with your best cost/benefit ratio!

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Codes

Forms

Regulations

Practice Guide

News

CLE

Support

Calculators

EDEX

Extra Features

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Workcompcentral.com ®

$25.83/mo - 1 yr contract individual license

Premium license provides access to the following information and services:

Westlaw ®

$120/mo - 1 yr contract for solo practioner, introductory rate

California Workers' Compensation Library provides access to the following information:

Lexis-Nexis ®

$140/mo - 1 yr contract for solo practioner, introductory rate

California Flat-Rate Library contains the following libraries:

Global Search -

·   Searches entire database—everything included in your plan

·   Sorts results into convenient categories: cases, forms, codes, regulations, articles, news, forums

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·   Searches entire database—results found outside your plan cost extra

·   Sorts results into categories: cases, forms

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·  Searches entire database—results found outside your plan cost extra

Cases - includes all published opinions as well as numerous news article references to unpublished opinions:

·   En Banc

·   Significant panel decisions

·   CA Appellate Court

·   CA Supreme Court

·   WCAB

·   Administrative Director decisions

·   Official and CCC citations

·   Case notes and updates done by W/C legal professionals

·   Save research for future easy reference

Cases - includes published and unpublished decisions:

·   WCAB

·   En Banc

·   Significant panel decisions

·   Appellate Court - WCAB and others

·   Administrative decisions

·   Writs granted summaries

·   Writs denied summaries & head notes

·   Administrative Director decisions

·   Case notes and updates done by legal professionals

Cases - includes published and unpublished decisions:

·  CA Supreme Court

·  CA Court of Appeals

·  US Supreme Court

·  Administrative Cases

·  Attorney General Cases

Codes - includes all relevant codes:

·   Labor

·   Evidence

·   Unemployment

·   Insurance

Codes - includes select codes relevant to work comp

Codes - all relevant California codes

Forms - contains all 165 state approved forms in PDF format.·

·   Available to complete online or down load to your hard drive

·   Savable in PDF format

·   Option to populate repetitive data throughout rest of form

·   Full text searchable (find obscure forms using Global Search)

Forms - available at no extra cost

·   Available online but only down loadable to your hard drive

·   Smart forms will populate repetitive data throughout rest of form

·   Savable in PDF format

Forms - available for an extra $20/month

·  Requires specific software to download forms from Internet to your hard drive.·

·  Smart forms will populate repetitive data throughout rest of form

·  Savable in PDF format

Regulations - all Title 8 and other relevant regulations as well

Regulations - Selected sections from Title 8 as well as Title 22

Regulations - contains Barclays' California Code of Regulations

California Work Comp Flowchart ™

·   Highly acclaimed step by step practice and procedure guide

·   105 screens clearly and concisely delineating the step-by-step work comp process

·   Annotated to all relevant codes, cases, regulations, forms and even terms of art

·   Linked to EDEX

Practice Guide - California Civil Practice

·   Includes all forms

·   Contains helpful practice tips and suggestions on how to navigate tricky issues

·   Procedural checklists

Matthew Bender Practice Guide - Contains access to the Bender Guides for Pretrial Civil Procedure and Civil Discovery.· These guides are not specific to work comp, but do contain everything a work comp practitioner would run into and more

Daily Newsletter -

·   The industry's only daily, comprehensive publication devoted entirely to work comp covering everything from recent cases and legislation to carrier information and who's coming and going

·   Contains a case law and statute update

·   Contains links to recent Professional Articles

California Workers' Compensation Advisor

·   Work comp news from both attorneys' and physicians' perspectives (actually published by Providence Publications LLC)

California Workers' Compensation Executive -

·   Current news about work comp issues and in-depth articles regarding carrier solvency and politics (actually published by Providence Publications LLC)

News Subscriptions - contains full online access to 35 of the top California news publications.· These publications are not specifically broken into workcomp news

Continuing Legal Education - (coming soon!)

·   Online specialized CLE program available 24/7 at a reasonable rate that contains PD Rating credit

·   Sponsors and hosts periodic live panel discussions that count towards CLE credit

Continuing Legal Education -

·   Online CLE program available 24/7

Continuing Legal Education -

·  Online CLE programs available 24/7

·  NOT specific to work comp

Technical Support -

·   Via email 24/7, web link, phone

·   No fee

Technical Support -

·   Via phone 24/7

Technical Support -

·  Via phone 24/7

Reporters -

·   California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board Reporter

·   California Jurisprudence 3D

·   Cal-OSHA Reporter

Reporters -

·  Cal-OSHA Reporter

·  Workers' Compensation Executive

·  CA Rules of Evidence w/ Objections

Jury Instructions - criminal, civil, council, and Matthew Bender·

Public Records Materials - Secretary of State, State and Federal Tax and Judgment Liens, Bankruptcy, UCC Filings

Law Reviews & Journals -

Contains access to most major law reviews and journals across the US.

Calculators - contains a full suite of easy-to-use calculators.· Continually updated to reflect the current status of the law, includes:

·   PD Ratings

·   Commutations

·   Life Pensions

·   Important Dates

EDEX - provides access to the WCAB database online and at a fraction of the cost of typical providers, includes:

·   Prior cases filed and their resolution

·   Party names and contact information

·   Vendors can file liens online

·   Hearing and event notices

Professional Directory - not only can you list your own practice information for FREE but you can also look up physicians or any other vendor needed specific to a location

Professional Forums - specific to the various work comp industries, with thousands of regular members.·

SSN Validation - search a particular social security number for current and prior addresses

Save to My Documents - save your research to folders you create in your account so you can retrieve it later!

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Westlaw ®

Lexis-Nexis ®

EDEX - for as little as $0.75 (seventy-five cents - certain restrictions apply for this price) an inquiry, have access online to WCAB database, including all parties and contact info filed to a particular case, prior cases filed and their dispositions, vendors can file liens online, hearing and settlement notices all in one convenient form so you don't have to search all over the database.

Keycite ® - additional $60/month.· Searches case or statute history to assess whether something is still considered good law.

Enhanced library - additional $80/month on top of the typical library charges ($220/month total). Provides access to the same library plus all 9^th Cir. and Supreme Court cases.

Advertising - for various additional costs a practitioner or firm can highlight their services to a captive and interested target market.· Including: hosting expert forums, directory listings, banner ads, subscription sponsorships, etc.·

Judicial Forms (JC Forms) - additional one time fee of $415.·

Matthew Bender California Workers' Compensation - additional $90/month.· Provides access to: Hanna practice guide, Occupational injuries and illnesses, Herlick's CA Workers' Compensation Handbook, Herlick's CA Workers' Compensation Law, Medline - database of medical journals

Modern Workers' Compensation binders - additional one time fee of $408.· These practice binders provide in depth coverage of each step of the work comp process but are not California specific.·

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Westlaw ®

Lexis-Nexis ®

Cost - $25.83/month

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Technical support 24/7

Technical support 24/7

Technical support 24/7

Visual layout of website is much more user friendly

More comprehensive database of case law

The most comprehensive legal database, including cases, statutes, law reviews & journals and public records which is similar to EDEX but not specific like WCAB database.

Calculators

Access to various respected practice guides and reporters

Because of scope of library it contains virtually anything a practitioner may come across including court rules, etc.·

Daily newsletter with case law update

Specific work comp program. Rather comprehensive database that's not as amorphous as Lexis®

Shepardizing® included

Professional articles written specifically to enhance practice

Has description boxes by each resource to click on to help see whether or not its relevant to your search

We provide access to all standard ratings and also more immediate access to DEU.·

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Westlaw ®

Lexis-Nexis ®

Cost - a minimum of $120/month

Cost - a minimum of $140/month

Case law database not as comprehensive

Visual layout of the website is not as easy as WCC but more navigable than Lexis

Site is rather confusing to negotiate and because of its overwhelming content is confusing to quickly locate things on

No Shepardizing® availability

California Civil Practice guide is updated only once a year - forms, rules, cases etc online may not be most up-to-date

Updates, while regular, are not up as quick as WCC.· Can take upwards of several days to two weeks to upload new case or legislative material

Keycite ® is an additional charge of $60/month

Forms are an additional charge of $20/month

No EDEX and also no public records

Has public record access but not specifically tailored like EDEX inquiry

Anything outside your plan will cost you extra, and its not cheap

Anything outside your plan will cost you extra, and its not cheap

Not specifically set up for work comp access so there's often much a practitioner won't need