Chamber of Commerce Hires Work Comp Policy Advocate

The California Chamber of Commerce hired Sacramento lawyer Jeremy Merz as a policy advocate for workers' compensation.Merz comes to the CalChamber from Downey Brand in Sacramento, where he represented defendants in state and federal courts on workers' compensation litigation, employment law and business litigation. Merz was formerly a workers' compensation claims case manager for Liberty Mutual, CalChamber said in a statement.The CalChamber is very active in tracking workers' compensation legislation and regulations. The organization puts out a list of "job-killer" bills each y...