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Lawmakers Taking another Shot at Establishing a PDMP for 2015 12/30/2014
State: MO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
Rep. Holly Rehder Will 2015 be the ...Read More
 
 

Leavitt Group Brings Aboard 3 Specialists in Boise Office 12/30/2014
State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Leavitt Group, a national insurance brokerage, has brought on three new specialists in its Boise, Idaho, office. ...Read More
 
 
Lidoderm Commonly Prescribed in Comp Despite Exclusive Approval to Treat Shingles 12/29/2014
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
Lidocaine patches, which provide local pain relief, are approved by the Food and Drug Administration only to treat a very specific type of pain — the kind one experiences after a case of shingles. The medication is not considered “first line,” meaning that physicians sho...Read More
 
 
Lomurro Law Firm Set to Split Into Plaintiff, Corporate Sections 12/29/2014
State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Freehold, N.J. law firm of Lomurro, Davison Eastman & Muñoz plans to split into two firms with separate responsibilities for resenting plaintiffs and handling corporate litigation, the New Jersey Law Journal reported Tuesday. The Law Journal said the firm, which has been in...Read More
 
 
L&I Proposing $170,500 in Penalties for Crane Safety Violations 12/24/2014
State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Washington state Department of Labor & Industries is proposing penalties of $170,500 against a construction company for safety violations at it bridge pontoon construction site in Aberdeen. L&I said it cited Kiewit General Joint Venture for three willful violations and one ser...Read More
 
 
LA Times Calls for City Council to Change Indemnity Payments 12/23/2014
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Los Angeles Times has called for the council governing California's largest city to "do away with the bizarre incentives created by its generous paid leave policy" after discovering that the municipality's indemnity costs have increased 50% during the past five years. ...Read More
 
 

Lead and Copper Fume Hazards Bring $42,800 in Penalties against Manufacturer 12/22/2014
State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
Dangerous levels of lead and copper fumes prompted the U.S. Occupational Safety and Administration to propose $42,800 in penalties against a Cleveland manufacturing plant. ...Read More
 
 
L&I Amends Classification for Tree Care and Pruning Services 12/17/2014
State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Washington state Department of Labor & Industries amended its rules to make tree care and pruning services its own homogeneous classification for the entire industry. Tree care and pruning is currently included in a subset of a construction classification. Effective Jan. 1, 2015, ...Read More
 
 
Labor Dept. Posts Notice of New OSHA Reporting Requirements 12/16/2014
State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Array
The Alabama Department of Labor has posted notice of a change to the information employers are required to report to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, beginning Jan. 1, 2015. Employers were previously required to report all workplace fatalities and situations when...Read More
 
 
Lower Average Severity Offsets Higher Frequency in Gem State 12/12/2014
State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
Claim frequency in Idaho is higher than it is in other regional states, but is offset by average indemnity and medical benefits per claim that are among the lowest in the region, according to the National Council on Compensation Insurance's 2014 State Advisory Forum. Idaho's frequ...Read More
 
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