Industry Insights
| CAAA: Misuse, Misrepresentation of Interpreter Credentials Grow in Comp | 02/12/2026 | ||
| By: CAAA Communications Team | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Concerns are mounting among California’s certified medical interpreters about the growing misuse and misrepresentation of interpreter credentials in workers’ compensation medical-legal settings. Since 2022, members of the Northern California Translators Association and its Wor...Read More | |||
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Langham: On Self-Insurance | 02/06/2026 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| I recently had the chance to speak to a group of workers' compensation professionals from around the nation. They are each involved with self-insurance, a term that has evolved over the years that I have been involved in this community. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Catastrophic Claims Are Changing | 02/04/2026 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Excellent research on high-cost work comp claims by NCCI’s Brett Foster and Yuchen Su indicates that we need to take a step back and revisit how we characterize, think about and manage catastrophic claims. ...Read More | |||
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Bair: Leaning Into Liens | 02/02/2026 | |
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| By: Jessica E. Bair | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Ah, good old liens. Love them or hate them, they are a major component of workers’ compensation claims, and failure to timely address them can result in tens of thousands of dollars being owed by claims adjusters. ...Read More | |||
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Barthel: How Hard Can Intoxication Defense Be? | 01/30/2026 | |
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| By: Donald R. Barthel | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Though seemingly a simple defense, intoxication oftentimes trips up unsuspecting defendants. ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: What Questions Should Permanency Evaluators Ask Petitioners? | 01/28/2026 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| An attorney in New Jersey recently asked me a question I have not been asked before, namely, whether some permanency evaluators ask too many questions of examinees. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Health Care Is Missing the Point | 01/26/2026 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| There’s an opinion piece in HealthAffairs from last week calling for providers to add “mobility” to the list of quality indicators assessed by governments, employers and health care practitioners. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: AI Citations Present Cautionary Tale for Attorneys | 01/20/2026 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: NA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| If the past few years have taught attorneys one thing about artificial intelligence, it’s that they should not trust AI for case citations. ...Read More | |||
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Barthel: Is Rodriguez Worth It? | 01/16/2026 | |
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| By: Donald R. Barthel | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| “Lies, damned lies, and statistics” is a famous phrase used to describe the persuasive power of numbers to bolster weak arguments and mislead an audience. ...Read More | |||
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Tolentino: Keep Your Friends Close, but Your Enemies Closer | 01/14/2026 | |
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| By: Arc N. Tolentino | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| As a workers’ compensation defense attorney, one of the things that fascinates me the most is how things can get done with the help of the proverbial enemy of defendants: the applicants' attorney. ...Read More | |||
