Industry Insights
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Geaney: Court Permits Plaintiff to Proceed With Suit Over Medical Marijuana | 03/17/2020 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Justin Wild, a licensed funeral director, was diagnosed in 2015 with cancer and was prescribed marijuana under the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act. ...Read More | |||
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Johnson: Artificial Intelligence and Workers' Compensation Fraud | 03/16/2020 | |
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| By: Gregory Johnson | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Artificial intelligence is redefining work in nearly every industry thanks to the increase in accuracy, efficiency and cost-effectiveness that AI-based applications offer. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: An Abundance of Caution | 03/13/2020 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| An abundance of caution. That, along with social distancing, is the phrase that will mark 2020. ...Read More | |||
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Duff: No Grand Bargain: A Counter-Perspective on 'Portable Benefits' | 03/12/2020 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I was quoted the other day in Bloomberg News on the subject of “portable benefits” — benefits paid to “gig workers” in lieu of “real benefits” because, well, it’s better than nothing. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Mediator as a Filter | 03/11/2020 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| There’s a lot of interest lately in filtering out bad stuff. Of course, we use filters all the time: air filters in the ceilings in our houses, filters to keep the coffee grounds out of our drinks, water filters to improve the stuff that comes from our faucets, filtered cigarettes. You get ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Coronavirus Update | 03/10/2020 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Workers' Compensation Research Institute's annual meeting in Boston was well attended. Timing is everything. Many other events have been canceled or postponed, especially those on the West Coast — not to mention Italy, Iran and Asia. ...Read More | |||
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Duff: Was Safety Advocate Pushed Out of Conference After Criticizing Amazon? | 03/09/2020 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| This story, authored by Eli Rosenberg, ran in Wednesday's Washington Post. ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: Why It's Important to Understand Legal Causation | 03/06/2020 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The concept of legal causation is fundamental to master in handling claims. ...Read More | |||
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Fruin, Lam and Reinisch: Coronavirus and Workers' Compensation | 03/05/2020 | |
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| Source: Shawna Fruin, Vincci Lam and Steven Reinisch | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The news of coronavirus spreading around the globe is alarming, prompting all of us at Reinisch Wilson Weier to think about how to plan and prepare for the unknown. ...Read More | |||
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Larres and Kamin: Coronavirus Raises Compensability Questions for Employers | 03/04/2020 | |
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| By: Louis Larres and John Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The outbreak of Covid-19 coronavirus has the workers’ compensation community asking how one determines compensability of a virus with a source of infection that could literally be anywhere and everywhere. ...Read More | |||
