Industry Insights
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Barthel: Is SIBTF a Great Idea Gone Awry? | 01/05/2026 | |
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| By: Donald R. Barthel | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time. ...Read More | |||
| CAAA: New Comp Laws Take Effect in 2026 | 12/31/2025 | ||
| By: CAAA Communcations Team | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| California’s workers’ compensation landscape will see several important statutory changes beginning Thursday. Legislation enacted this year expanded protections for public safety workers, closed long-standing benefit gaps, addressed procedural issues within the system, and mor...Read More | |||
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Opalisky: The Ongoing War Over State's Statutory Employer Doctrine | 12/30/2025 | |
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| By: Mark E. Opalisky | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| Pennsylvania’s statutory employer doctrine, a cornerstone of the state's Workers’ Compensation Act, is once again at the center of a fierce legal and political battle, this time following the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s decision in Yoder v. McCarthy Construction&nbs...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Our Top 10 Blogs of 2025 | 12/26/2025 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Summaries and analyses of new case law dominated Bradford and Barthel’s list of top 10 blogs of the year, as practitioners saw more noteworthy decisions than usual in 2025. ...Read More | |||
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Barthel: Are You an Employer, or Do You Use Independent Contractors? Can You Prove It? | 12/24/2025 | |
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| By: Don R. Barthel | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| As California’s Assembly Bill 5, AB 2257, Proposition 22 and the millions of dollars poured into that campaign have all demonstrated, whether a hiring party can prove that a worker is an independent contractor makes all the difference in the world. ...Read More | |||
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Barthel: Is Pot a Defense? Are You High? | 12/22/2025 | |
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| By: Donald R. Barthel | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Raising a successful marijuana intoxication defense against an alleged work-related injury may have been complicated by recent legislation, but defendants can still make it a successful defense if they remember the finer points of proving proximate cause. ...Read More | |||
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Barthel: Is Dubon II on the Way Out? | 12/17/2025 | |
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| By: Donald R. Barthel | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 2 | |||
| With the advent of new case law from the 2nd District Court of Appeal effectively ending the Patterson doctrine, defense attorneys have to question whether the WCAB's en banc decisions in Dubon I and II could eventually be challenged as well. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: San Fran City Official Stole $627k From Workers' Comp Division | 12/10/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| In the latest example of how indefensibly corrupt California’s workers’ compensation system has become, a former San Francisco city official pleaded guilty to embezzling $627,118 from municipal coffers by paying a fake company to “audit” workers’ ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Ring the Bells for Settlement Season | 12/08/2025 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Settlement season is here, and for many in the work comp game, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Does Comp Care About Workers? | 12/05/2025 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| I have my doubts. Joe Paduda De...Read More | |||
