Industry Insights
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Zachry: A Leader in the Fight Against Opioid Abuse | 08/18/2025 | |
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| By: Bill Zachry | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| I recently attended the retirement dinner for my friend and mentor, Alex Swedlow, as he stepped down from his role as president of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Asking About Liens Against Compensation | 08/15/2025 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| One of the most important questions a defense attorney can ask at a deposition is about liens against compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Examine Your Process | 08/14/2025 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The real goal of case management is to economically conclude the case with the best outcome you could realistically expect. Yet, litigators spend a lot of time spinning their wheels on activities that don’t yield significant progress toward that goal. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: California Comp Drivers, Part 2 | 08/13/2025 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| California’s a fifth of U.S. workers’ comp benefits, and medical expenses are on the rise. ...Read More | |||
| CAAA: DWC Fumbles UR Rulemaking | 08/12/2025 | ||
| By: CAAA Communications Team | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The Division of Workers’ Compensation’s latest attempt to revise utilization review rules has been rejected by the Office of Administrative Law after it found several sections were too ambiguous and littered with procedural errors. The proposed rules were meant to impleme...Read More | |||
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Paduda: California Comp Drivers, Part 1 | 08/11/2025 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| California represents one-fifth of total workers’ comp benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Langham: Bias Is Pernicious | 08/08/2025 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| The attorney opens a mediation negotiation with a superlative bloviation: "This case cannot be worth less than $1 million," or "There is no way the alleged accident or injuries are compensable." ...Read More | |||
| CAAA: Workers Can't Wait for Heat Protection | 08/06/2025 | ||
| By: CAAA Communications Team | |||
| State: NA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Sen. Alex Padilla and Rep. Judy Chu have introduced the Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury and Fatality Prevention Act, a federal bill requiring the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to implement enforceable national standards to protect workers from exc...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: State's Mandatory E-Billing Process Arrives | 08/04/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| It’s official: As of Aug. 1, New York State providers are required to start billing electronically for workers’ comp patients. ...Read More | |||
| CAAA: Audit Exposes Deep Failures at Cal/OSHA | 07/30/2025 | ||
| By: CAAA Communications Team | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| A scathing new audit of Cal/OSHA has found that critical understaffing and systemic failures are jeopardizing worker protections across the state. Assembly Labor Committee Chair Liz Ortega, D-San Leandro, requested the audit after repeated reports of diminished enforcement and delaye...Read More | |||
