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First-of-its-Kind Legal Action Taken Against Opioid Prescribers
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08/24/2018
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State: OH | Segment: Top | 282 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 19 min read
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In what’s being described as a first-of-its-kind move against doctors suspected of illegally prescribing opioids, temporary restraining orders were issued that forbid two Ohio doctors from writing prescriptions.
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Fraud, Out-of-State Coverage and Drayage Bills Amended
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08/22/2018
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 380 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 11 min read
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The chairman of the California Assembly Insurance Committee eliminated contentious language relating to privacy laws from a fraud-fighting bill and attempted to further clarify conditions in which police officers can be covered for injuries occurring outside of the state.
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Fiscal Committee Passes Death Benefit Filing Extension
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08/20/2018
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 321 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 84 min read
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The Assembly Appropriations Committee on Thursday passed a bill that would preserve the extended deadline for beneficiaries of police and firefighters to file claims for death benefits in California.
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Formulary Regs Could Let Assistants Handle Peer-to-Peer Interviews
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08/17/2018
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State: KY | Segment: Top | 209 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 34 min read
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Implementing changes required by a reform measure as sweeping as House Bill 2 is no easy task, especially with a December deadline looming, according to members of an advisory committee that has met regularly for the past two months.
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Firefighters, Attorneys Say Cities Find Ways To Fight Presumption
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08/14/2018
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By: William Rabb (Reporter)
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State: TX | Segment: Top | 232 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 45 min read
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Texas firefighters and their attorneys are hoping the Legislature will close some gaps in the state's cancer presumption law that they say have made it easier for cities to avoid paying benefits.
Several Texas attorneys and firefighters’ union leaders allege a systemat...Read More
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Feds Say Younger Drobot Lied About $250,000 Payment at Sentencing
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08/13/2018
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By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 1813 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 25 min read
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A federal judge ordered Michael R. Drobot to appear in person for a hearing to determine whether he should be held in contempt for allegedly misleading the court into thinking he had already paid part of a personal money judgment when he was sentenced.
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Feds to Award States $100M in Return-to-Work Grants
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08/09/2018
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By: Eddie Curran (correspondent)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 260 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 28 min read
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A federal project that seeks to reconfigure the methods used to get injured and sick employees back to work as soon as possible has taken its first major step, receiving proposals from states seeking grants of up to $22.5 million apiece.
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