Industry Insights
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Kamin: The Delta Variant's Implications for Work Comp | 08/10/2021 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The emergence of COVID-19's delta variant carries implications for California that workers’ compensation practitioners may want to take note of. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Proposal to Reduce Decision Time Frame Fails in Assembly | 07/21/2021 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Assembly Insurance Committee failed to pass Senate Bill 335’s proposal to reduce the 90-day decision time frame during its July 13 meeting. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: What Does Reopening Mean for Comp? | 06/02/2021 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| After a year of pandemic-related shutdowns, California’s gradual reopening has been carrying gargantuan implications for the state’s workers’ compensation stakeholders. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: New Med-Legal Fee Schedule Likely to Take Effect April 1 | 03/19/2021 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Division of Workers’ Compensation has submitted a controversial set of amendments to the Med-Legal Fee Schedule that could take effect on April 1. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: WCAB Says Trials Should Proceed With Remote Testimony | 02/11/2021 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Objections to remote witness testimony should not prevent workers’ compensation trials from proceeding unless there is evidence as to why remote testimony would be problematic, the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board ruled in a recent significant panel decision. ...Read More | |||
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Kammerer: The Workers' Compensation Exemption From CCPA | 11/03/2020 | |
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| By: Lori C. Kammerer | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| There appears to be confusion within the workers’ compensation community as to whether workers’ compensation claims-related activities are exempt from the provisions of the ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Effort to Overturn AB 5 and ABC Test Could Hinge on Election Day | 10/01/2020 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The question of how to classify gig economy workers could reach critical mass this Election Day, as voters mull how to vote on Proposition 22, the “Protect App-Based Drivers and Services Act.” ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: New Gig Economy Law Takes Effect in January, but Fight Is Far From Over | 10/01/2019 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The impact of California’s new legislation aimed at changing how workers are classified will be met with resistance from some of the state’s top tech companies, and ultimately a ballot initiative that could be the talk of the 2020 election. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Vaping Could Play a Big Role in Defending Respiratory Claims | 09/24/2019 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Defendants need to keep reports about the potentially damaging side effects of vaping in mind during the discovery process in cases with allegations of respiratory illness. ...Read More | |||
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Ko: Are Employers Liable After Authorization of Treatment? | 09/06/2019 | |
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| By: Gina Ko | |||
| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| To authorize or not to authorize? Gina Ko ...Read More | |||
