Industry Insights
Snyder: Change Your Approach to Change Your Result | 06/10/2020 | ||
By: Teddy Snyder | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Having trouble concentrating? Affected by shelter-in-place orders to contain the COVID-19, overlaid with curfews activated by civil unrest following the death of George Floyd? Join the club. ...Read More | |||
Snyder: A Good Way to Make a Bad Impression | 05/14/2020 | ||
By: Teddy Snyder | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Chances are that before you meet your mediator for the first time, you will submit your mediation brief. Your brief is usually the first opportunity to dazzle the reader with your well-honed points and skillful rhetoric. ...Read More | |||
Salem: Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction Precludes Election of Remedies | 05/11/2020 | ||
By: Jane Salem | |||
State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
The Supreme Court Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel revived a case last week, holding that an injured worker didn’t elect to pursue his claim in Georgia when that state’s tribunal found it didn’t have subject matter jurisdiction. ...Read More | |||
Salem: Appeals Board Reaffirms Direct and Natural Consequence Rule | 04/23/2020 | ||
By: Jane Salem | |||
State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
The state Workers' Compensation Appeals Board released two opinions last Friday, deciding cases it heard at oral argument on March 24. ...Read More | |||
Snyder: Why Video Mediations Are Like Early Personal Computers | 04/08/2020 | ||
By: Teddy Snyder | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
You may have heard the acronym RTFM. As soon as everyday consumers started using computers, telephone customer support staff had to field daily questions about the most basic functions. ...Read More | |||
Smith: Working Closer, Stronger, Better | 04/06/2020 | ||
By: Matthew J. Smith | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
The COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted vast damage across our nation and the globe. Especially heartbreaking is the large loss of human life. ...Read More | |||
Snyder: Mediation Is Critical Right Now | 03/24/2020 | ||
By: Teddy Snyder | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Courts are closed. Attorneys and claims professionals are working from home as best they can. But disputes continue. ...Read More | |||
Swecker: Claim Processing Implications for COVID-19 | 03/23/2020 | ||
By: Allyson Swecker | |||
State: OR | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
As our Oregon workers’ compensation industry navigates the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Reinisch Wilson Weier PC is providing the following starting points to help you review and process COVID-19-related workers’ compensation claims. ...Read More | |||
Snyder: Mediator as a Filter | 03/11/2020 | ||
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 | |||
Snyder: Quid Pro Quo | 02/05/2020 | ||
By: Teddy Snyder | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
We’ve heard a lot about quid pro quo lately. But it’s not necessarily a bad thing. ...Read More | |||