Industry Insights
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Snyder: How Inertia, Delays and Deadlines Affect Your Settlement | 01/15/2025 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Parties are often surprised by how long it takes to resolve claims. It doesn’t have to be this way. While some causes are beyond participants’ control, parties can proactively take control of the claim to hasten resolution. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: What We've Learned in 4 Years of Remote Video Mediation | 12/11/2024 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| In October 2000, I created a presentation for Continuing Education of the Bar entitled "Quelling Fear of Video Mediation." Since then, mediators and participants have become mor...Read More | |||
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Snyder: The Minor Injury Blows Up Again | 11/13/2024 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: IA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Though there are a number of points of differentiation, a new opinion from the Iowa Court of Appeals again demonstrates the value of settling and getting out early. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Five Ethical Guideposts for Negotiation Success | 10/11/2024 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Despite a continuing plea for civility from pretty much every professional quarter, many parties come to mediation with a Rambo mentality. Keeping certain ethical guideposts in mind is a better way to efficiently settle. ...Read More | |||
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Stith: Prescription Drug Management Survey Results Are In | 09/25/2024 | |
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| By: Jay Stith | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Managed Care Matters' 19th annual prescription drug management survey is now on our website. ...Read More | |||
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Stevens: Resolving Disputes Over Sending Deposition to PQME | 09/16/2024 | |
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| By: Daniel R. Stevens | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Objections to providing a panel-qualified medical evaluator with a copy of applicant’s deposition are one of the more unusual disputes in the Labor Code 4062.2 process. Fortunately, there are tools for defense attorneys to get the matter before a judge. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Ain't No Fairy Godmother Coming to Help You | 09/11/2024 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| I see parties in mediation who seem to think the facts and law of their case will magically change. ...Read More | |||
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Speekenbrink and Peters: AI and Empathetic Workers' Comp Adjusters | 08/15/2024 | |
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| By: Tycho Speekenbrink and John Peters | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Marie, a dedicated workers' compensation adjuster, faces an endless stream of complex claims. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Nudging Parties to Choose Settlement | 08/14/2024 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| At every stage in conflict resolution, parties face an array of choices, but they don’t always recognize them. ...Read More | |||
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Salem: Minimum Comp Rate Applies, Even Against Social Security Offset | 08/01/2024 | |
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| By: Jane Salem | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| Last week, the Tennessee Workers' Compensation Appeals Board answered an issue of first impression about statutory construction and in particular whether an employer is entitled to the Social Security offset in Section 50-6-207(4)(A)(i) when applying it lowers an employee’s compens...Read More | |||
