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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 | |||
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Salem: Panel Upholds Key Sections of Comp Law | 07/31/2024 | |
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By: Jane Salem | |||
State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
The Tennessee Supreme Court released a panel decision on July 19 finding two significant provisions of the Reform Act constitutional, in Worrell v. Obion County School Distri...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Best Practices for Taking Notes During Mediation | 07/10/2024 | |
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By: Teddy Snyder | |||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
Of course, you want to take notes during mediation. You want to record new information as it emerges. You need to keep close track of demands and offers. But participants’ note-taking could take away from the value of this mediation. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Tolstoy on Mediated Settlements | 06/12/2024 | |
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By: Teddy Snyder | |||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
All successful mediations are alike. Each unsuccessful mediation is unsuccessful in its own way. ...Read More | |||
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Switzer: Smoothing Those Bumps in the Road | 06/10/2024 | |
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By: Judge Kenneth M. Switzer | |||
State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
In March, I authored an article entitled “Important Change Coming Soon.” The gist of the article was to report that beginning on March 25, all mediations would end in the issuance of a...Read More | |||
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Snyder: The Perfect Offer | 05/15/2024 | |
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By: Teddy Snyder | |||
State: CA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
You know the case should settle. Why won’t the other side agree to your offer? ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Public Benefit Rules Have Changed, but It Might Not Make a Difference | 04/12/2024 | |
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By: Teddy Snyder | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
In July 2022, I alerted readers about a new Medi-Cal eligibility law, California Welfare and Institutions Code §14005.62, which removed the asset limit test. As of Jan. 1, 2024, there is no asset limit. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Litigation Guidelines Should Define Four Settlement Triggers | 04/10/2024 | |
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By: Teddy Snyder | |||
State: CA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
Civil litigators tend to observe certain guideposts as mediation triggers, such as the closing of discovery, setting of a trial date, or an order from the court to use mediation. Because about 95% of civil cases settle before trial, mediation is the norm for almost every area of civil ...Read More | |||
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Switzer: Important Change Coming Soon | 03/21/2024 | |
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By: Chief Judge Kenneth M. Switzer | |||
State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
Beginning Monday, all mediations in cases pending before the Court of Workers’ Compensation Claims will conclude with the issuance of a dispute certification notice. ...Read More | |||
