Industry Insights
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Jafary: Communication vs. Information | 02/11/2022 | |
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| By: Mina M. Jafary | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| Parties on both sides of the workers’ compensation aisle should take care to give opponents a chance to object to proposed QME advocacy letters to avoid running into potentially sanctionable problems with Labor Code 4062.3. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Be Ever Vigilant | 02/10/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Another week and another bit of news just to help us appreciate the various dangers facing employers in California. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: What Is the Truth? | 02/09/2022 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Many lawyers and claims professionals say the litigation process is a search for truth. They will swear allegiance to a jury’s ability to ferret out the truth from conflicting evidence. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: AB 1751: A Symptom of a Sick California | 02/08/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| If you’re following the COVID news beyond the borders of California, you’re likely seeing a long list of countries (and states) that seem to be rolling back restrictions. The U.K. has already dropped almost all of its COVID-19 restrictions, as has Ireland, as has Denmar...Read More | |||
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Torrey: Rand Report on Comp and COVID Is Highly Recommended | 02/07/2022 | |
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| By: David B. Torrey | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Rand Corp. last month published an educational white paper on COVID and workers' compensation that is educational in the extreme for the workers' compensatio...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: About Those Non-Submit MSAs | 02/04/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Here’s a hypothetical: You’re ready to settle your case by way of compromise and release, and you’ve ever reached an agreeable figure. The applicant is saying, “Give me the money, and I never want to see you again.” The defendant is saying, “Take...Read More | |||
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Donovan: Cal/OSHA Guidance on Return-to-Work Testing | 02/03/2022 | |
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| By: Amy Donovan | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Question: I have an employee who tested positive for COVID-19. She has been home from work for five days and would like to take another COVID-19 test to return to work. If the employee uses an over-the-counter COVID-19 test, do I have to watch the employee administer the tes...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: HR 4728 and the 32-Hour Workweek | 02/02/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Boy, do businesses have something to look forward to in their Herculean efforts to keep the lights on. ...Read More | |||
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Rocca: One Small Voice | 02/01/2022 | |
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| By: Sandy Rocca | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| No one in the California Applicants' Attorneys Association is so self-unaware that we think our voice is bigger than it is. But having a small voice doesn’t mean we don’t have important things to say. And it doesn’t mean that no one is listening. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Emergency QME Regulations in Effect; Med-Legal QME Exams to Continue | 01/31/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Back in March, the Department of Industrial Relations issued new rules in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing the time limits of qualified medical examiners to produce reports and schedule exams, and also providing guidance on how to conduct (or object to) QME e...Read More | |||
