Industry Insights
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Johnson: SIF Premium Assessment Increase | 12/18/2017 | |
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| By: Arthur L. Johnson | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| In my opinion, there are three reasons for the increases in California's Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund costs: SB 899 and the Escobedo case. SB 899 and the ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Unpaid Volunteer Firefighter not Entitled to Temporary Benefits | 12/15/2017 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The New Jersey Appellate Division held, in an unreported opinion, that an unpaid and unemployed volunteered firefighter was not entitled to temporary workers’ compensat...Read More | |||
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Gorman: Non-IBR Medical-Legal Disputes Increasing Litigation | 12/14/2017 | |
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| By: Patrick C. Gorman | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| You receive an odd-looking petition, titled “Petition for Determination of Non-IBR Medical Legal Dispute,” from the friendly neighborhood workers’ compensation chiropractor, on a case you settled in 2014. ...Read More | |||
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Keefe: Rauner's WC Turnaround Is Happening, and Few Know It | 12/13/2017 | |
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| Source: Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Gov. Bruce Rauner came into Springfield as a veteran and successful business person but a newbie governor. Our newly sworn-in governor had a group of action items he wanted to implement to improve Illinois’ government and overall situation, particularly in the interest of jobs and busi...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Uncomfortable Truths at NWCDC | 12/12/2017 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Frank Pennachio is one of those people every industry really needs. He’s blunt, outspoken, deeply insightful and completely unafraid to challenge established practices. ...Read More | |||
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Mentkowski: Opioid Cases Consolidated Into MDL | 12/11/2017 | |
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| By: Timothy S. Mentkowski | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| After considering a motion brought by the plaintiffs in 46 actions pending in nine federal districts across the country, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) entered an order on Tuesday, transferring those actions to the Northern District of Ohio for coordinated or consolidat...Read More | |||
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Young: Shaken and Stirred | 12/08/2017 | |
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| Source: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Some of the most revered figures in American’s media and entertainment industry have recently been toppled by a wave of sexual harassment allegations. ...Read More | |||
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Luna: Content Out of Context | 12/07/2017 | |
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| By: Carlos Luna | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The adoption of evidence-based medicine by state jurisdictions tends to polarize workers’ compensation stakeholders, sometimes for good reason. ...Read More | |||
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Pew: Compassion > Empathy > Sympathy | 12/06/2017 | |
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| By: Mark Pew | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| On Nov. 1 at WorkCompCentral's Comp Laude gala in San Diego, I attended a session that reinforced how different "empathy" is from "sympathy." ...Read More | |||
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Keefe: When Is an Accident 'Accidental'? | 12/05/2017 | |
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| By: Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Is a patrol officer sitting in a car “chilling” acting in the line of duty when randomly struck by another car? ...Read More | |||
