Industry Insights
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Lang: Proposed LC 5710 Fees Guidelines | 02/20/2026 | |
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| By: Shannon M. Lang | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Who hasn’t experienced working so hard to get the case settled, only to have it held up by applicants' attorneys raising the issue of “unpaid” Labor Code Section 5710 fees? ...Read More | |||
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Barthel: Even Super Bowl Winners May Lose in Comp | 02/18/2026 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Approximately 135 million viewers around the world tuned in to watch the New England Patriots (again!) take on the Seattle Seahawks at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara for Super Bowl LX. ...Read More | |||
| CAAA: Misuse, Misrepresentation of Interpreter Credentials Grow in Comp | 02/12/2026 | ||
| By: CAAA Communications Team | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Concerns are mounting among California’s certified medical interpreters about the growing misuse and misrepresentation of interpreter credentials in workers’ compensation medical-legal settings. Since 2022, members of the Northern California Translators Association and its Wor...Read More | |||
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Langham: On Self-Insurance | 02/06/2026 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| I recently had the chance to speak to a group of workers' compensation professionals from around the nation. They are each involved with self-insurance, a term that has evolved over the years that I have been involved in this community. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Catastrophic Claims Are Changing | 02/04/2026 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Excellent research on high-cost work comp claims by NCCI’s Brett Foster and Yuchen Su indicates that we need to take a step back and revisit how we characterize, think about and manage catastrophic claims. ...Read More | |||
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Bair: Leaning Into Liens | 02/02/2026 | |
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| By: Jessica E. Bair | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Ah, good old liens. Love them or hate them, they are a major component of workers’ compensation claims, and failure to timely address them can result in tens of thousands of dollars being owed by claims adjusters. ...Read More | |||
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Barthel: How Hard Can Intoxication Defense Be? | 01/30/2026 | |
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| By: Donald R. Barthel | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Though seemingly a simple defense, intoxication oftentimes trips up unsuspecting defendants. ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: What Questions Should Permanency Evaluators Ask Petitioners? | 01/28/2026 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| An attorney in New Jersey recently asked me a question I have not been asked before, namely, whether some permanency evaluators ask too many questions of examinees. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Health Care Is Missing the Point | 01/26/2026 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| There’s an opinion piece in HealthAffairs from last week calling for providers to add “mobility” to the list of quality indicators assessed by governments, employers and health care practitioners. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: AI Citations Present Cautionary Tale for Attorneys | 01/20/2026 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: NA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| If the past few years have taught attorneys one thing about artificial intelligence, it’s that they should not trust AI for case citations. ...Read More | |||
