Trolling The Deep Sea For Hidden Data With Social Media And Surveillance Investigations To Impact Claim Values
Social Media Investigations: A Defense Tool in Worker’s Compensation and Insurance Claims
In the digital age, social media has transformed from a platform for personal expression into a treasure trove of evidence for legal and insurance purposes. When it comes to worker’s compensa…
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Effective Claims Management for Workers' Compensation:
Engage Legal Support Early
One of the most critical steps in claims management is involving legal counsel as soon as possible. Each jurisdiction has different laws, so it is essential to assess potential applicable defenses and contact local counsel.
Contact an attorney promptly to ensure compliance with deadlines and regulations.
Engage …
Attorney Perspective
What are some best practices, expectations, and solutions for daily challenges involving working relationships with third-party administrators?
Building relationships with your third-party administrators and employers is critical to the ultimate outcome of your cases to ensure successful resolution. Open communication and shared information across the board allows for collabo…
Hybrid Work and How it Affects Workers’ Compensation
Employment Related Risks
Remote and Hybrid Work
Until recently, remote work and work from home employment was uncommon enough that the vast majority of those working in the field of workers’ compensation law never came across the legal questions that arise from this type of work arrangement. After COVID-19 relegated many office employees to w…
Nearly a decade after the enactment of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), attorneys, and often, members of the judiciary, continue to lack a basic understanding of the burdens imposed by GDPR and other foreign privacy regulations, including the ways in which GDPR compliance may be implicated by even the most basic discovery requests. This often results in an impossible choice fo…
With AI becoming more and more pervasive in our lives, will in-house counsel look at AI singing Styx’s classic “Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto” or will they be screaming R.E.M.’s hit “It’s the End of the World as We Know It”? AI is ever-present lately in the news. The stock market loves AI companies, then hates them, then loves them again! There’s a new story every day about how someone used AI for good…
Whether in the courtroom or the boardroom, we face a variety of competing interests and unplanned events which challenge us for our attention and time. FX’s The Bear is a surprising vehicle for lessons and wisdom applicable to our workplaces. From protecting our own mental health, managing our time in the face of competing interests and unplanned events, and assisting our colleagues in hard times…
Introduction
Explaining reverse discrimination
The term reverse discrimination is often used in our society today. The truth is, that term is a misnomer. Title VII of the Civil Rights act of 1964 prohibits discrimination against individuals on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity and national origin. Nothing in the law discusses protecting only certain…
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This memorandum provides a framework for the panel discussion on international cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) with a focus on the US, Canada, and Europe. We have attempted to highlight important legal, regulatory, and operational considerations that can influence decision making, the structure, execution, and integration of international cross border M&A transacti…
This paper discusses and outlines: insurers’ extra-contractual liability and insureds’ duties of cooperation under California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts and New York law and jurisprudence; and enforcement actions brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission based on Federal Rule 23 and Teamsters. v. United States, 431 U.S. 324 (1977).
Extra-Contractual Liability (Bad Faith Cl…