Advanced Claims Management: Best Practices from Investigation to Claim Closure.
Despite an ever-evolving business world where not everything is in our control, what strategies will lead to success in managing multi-jurisdictional workers’ compensation programs? This discussion will include conversation regarding improving claim outcomes through early intervention, medical management, building eff…
ALFA International Publications
Large Losses in Workers’ Compensation-Claims Above $1M
Authored By: Jim Davis and Ryan Voll-March 31, 2020 (NCCI)
Overview
The workers compensation (WC) line of business has experienced a long-term decline in overall claim frequency that has spanned several decades. Despite this positive trend, serious accidents continue to occur and take their toll on injured workers and their families. In these …
Brief History of Section 230
Section 230, codified as 47 U.S.C. § 230, was enacted as part of the Communications Decency Act (“CDA”), which was included within the Telecommunication Act of 1996.[1] While amended over the years, Section 230 generally provides immunity to providers and users of interactive computer services from liability arising from content created by third parties and separately …
Chapter Objectives
After completing this chapter, the reader should be able to:
State the two-part test a court uses to decide whether a mobile application is a “product” for product-liability purposes.
Distinguish a defect in the application itself from a complaint about the platform’s service or business model — the line on which these cases turn.
Identify the two exceptions that can imp…
The “ABC’s” of Digital Forensic Investigation
Digital evidence increasingly plays a central role in gig economy litigation. Mobile devices, application records, cloud-based data, telematics systems, and platform-generated information can provide valuable insight into driver activity, application usage, location history, and communications. Understanding what data exists, how it may be obtained, an…
The Audience Determines the Outcome
The same set of facts can produce dramatically different outcomes depending on who decides them. A serious injury case that carries substantial verdict risk before the right jury may resolve for a fraction of that amount before an experienced commercial arbitrator who has seen hundreds of similar claims. A contract dispute turning on statutory construction may b…
Introduction: The Global Reality of Shifting Laws and Regulations Creates Volatility Without Borders
Businesses throughout the world have always had to manage regulatory risk. What is new is the velocity, breadth, and legal complexity of regulatory change in the current political environment. One leadership change can cause a firestorm of regulatory and statutory changes that can radically change …
Part I: AI in the Legal Department
A Practical Guide for In-House and Outside Counsel
I. Laying the Groundwork: How to Organize for AI Success
Generative AI tools are only as useful as the underlying materials, instructions, and controls surrounding them. Before an organization expands AI use, it should consider the following:
Organize source materials
Store contracts, leases, correspondence…
Introduction:
In-house counsel confronts enormous challenges in the evolving and increasingly complex world of legal discipline. Traditional legal departments with corporate and litigation silos are consolidating. Legacy business and legal boundaries are eroding. This outline and the accompanying in person panel presentation focus on a myriad of new developments challenging in-house legal departme…
Business Litigation Cases and Subjects in Which You Will Likely
Need an Expert
Antitrust
Patent
Products Liability
Securities / Securities Fraud
Unfair competition, trademark, and copyright disputes
Business Valuation Cases
Valuing equity
Business divorce cases
M&A disputes
Real estate appraisals / partitions
Investment Banking
Regulatory
Scientific / technical (e.g.…