31 Mar 2022 Committee Approves Proposal to Shorten Investigation Time for Workers Compensation Claims, Provide Additional Temporary Disability to First Responders By Edward Hummer
03 May 2022 When Must a Party Object to a Late QME Report? Earlier Than You Might Think! By Michael Easley What happens when a QME issues a late report but the objecting party waits too long to object? And what is “too long to object”, anyway?...
21 Apr 2022 CA Supreme Court Declines to Hear See’s Candies Case By Jeannette Herrera The California Supreme Court declined to review the appellate court decision holding that the derivative injury doctrine does not...
08 Apr 2022 Review of Cal/OSHA’s Final Proposed Revision to its COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard By Jeannette Herrera On April 7, 2022, the Standards Board published its final version of its COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). The Board is...
08 Mar 2022 2nd DCA to Evaluate Constitutionality of "Grant & Study" Orders By Kelly Hamilton We've all been there . . . you file a Petition for Reconsideration and advise your client that we will have an answer within 60 days. ...
22 Feb 2022 Workers Compensation Emergency Regulation Authorizing Electronic Service of Med-Legal Reports Set to Expire By Jeannette Herrera Title 8, California Code of Regulations (CCR) section 36.7 is set to expire Friday, February 25, 2022. The Division of Industrial...
14 Feb 2022 California Governor signed COVID Supplemental Sick Leave Bill Granting up to 80 Hours to Employees who Qualify Between 1/01/22 - 9/30/2022. By Brenna Hampton SB 114 that was signed last week and is effective 2/19/2022 created Labor Code section 248.6 and provides retroactive COVID Supplemental...
04 Feb 2022 Proposed AB 1751 Extends COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation Presumptions by Two Years By Jeannette Herrera On February 1, 2022, California Assembly Member Tom Daly (Anaheim) proposed Assembly Bill 1751, which would serve to extend the COVID-19...
02 Feb 2022 New CMS Memo Targets Non-Submit MSA's By Michael Mazzoni The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released an updated Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside (WCMSA) Reference...
21 Jan 2022 Vaccination or Test Rule Struck Down by SCOTUS By Kelly Hamilton SCOTUS ruled today that an emergency rule issued by OSHA mandating that any private employer with at least 100 employees either adopt a...
21 Jan 2022 When Is a “Partner” Really a Partner? Are Clients Getting What They Pay For? By Brenna Hampton Did you know that many law firms will designate an attorney as a “partner” despite that attorney having no stake in decision-making of...
21 Jan 2022 FDA Studies Which Tests are Best for the Omicron Variant. (Hint: not all tests are created equal) By Brenna Hampton The omicron variant, B.1.1.529, of SARS-CoV-2, was designated by the United States as a Variant of Concern (VOC) on November 30, 2021....
11 Jan 2022 DWC Returns to Virtual Hearings Immediately By JP Navarro The Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) announced that effective tomorrow, January 12, 2022, all hearings would return to a virtual...