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The Legal Intelligencer

IRE Physicians Must Consider All Conditions 'Due to' a Work Injury

As was noted in this space some time ago, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court was considering an employer’s petition for allowance of appeal in Sicilia v. API Roofers Advantage Program (Workers' Compensation Appeals Board), which necessarily implicated Duffey v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (Trola-Dyne). The Supreme Court did issue its decision in Sicilia on July 17, 2024, but an evenly divided court failed to disturb either the underlying, Commonwealth Court decision or Duffey.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Social Media Policy for Judges Provides Guidance in a Changing World

The Code of Judicial Conduct is a basic document which should be emblazoned in the mind of every judge.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Demonizing Haitian Immigrants: Welcome to the Club

3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Hurricane Relief—IRS Offers Extended Deadlines and Tax Benefits

Adding to previously announced relief for taxpayers affected by Hurricanes Helene and Debby, the IRS has extended tax filing and certain payment deadlines to May 1, 2025, for taxpayers affected by Hurricane Milton throughout Florida.
4 minute read

Law.com

The New Hybrid Legal Professional: Equal Parts Law and Business

Multidisciplinary demands call for a new kind of legal professional who is not only an expert legally but also possess sharp business acumen. About 63% of CLOs agree, identifying business acumen as a skill they most wish to develop in their lawyers.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

The Political Rally as Media Genre

"The modern rally differs in many respects from 20th-century precursors," writes columnist Randy Gordon.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

California Implements New Law Banning Medical Debt From Credit Reports

With its new law, California joins a dozen other states that have restricted the use of medical debt in credit decisions.
7 minute read

Law.com

The Law Firm Disrupted: It's Bonus Time

Once again, Milbank is the first mover, and peer firms will likely follow. But two questions remain. What figure are they going to match? And when?
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Goodbye 'Yellow Freight' Road?

While not a complete default judgment, the granting of a Yellow Freight motion by a WCJ will often mean that a claim is found compensable and benefits are payable with the burden of proof shifting to the employer to prove that benefits should be modified, suspended or terminated.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

New York’s Equal Rights Amendment Is a Big Deal

Among the positive far reaching consequences of the Equal Rights Amendment is a fix that makes New York's Bill of Rights self-executing, writes a former counsel to Gov. Mario Cuomo who was involved in talks to esatablish the terms of the amendment.
4 minute read

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