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Torijano v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Bd., PICS Case No. 17-1416 (Pa. Commw. Aug. 30, 2017) Hearthway, J. (10 pages).

Board properly suspended claimant's benefits because employer established that claimant's loss of earnings was related to his voluntary quitting after he received a reprimand rather than to any factor related to his work injury. Affirmed.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Haslam v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Bd. (London Grove Commc'n), PICS Case No. 17-1409 (Pa. Commw. Sep. 1, 2017) Hearthway, J. (13 pages).

Where relation of treatment to work-related injury appeared to be obvious, employer had burden to demonstrate that treatment was unrelated to or not caused by the work injury to avoid liability for treatment expenses. Order of the WCAB reversed.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Rodriguez v. Unemployment Compensation Bd. of Review, PICS Case No. 17-1415 (Pa. Commw. Sept. 7, 2017) Brobson, J. (16 pages).

Unemployment compensation board properly found that claimant did not meet her burden under the "follow the spouse" doctrine to show that circumstances beyond the control of the spouse caused the need to relocate when spouse accepted scholarship to study theology in Florida because spouse had been working in Pennsylvania, even if part time, and he had no offer of employment in Florida. Affirmed.
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Corporate Counsel

SEC's Cyber Breach Report Too Little, Too Late, Experts Say

"What a doozy!" said one expert of the breach disclosed by the SEC this week.
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The Recorder

Popa v. Berryhill

9th Cir.; 15-16848 The court of appeals reversed a district court judgment and remanded with directions. The court held that an administrative law judge…
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New York Law Journal

Secretly Taped Worker Still Deserves Benefits, Appeals Court Rules

A state workers' compensation board correctly found that a permanently disabled ex-school worker should continue to receive benefits even after he was secretly videotaped helping to move a popcorn machine at a football game, an appeals court has ruled.
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New York Law Journal

Scheurer v. Berryhill

In Denial of Benefits ALJ Erroneously Discredited Treating Experts' Reports
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The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Anderson, PICS Case No. 17-1361 (Pa. Super. Aug. 23, 2017) Solano, J. (22 pages).

The trial court erred in quashing two Pennsylvania Uniform Firearms Act (PUFA) charges against defendant since his possession of a certificate issued pursuant to the Lethal Weapons Training Act did not excuse him from the PUFA requirement of a license to carry. The court reversed and remanded for further proceedings.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Congressional Research Service Reports on AIA's Impact on Innovation and Proposed Reform

A discussion of the Congressional report on the state of post-grant proceedings before the PTAB, and key components of a bill regarding post-grant proceedings, particularly, inter partes reviews (IPRs).
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The Recorder

Trevizo v. Berryhill

9th Cir.; 15-16277 The court of appeals reversed a judgment and remanded. The court held that the administrative law judge who denied claimant’s…
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