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The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision upholds the enforceability of choice-of-law provisions in marine insurance contracts, and is expected to curb forum shopping.
A court must decide whether post- bar-hopping injury occurred within the course of employment.
Designating certain diseases as work hazards speeds up claims and streamlines the system, but may increase costs.
Outsourcers often provide expertise and real-time systems, but oversight is essential.
A teacher is injured when she slips and falls on ice on her way into work. Was it in the course and scope of employment?
Significant workers’ comp legal decisions from around the country.
A round-up of nationwide regulatory changes affecting the workers’ compensation industry.
A look at the latest legal cases impacting the industry.
Some states want fully liquid collateral backing large deductible workers’ comp programs.
Wholesale and retail broker contracts must spell out roles, responsibilities and expectations.
A man on a smoke break came close to flammable liquid and suffered burns. His eligibility for benefits was left to the court to decide.
New legal guidelines should strengthen board governance and reputation risk management.
Kentucky, long embroiled in the opioid epidemic, is turning its challenges into strategies that can help other states drive change.
Risk managers should expand prohibitions on workplace bullying.
California’s chief insurance regulator asks insurers to divest themselves of thermal coal holdings.
The government is offering companies lower fines if they disclose Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations.
With the future of the Oklahoma Option in question, efforts to pass similar plans in other states are also in a holding pattern.
Data privacy regulations impose strict penalties on noncompliance. The rules impact any company doing business in Europe.
North Carolina’s dispute with the federal government over transgender use of bathrooms affects the wider issue of workplace discrimination.