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Awards and Memories

Florida Workers' Comp

In 2018 Forum Recap and Professionalism (April 2018) ; 2015 Frierson-Colling Professionalism Award (2015), I had the chance to discuss professionalism and The Florida Bar Workers' Compensation Section's efforts to recognize it in their members. It seems different in retrospect. WCI Newsletter (May 2012).

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“Clawback Comeback”: DOJ’s New Focus on Clawbacks to Prevent Corporate Crime

Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

With this focus on executive compensation clawbacks, the DOJ is stepping into an area first highlighted by the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, which directed the Securities and Exchange Commission to promulgate rules requiring publicly-listed companies to have compensation clawback policies.

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Is workers’ compensation spending on healthcare significant? Would a "single-payer" system make a difference?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Healthcare spending is a big part of the economy National spending on healthcare is difficult to compare across economies but may be expressed relative to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or as an average cost per person (see [link] for comparisons based on 2015 data). In my view, this would be a mistake.

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Medical Marijuana Within the Context of Workers’ Compensation Claims

The Workcomp Writer

Based on the foregoing, the Court of Appeals agreed with the WCJ that the New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Act authorized reimbursement to the injured employee. A hearing officer granted Bourgoin’s petition in 2015 and the Appellate Division affirmed. Riley Industries. Riley Indus. , 3d 825 (2021)]. The employer appealed.