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      • NEWSFLASH: DWC UNVEILS PROPOSED QME REGULATIONS
        11/30/07
        The California Division of Workers' Compensation has finally unveiled proposed new QME regulations.

        The regs were posted on the DWC website today. Interested parties have awaited these regs for months.

        The regs are in the public comment phase. Public hearings will be held

      • POIZNER TELLS WCIRB: NO INCREASE NOW
        11/29/07
        In an advisory rate-finding decision sure to please California employers, Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner yesterday rejected the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau's recommendation that insurers increase comp rates.

        You can see the decision here:
        http://w

      • SCIF GETS THE JUMP ON POIZNER
        11/28/07
        SCIF's Monday announcement that it will not be increasing its comp rates at this time puts added focus and pressure on Steve Poizner.

        The State Compensation Insurance Fund announcement follows rate filings by a number of insurers (including Chubb) who plan to reduce comp insurance ra

      • OFF THE TABLE AND OFF THE SHELF
        11/25/07
        Human behavior is a fascinating thing.

        People lining up in the dead of night outside electronics stores for a chance to stampede for teaser deals. Long haul truckers taking philosophy classes downloaded into their iPods off of iTunes. We're all writers and editors now. There's

      • GOOD TIME FOR SHARKS
        11/22/07
        It's Thanksgiving. Being a lawyer has been good to me and most of my colleagues in the workers' comp field.

        But perks?

        The workers' comp industry doesn't have many perks. Yes, the occasional A's game ticket. And periodic educational junkets and forums.

      • MOTHRA FIGHTS GODZILLA
        11/18/07
        Hey, it's the weekend, and my mind works in strange ways.

        Remember the 1950s/1960s Japanese monster films, many of which are now cult classics? Mothra vs. Godzilla was in 1962:
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothra_vs._Godzilla

        I couldn't help thinking of those

      • THE WCAB EN BANC IN COSTA 2
        11/15/07
        A unanimous California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board has issued its decision in Joey Costa vs. Hardy Diagnostic and State Compensation Insurance Fund.

        Here's the link to the decision:
        http://www.dir.ca.gov/WCAB/EnBancdecisi

        The decision (Costa "2&qu

      • IN THE CIRCULAR FILE
        11/15/07
        A few years ago, a batch of Workers' Compensation Appeals Board mail was found in a dumpster away from the court. Sorta circular filed, so to speak.

        I remember when I was a newbie workers' comp attorney practicing at the Oakland district office. The local board at the time was h

      • BLACKWATER AND VETERANS DAY
        11/13/07
        Veterans Day 2007.

        The Iraq War continues, unstopped by a Democratic Congress that lacks the votes to override the Bush-Cheney team.

        It's odd how you can live your life forgetting about the conflict thousands of miles away. The Bachelor is still agonizing about who he'

      • COSTA IS COMING
        11/10/07
        Costa is coming. Costa 2 to be exact.

        Workers' comp practitioners have been waiting for months for the statewide Workers' Compensation Appeals Board to issue "Costa 2." "Costa 1" indicated that the workers' compensation permanent disability rating schedu

      • HEALTH INSURER PAID BONUSES FOR DROPPING SICK POLICYHOLDERS
        11/09/07
        If you thought the insurance industry couldn't stoop lower, think again.

        Health Net (based out of Woodland Hills near L.A.) has been paying bonuses to employees based on how many sick policyholders they can drop from coverage.

        In doing so, Health Net rescinded over 1,500 p

      • HOT STOVE VELOCITY TALK
        11/06/07
        They were huddled around the hot stove reminiscing about the season...

        Vladimir: "That was quite a game... 3-2 count, bases loaded, tying run on second. And the pitch hits him in the eye! Carried out on a stretcher. Took the stuffing out of our rally and the cornea out of his eye.&qu

      • DAN WALTERS: HEALTHCARE REFORM ON LIFE SUPPORT
        11/04/07
        One of the consequences of legislative term limits is a legislature that finds it harder to craft big solutions to big issues.

        Dan Walters is one of the most astute writers covering the Sacramento scene (a shrinking breed as newspapers trim their Capitol bureau staff).

        Here

      • A HAIL MARY PASS?
        11/02/07
        It's been about as exciting as watching paint dry.

        The "special session" of the legislature to deal with healthcare reform, that is. Schwarzenegger's call to extend the legislative year by focusing on healthcare and water projects appears to be going nowhere.

      • JERRY BROWN TO THE RESCUE
        11/01/07
        I've got a question for you. Whether you grew up watching "Family Feud" or "I've Got A Secret," we all seem to love a good quiz.

        What do car washes, restaurants, landscaping businesses, garment factories, construction firms and farms have in common?

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