My friend Morgan Smith wrote this note about the Rio Grande in July 2024. Learn more about Morgan here , here and here .
State Department, Aug. 2, 2024 "The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has certified a class in the consolidated cases Farangis Emami, et al. v. Alejandro Mayorkas, et al. , No. 18-cv-01587-JD, and Pars Equality Center, et al. v...
Kevin Appleby, CMS, Sept. 2, 2024 "As US citizens and residents celebrate Labor Day, it is important to recognize the contributions immigrants—both legal and undocumented—make to the national economy. Legal immigrants work in a variety of occupations...
Matter of R-T-P- "[W]e conclude that written amendments made by an Immigration Judge, upon the motion of DHS, to the time and place of the hearing on the notice to appear may satisfy the requirements for a proper remedy to a noncompliant notice to appear...
Cyrus Mehta, Kaitlyn Box, Aug. 5, 2024 "On August 2, 2024, the D.C. Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Save Jobs USA v. DHS , upholding the regulation that provides employment authorization to certain H-4 spouses of H-1B nonimmigrants. Save Jobs USA...
Azumah v. USCIS - Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge Harris wrote the opinion, in which Judge Thacker joined. Judge Richardson wrote a separate opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. ARGUED: Benjamin Ross Winograd, IMMIGRANT &...
DOL, July 26, 2024 "On August 7, 2024, the Department of Labor will host a public webinar to educate stakeholders, program users, and other interested members of the public on the changes to the H-2A program made by the 2024 H-2A Farmworker Protection Final...
Legal departments are critical to companies. In particular, those legal departments that function with enterprise legal management features are more valuable to the company. In this article, we’ll explore what enterprise legal management is, enterprise legal...
On June 28, 2024 the BIA invited amici to brief the following question : "What is the scope of the Immigration Judge’s duty to develop the record for a pro se respondent? See, e.g., Arteaga-Ramirez v. Barr, 954 F.3d 812 (5th Cir. 2020); Matter of J-F...
When do the exclusivity provisions of Labor Code section 3600 permit an action for law at damages? By Hon. Susan V. Hamilton, Former Assistant Secretary and Deputy Commissioner, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Generally, an employee injured...
Oakland, CA -- Payments for medical-legal evaluations and reports used to resolve medical disputes in California work injury claims have increased more than expected since a new Med-Legal Fee Schedule (MLFS) took effect in April 2021 according to a new CWCI study...
CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 89, No. 6 June 2024 A Report of En Banc and Significant Panel Decisions of the WCAB and Selected Court Opinions of Related Interest, With a Digest of WCAB Decisions Denied Judicial Review CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE Lexis+...
Oakland, CA – A bill that would give a presumption of compensability to farmworker heat-related injury claims if the employer is found to be out of compliance with Cal/OSHA’s outdoor heat illness prevention standard would likely create more challenges...
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By Robert G. Rassp, author of The Lawyer’s Guide to the AMA Guides and California Workers’ Compensation (LexisNexis) Disclaimer: The material and any opinions contained in this treatise are solely those of the author and are not the opinions of the...
By Hon. Susan V. Hamilton, Former Assistant Secretary and Deputy Commissioner, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Utilization Review (UR) to determine the appropriateness and necessity of requested medical treatment in a timely manner based...
By Hon. Robert G. Rassp and Hon. Clint Feddersen Questioning the Vocational Expert [a] Depositions Counsel will often need to take the deposition of the vocation expert. Live testimony of a vocational expert can occur only on a showing of good cause [ see...
Havanis v. Calif. Dept. of Transportation (Board Panel Decision) By Hon. Colleen Casey, Former Commissioner, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board I. Medical apportionment is not the same as VR apportionment Medical apportionment is a totally...
Paris , 22 juillet 2024 – LexisNexis® Legal & Professional , leader mondial d'informations et d'analyses, annonc e aujourd'*** avoir finalisé l'acquisition de Henchman , start-up de la legaltech qui enrichit les données...
By Elias Kahn | LexisNexis Practical Guidance The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finally delivered on a long-awaited order when it issued a final rule on April 23, 2024, that bans most noncompete agreements nationwide between employers and employees. “Noncompete...
Découvrez un nouvel épisode de podcast consacré au métier d'éditeur juridique ! On en parle avec : Anne-laurence Monéger, Directrice éditoriale de Lexis France Elise Fils, Rédactrice en chef du JCPG...
The report reveals that more than 66% of UK tax professionals either use generative AI on a regular basis or intend to do so soon, noting that an AI solution grounded in unrivaled tax content from Tolley will transform the tax industry. London – Tolley®...
By Hon. Susan V. Hamilton, Former Assistant Secretary and Deputy Commissioner, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board No matter the source of your media consumption, it seems that the topic of heat is everywhere. Stories about excessive heat have...
Oakland, CA – Private self-insured claim volume in the California workers' compensation system fell 9.5% in 2023, producing the biggest year-to-year decline in private self-insured claim frequency in more than 15 years, but double-digit increases in the...