The short answer, maybe. Each state has specific rules and regulations defining what is covered as an accidental injury and/or occupational disease under their workers’ compensation statutes....

OSHA governs health and safety regulations in the workplace. When a disease or virus has a significant impact on a global level, the World Health Organization will declare a pandemic. As an...

In recent weeks, we have been tasked with learning about and preparing an appropriate response for the Coronavirus –COVID-19. According to the CDC, Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that...

Guerline Felix v. Brian V. Richards , New Jersey Supreme Court (Opinion Date: February 26, 2020) The New Jersey Supreme Court recently affirmed the lower courts' decisions rejecting GEICO's...

When used in the wake of a data breach, eDiscovery tools can help companies manage their legal and regulatory risks through the inventory of compromised sensitive information. At the Net Diligence...

On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a final rule to make 1.3 million American workers newly eligible for overtime pay. The final rule updates the earnings thresholds...

Massachusetts amended their state’s data breach notification law Mass. Gen. Laws Ch. 93H, § 1-6 on January 10, 2019. These additional requirements include changes to the notice to the regulators...

The New Jersey Appellate Division recently handed down a published decision regarding NJ PIP subro claims against self-insured commercial auto tortfeasors. (The decision will also apply to PIP...

The legalization of marijuana for both medical use and recreational use is a hot topic in legal circles these days. There are many ramifications to both types of legalization, involving many...

When a new trucking accident case is assigned to defense counsel, one of the first things to be accomplished is to ensure that all relevant evidence is accounted for and preserved. While most of...

As many New Jersey Workers' Compensation defense practitioners are aware, the bona fide voluntary tender (or "VT") has been an effective vehicle to permit employers to offset a portion of attorney...

The Supreme Court of PA has been very busy so far this summer with Workers' Compensation matters. Shortly on the heels of the Court's decisions in Whitfield and Pavlack , which dealt with Protz...

Decisions in two cases involving Impairment Rating Evaluations (IRE) were decided by the Commonwealth Court on June 6, 2018. The cases were Whitfield v. WCAB (Tenet Health System Hahnemann LLC)...

In September of 2013, the HIPAA Omnibus Rule became effective. The purpose of the Omnibus Rule was to strengthen the privacy and security of patients' Protected Health Information (PHI) by, among...

Every lawyer has been taught that when a conflict of interest exists with a client, one solution is to make a referral to another lawyer. However, will the referral avoid a conflict of interest...

Remember the days of sending letters to clients and opposing counsel? Over the years, this practice has diminished and emails have become the most common type of communication. Email has become an...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was signed into law in May 2016. A common refrain amongst clients in the United States is that it doesn't apply to them. Many U.S. companies,...

In the wake of the latest Petya and WannaCry cybersecurity breaches, it has become readily apparent that law firms are not immune to cyber attacks. In fact, they are becoming a target. Law firms...

In June 2017, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted a petition for allowance of appeal to consider whether it should overturn its decision in Muhammad v. Strassberger, McKenna, Messer, Shilobod ...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, by split decision, upheld the constitutionality of Pennsylvania's Dragonetti Act. Villani v. Seibert , 66 MAP 2016; 2017 Pa. LEXIS 939 (April 26, 2017). As a...