Changes to New York State’s workers’ compensation policies could pose problems for residents who rely on the program for pain management. The NYS Workers’ Compensation Board is limiting the frequency with which physicians can conduct urine drug tests from “at least” three to four times each year to a maximum…
The recently-formed AAF (Alliance of American Football) League is facing many of the same challenges as other start-ups. But some of the more unique ones include a team that has to practice in a different state. The state of Florida excludes professional athletes from receiving workers’ compensation because it does…
Eight years ago, Walmart faced the largest gender discrimination case ever brought against an employer. The Supreme Court spared the company that time by saying that the lawsuit was too large to constitute a class action law suit (it represented 1.5 million Walmart employees). But history is about to repeat…
The United States Department of Justice recently settled a lawsuit with 3M, a leading military equipment manufacturer. 3M paid the United States $9.1 million in the settlement. This number looks substantial but not when you hold it up to how much the company is worth (almost $40 billion) and the…
Before President Trump started a trade war, many in the agriculture industry warned that getting tough on China could have disastrous consequences for American farmers. One measure of how our farmers are faring in the wake of steep tariffs is the number of farmer bankruptcies. Compared to 2008, twice as…
In August 2018, Linda Goldbloom was struck on the head by a foul ball while she attended a San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers baseball game. Although she was rushed to the hospital for emergency brain surgery, she bled out and died. There was no media coverage of her…
If you followed President Trump’s recent State of the Union address, you heard him say that unemployment for Americans with disabilities has reached an all-time low. This assertion, although technically correct, is gravely misleading. True, the unemployment rate for people with disabilities is at a record low of nine percent….
The ongoing court battles concerning Blue Water Veterans received another update in late January when the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled 9-2 in favor of Alfred Procopio Jr. Mr. Procopio served on the USS Intrepid during the Vietnam War and now suffers from prostate cancer and diabetes….
A jury in Delaware has found that a Kentucky Fried Chicken franchisee must pay a former employee over $1.5 million for workplace discrimination that ultimately made her unable to breastfeed her child. Autumn Lampkins filed the suit in U.S. District Court, alleging that her co-workers and supervisors at KFC and…
One of the suppliers of talc used by Johnson & Johnson is now applying for bankruptcy protection. This decision comes as a result of the multibillion-dollar lawsuits that allege Johnson and Johnson’s talc causes asbestos-related mesothelioma and ovarian cancer. The company declaring bankruptcy is Imerys Talc America. It says it…
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