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- Is the EEOC Closing Cases Without Investigating Them?
- New York State Discrimination Law Update
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- Recognizing Age Discrimination in the Workplace
- Marijuana in the Workplace
- 7 Cases of Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace
- NYPD Racism?
- Knowing Is Half the Battle
- NYPD’s Breastfeeding Woes
- EEOC Update
- DoubleTree Racial Profiling
- Deaf Referee Sues under ADA
- CVS “Burden”
- Sexual Harassment at Dollar General
- Harassment at Boeing
- Abused at Work? You Could Get Fired for That.
- Have a Therapy Dog? Avoid the Soho House.
- Raley’s Settles for Religious Discrimination
- Bon-Ton Employees Feeling Slighted
- Can Refusing to Pray at Work Cost You Your Job?
- NFL: New National Anthem Policy Deepens Divide
- Employee Sues Weis Markets for Race Discrimination
- No Protection Against Sexual Harassment for Nannies and Housekeepers
- EEOC Religious Discrimination Suit
- Sexual Harassment in the Restaurant Industry
- Employer Discrimination Under Reported
- Native American Discrimination
- Veteran Employment Discrimination
- Marijuana Patients Face Discrimination
- Know the Difference: Federal vs State Employment Discrimination Laws
- Fired Over Toilet Paper
- Parental Leave Discrimination at JPMorgan Chase
- ADA Complaint Filed Against Kentucky Fried Chicken
- $100,000 Settlement for Worker Fired Because of Disability
- Employment discrimination cases — truth can be stranger than fiction
- $8.6 Million Damage Award Obtained Against Lowe’s
- Thinking Home Business or Office? Better think about ADA regulations
- Category: Firm News
- Budget Rental Car called to task for use of ‘bait and switch’ tactics
- There are plenty of silver linings in 2020 — Happy Thanksgiving!
- Making the case for personal touches
- For 40 years, Freedman firm has helped clients take steps toward financial stability
- Addressing Gender Discrimination in the Workplace
- Medicare and Telehealth
- iPost event features Spotlight reporter
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- Patriot Day
- Mental Health Refresher
- VA Disability Benefits vs. SSDI for Veterans
- Trump’s Disability Lies
- KFC Breastfeeding Discrimination
- Spanish Nuclear Disaster Update
- VA Appeals Process Changes
- DUI Cannabis
- Drone Protection
- OHO officers update SSD claimants’ attorneys at Bar Association meeting
- Millions Obtained For Injured Clients
- Christopher Grover named chair of ECBA’s Disability Committee
- Future Attorneys
- Freedman attorneys are presenters at NOSSCR Conference
- Thanksgiving Was a Time to Say ‘Thank You’ — and to Give
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society to Honor Dr. Ralph Benedict
- Employee Spotlight: Craig Koval, Manager of Operations
- Time to hold National Fuel Gas accountable to this community
- Brad Davidzik Joins Jeffrey Freedman Attorneys at Law
- Category: Long Term Disability
- Category: Personal Injury
- Monetary Relief for Metal Hip Replacements
- Burn Pits and Presumptive Injury
- Guide to Car Safety
- Mesothelioma or Lung Cancer? We Can Help.
- Don’t expect the first offer for an injury accident to cover your pain and expenses
- Ride Sharing and Increased Accidents
- Racing Video Games and Real-Life Driving Skills
- Death on a Treadmill
- Firefighters and Cancer
- Thinking of Hiring a Personal Injury Attorney?
- 6 Steps to Take After a Car Accident
- Settlement vs Trial
- The Point of Personal Injury Attorneys
- Car Accidents and You
- Why Your Doctor Doesn’t Apologize and Say “Sorry.”
- Liability Car Insurance Overview
- Dangerous Medical Devices and the FDA
- Accidents in No-Fault States
- Let’s Talk Pain
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- Grand Canyon Uranium
- When Is It Time for an Attorney?
- Playground Prank
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- Take Me out to the… Hospital?
- Hospital Readmission
- Winter Car Seat Safety
- Liable When It’s Not Your Fault?
- The Dangers of Bus Stops
- Scooter Class-Action
- Murder at Cornell
- Dollywood Disaster
- Are Your Lost Pants Worth $67 Million?
- State Responsible for Fatal Crash: $3.9 Million in Compensation
- Rare win for cyclist in ‘Door Zone’ crash vs. 72-yr-old
- Potentially Deadly Axe Incident Aired on Live TV
- $200,000 Personal Injury Scam
- Accidents with Commercial Trucks
- Woman Attacked by 150-lb Dog
- Hit by a ride-sharing car? Who pays the bills?
- An ounce of prevention can save a child from dog attacks
- Hosts are legally responsible for underage guests’ drinking
- ’Twas the night before trial
- Motorists Who Don’t Clear Snow and Ice Put Others at Risk
- Attorney Christopher Kerr Has Busy December Settling Cases
- Wall Collapse Highlights Construction Site Dangers
- Fatal Explosion Highlights the Need for Safety on the Job
- Attorney Christopher Kerr Named to Super Lawyers List
- Motorcyclist Left With Serious Injury After Being Hit By Drunk Driver
- New York State Automobile Accident Checklist
- Americans Bear the Burden of the Financial Cost of Drunk Driving
- Winning a Dog Bite Case Requires Creative Investigation
- Category: Product Liability
- Category: Social Security Disability
- Estimated Cost of Living Adjustment for 2023 For Those on Social Security
- Applying for Disability While on FMLA Leave
- Can I Be Fired While on Disability?
- Traveling with a Disability
- How to Increase SSI Benefits
- 2022 Payment Schedule
- Social Security Disability Benefits for College
- Invisible Disabilities
- Why Did My Schizophrenia Disability Claim Get Denied?
- Schizophrenia and Social Security Disability
- Presumptive Disability
- Endometriosis and Disability
- 2022 Cost of Living Adjustments
- Collecting Social Security Disability Abroad
- How to Report Social Security Fraud
- Social Security Disability and Disability Advocates
- Borderline Personality Disorder and Social Security Disability
- Disability Pride: Life and Work
- History of Disability in America
- SSDI and Lupus
- Disability If You Refuse Surgery
- Plan to Achieve Self-Support (PASS)
- If I Move to a New State, Will My Benefits Follow?
- Long COVID Disability
- Disability Benefits for ALS
- Disability in the Workplace
- SSA’s Decision Timeline
- How Long Until Social Security Disability Reinstated
- How to Reinstate SSDI
- Collecting Social Security Disability While Abroad
- Social Security Disability If Your Spouse Works
- How Long Can You Collect Social Security Disability Benefits?
- Collecting SSDI and Long-Term Disability Concurrently
- SSD Benefits for Children
- 2021 Changes to SSD Laws
- Social Security Disability News: A Smorgasbord
- Does Social Security Pay for Caregivers?
- Social Security Disability Investigations
- Does Social Security Disability Provide Housing Assistance?
- Can You Get a Loan While on Social Security Disability?
- Social Security and Unemployment Benefits
- Social Security Disability Payment Schedule
- Social Security Disability and Kidney Disease
- Social Security Disability and Private Disability Insurance
- Disability Rules for Ages 50+
- Social Security Disability for Drug Addiction?
- What Happens to My Disability Benefits When I Reach Age 62?
- Collecting Social Security Disability and Retirement at the Same Time
- Benefits for Huntington’s Disease
- Working While on Social Security Disability
- SSA and the Continuing Disability Review Backlog
- Back Pain Disability and Depression
- Kidney Transplant Disability Benefits
- Savings Limits and Social Security Disability
- Disability Determination Services
- May Is Stroke Awareness Month – How Much Do You Know?
- Disability and Job Skill Levels
- Are Social Security Disability Benefits Federally Taxable?
- Social Security Administration Fact Sheet for 2021
- Social Security Disability for Back Pain
- Social Security Disability Benefits for Lupus
- What’s new in Social Security Disability?
- Can You Get Disability Benefits for Alcoholism?
- Disability Benefits for Hearing Loss
- Social Security’s Hold Harmless Provision
- Social Security Disability Hearings During COVID-19
- Social Security Direct Deposit
- SSDI and Self-Employment
- SSDI and Request for Reconsideration
- How Do Lump Sum Settlements Affect Social Security Disability?
- Social Security Surveillance
- Taxes on Social Security Disability Benefits
- Social Security Scams and How to Avoid Them
- How Does the “Marriage Penalty” Affect Social Security Disability?
- Social Security’s Listing of Impairments
- Benefit Verification Letters
- Are Disability Benefits Through Social Security Available for Children?
- COVID-related Closings of SSA Offices Reflected in Drop in Applications for SSD
- Local MS Expert, Dr. Ralph Benedict, Leads Prestigious Lancet Neurology Article
- Social Security Disability and Rental Property
- Social Security Disability Work History Report
- Will an Inheritance Affect My Social Security Disability Benefits?
- Can Disability Benefits Be Terminated?
- Social Security Disability… Housing?
- Cars and Social Security Disability
- Where to Live on SSDI Alone
- When Disability Benefits Turn Into Retirement Benefits
- What to Expect at a Disability Hearing
- Social Security Disability and Blindness
- Auxiliary Benefits and How to Qualify for Them
- Social Security Administration’s Continuing Disability Review
- Social Security Disability’s Blue Book
- Social Security’s Disability Update Report
- Fighting SSI Overpayments
- How to Win at Your Disability Hearing
- What to Do About Social Security Overpayments
- Why Did I Receive and Extra Payment from Social Security?
- Can You Work Part-Time While Collecting Social Security Disability?
- Preparing for the Social Security Disability Mental Exam
- Taxes on Social Security Benefits
- Medicaid and Social Security Disability Insurance
- Ticket to Work (From Home?)
- Closed Periods of Disability
- Late Benefits Payments and What to Do
- 2021 Social Security Payment Schedule
- Can You Receive Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability at the Same Time?
- I Was Denied Disability. What Next?
- Can You Retire Early and Collect Social Security Disability?
- Does Diabetes Make You Eligible for Social Security Disability Benefits?
- Social Security Disability for Bipolar Disorder
- Social Security Disability for Cancer
- Workers’ Compensation Disability: Similarities and Differences
- Social Security Disability Benefits After Incarceration
- Permanent Residents and Social Security Benefits
- Social Security Disability Limits
- Social Security Benefits for Autism
- Speeding Up Your Social Security Disability Case
- Non-Citizens and Social Security Benefits
- Social Security Advance Designation
- Mental Disorders and Social Security Disability
- Social Security Benefits and Jail
- Congress should gear up to avert an SSDI crisis
- Do I Need to Hire a Disability Attorney?
- Vocational Experts at Your Disability Hearing
- Social Media Spies at the Social Security Administration?
- What Does a Partially Favorable Decision Mean?
- Is Autism Considered an Emotional Disability?
- Emotional Disabilities and Their Accommodations
- Telephone Disability Hearings
- Social Security Disability and Back Pay
- Disability Medical Sources and Reports
- Does Your Employer Know When You File for Social Security Disability?
- Disability and Special Needs Trusts
- An Overview of Representative Payees
- Social Security and Osteoarthritis
- Social Security and Green Dot
- Ticket to Work Program
- Bench Decisions and Benefits Payments
- Simultaneous Disability and Welfare
- Does My Arthritis Qualify Me for Disability Benefits?
- Disability for Depression?
- Emotional Disturbance Disability
- Is Pregnancy Considered a Disability?
- Long-term effects of COVID-19 may prevent many Americans from returning to work
- Qualifying for Benefits Under a Psychological Disability
- Your Doctor and Your Disability Claim
- Supplemental Security Income Resource Limit
- Checking the Status of Your Disability Claim
- Social Security Disability and Substitution of Party
- Parkinson’s Disease and Social Security Disability
- Social Security: Incapacity and Death
- SSI Disability Hearings
- Breaking out of your self-isolation? Remember: Safety First!
- What Are Work Credits?
- Social Security and Administrative Wage Garnishments
- Differences Between SSDI and SSI
- An Overview of Substantial Gainful Activity
- Social Security Benefits and Foster Care
- Social Security and Same-Sex Marriage
- Exploring Your Social Security Income Statement
- Is There Such a Thing as Temporary Social Security Disability Insurance?
- Will SSA offices reopen? Plus — meet the deadline to get an additional $500!
- Denied SSD benefits at the initial application stage? Let us help turn that ‘no’ into a ‘yes!’
- Myth vs. Fact in Social Security
- Women and Social Security
- Meet IRMAA
- SSD and SSI recipients can maximize their Economic Impact Payments
- Social Security Disability’s Waiting Period
- What is the Social Security Benefits Statement?
- When Is the Right Time to File for Social Security Disability?
- SSD applicants’ claims will continue to be processed during COVID-19 crisis
- Welcome to National Social Security Month!
- Meeting the Definition of Disability
- Applying for Disability Benefits Online
- The What, Where, When, and Why of Updating Social Security
- What’s in Store for Social Security?
- Deferred Retirement Benefits
- A Brief History of Social Security
- 2020 SSDI Cuts?
- What to Do with a Continuing Disability Review
- Benefits for Learning Disabilities
- What’s the Deal with ABLE Accounts?
- Social Security and Self-Employment
- 2020 Social Security Changes
- 2020 Social Security Payment Schedule
- Social Security and the Cost of Living
- Frequently Asked Social Security Questions
- Social Security Withholding in 2020
- Social Security and Divorce
- Winning Your Social Security Disability Case Over 55
- When Do I Get to Retire?
- How to Maximize Social Security Benefits
- Social Security Spousal Benefits
- Proposed regulation threatens benefits of millions of SSD recipients
- What’s the Deal with Survivor Benefits?
- Do I Need a Disability Lawyer?
- Social Security and Children
- Medicaid vs. Medicare
- Temporary Disability Options
- Title II vs Title XVI
- SSI Denial Letter and Appeal
- Checking the Status of Your Disability Claim
- Social Security’s TERI Program
- A Look Inside Compassionate Allowance
- Social Security Income Limits
- Can a Social Security Disability Hearing be Postponed?
- Did My Disability Hearing Go Well?
- How to Apply for Disability in New York State
- What Is a Social Security Disability Video Hearing, and Should I Have One?
- What Do I Need to Apply for Disability?
- Disability Benefits: How to Qualify
- Social Security: A Study in Contrasts
- Congress needs to strengthen Social Security benefits
- Social Security Disability and Medicare
- Concurrent Benefits: Collecting SSDI and SSI at the Same Time
- My Disability Claim Was Denied—What Do I Do Now?
- Are Social Security Benefits Taxable?
- SSI Benefits for Intellectual Disability
- Returning to Work After a Disability
- Improving Your SSD Chances
- Expanded Compassionate Allowances
- How to Get Social Security Disability Benefits
- Avoiding SSD Fraud Allegations
- Social Security Disability Hearings
- Work Eligibility for Social Security Disability
- Disability Definition
- SSD Closed Period
- Qualifying Disabilities
- Social Security Myths
- Work-Related Functional Abilities
- Will Social Security Disability look at your Facebook?
- Five-Month Waiting Period
- SSDI/SSI Differences
- How Long Does It Take to Get Disability in WNY?
- Read This If You’re Considering Applying for SSD Benefits
- SSD Recap
- Will Reinstating Disability Reconsideration Address Backlog?
- Does Social Security Recognize Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
- Social Security Expansion
- Social Security Strain
- Did You Get Re-Evaluated Back to Good Health?
- Can Social Security Disability Make You Have Back Surgery?
- Trouble in Guam
- What Happens to Social Security When the Government Shuts Down?
- What Affects your Social Security Disability
- The Importance of Activities of Daily Living in Your SSD Claim
- Defining ‘pain’ is a real pain for SSD claimants
- What to Expect at an SSDI Hearing
- SSA Office Closures
- Is President Trump Politicizing Administrative Law Judges?
- Can’t work due to back pain?
- Pressure on the Social Security Administration
- What to Expect at your SSD Hearing
- SSD Strategies to Win Your Case
- SSD Misconceptions
- Judge from local OHO offices says ALJs are pressured to deny disability claims
- Social Security Disability claimants punished by an unfair system
- Human Trafficking in Florida
- Higher hoops for SSD applicants to jump through
- NY Law Ensures Access to Health Records for All New Yorkers
- Electronic Medical Records at SSA and VA
- Kentucky Attorney Pleads Guilty in Massive Social Security Fraud Scheme
- Severely disabled client undergoes four-year roller coaster ride to get SSD benefits
- SSA revises rules for SSD claims, making process more consistent
- OIG review of CARES plan after six months shows little progress
- Social Security Disability is an insurance program — not welfare
- Orange is not the new black — it’s the color of Multiple Sclerosis
- AALJ Demands Judicial Integrity Required by the APA
- mySocial Security makes managing your Social Security account easy
- Recent reports on abuse of SSD are unfair and in accurate
- Understaffing threatens people with disabilities
- Budget cuts or government shutdown would severely affect recipients of Social Security Disability
- NOSSCR Conference Brings Out Questions About the Future of Social Security
- ODAR Deputy Commissioner Reports on Efforts to Reduce Backlog in Social Security Disability Claims
- Category: Uncategorized
- The Great American Food Crisis
- Government Perks
- Racism at Your Local CVS?
- New medical malpractice law. Clients have much better chance to recover money for mistakes doctors make
- Montana Man to Pay Back Over $27,000 to State Workers’ Compensation Fund
- New FTC rules seek to protect the heirs of the deceased, but are in conflict with FDCPA laws
- Federal Trade Commission Shuts Down Debt Collection Agency
- Is a Mortgage Loan Servicer a Debt Collector?
- Supreme Court ruling on TCPA is a win for consumers
- Category: VA Disability
- Burn Pits and Rare Cancers
- Five veterans see improved income through disability benefits appeals
- Firm Helps Veterans Obtain Larger Disability Checks
- Disabled Veterans Get $175,000 and $150,000 in Back Benefits
- VA Disability for Depression and Anxiety
- Uncovering the Impact of Burn Pit Exposure on Veterans
- President Trump and Veteran Loan Forgiveness
- PTSD Treatment and Compensation
- Veterans and TBI
- Increased VA Benefits
- David Bellavia: Local Hero
- VA Home Loans
- Impaired Doctor and Veteran Death
- VA Claims Process
- Broken VA Campaign Promises
- Licensed Providers and VA Exams
- Veteran Surveillance
- Vietnam Vets’ Ongoing Battle for Agent Orange Compensation
- 3M Settlement Woes
- Links Between PTSD and Dementia
- Purple Heart? Faster Claim.
- VA Health Care Claim
- The VA Is Not Handling ALS Well
- Blatant Disregard at VA Nursing Home
- PTSD Lies
- Special Monthly Compensation
- Sexually Assaulted Soldiers’ Claims Not Adequately Investigated
- Proposal to Increase Veterans’ Disability Benefits
- Computer ‘glitch’ costs veterans big bucks
- App Assists VA Benefits Claim
- Proposed Law and Veterans Administration Overpayments Collection
- The Cost of Being a Peacetime Veteran
- VA Retaliation Against Whistleblowers
- Veterans Disability Benefits and Bankruptcy
- Veteran Living in Van After Hacker Stole Disability Benefits
- Veterans Fight to Get Rare Cancer Covered by VA
- VA Pensions Once Viewed as Government Handouts
- Be Specific and Honest with VA Compensation Claims
- Freedman VA Lawyers Obtain Over $500,000 For Disabled Veteran
- New Veterans ID Cards
- Court decision makes it easier for veterans to appeal their disability ratings
- North Carolina Woman Collects VA Benefits for Child She Never Had With Deceased Vet
- Veteran Guinea Pigs
- Navy Veteran Still Waiting on VA Benefits
- Veterans Appeals Act will shorten the appeals process
- Whistle-Blower Complaints About Veteran Care
- Trump Budget Proposal to Slash Veteran Benefits
- VA: Caregiver Support Program to Receive Full Review After NPR Report
- Eight diseases caused by water contamination at Camp Lejeune qualify Vets for disability
- Veteran Fakes Blindness to Receive VA Disability Benefits
- Veteran receives $116,938 in back benefits after initial denial of 100 percent disability
- $150,000 in back VA Disability Benefits awarded to Vet suffering from combined medical/psychiatric diagnosis
- VA claims of reduced backlogs, focus on helping veterans don’t ring true
- Jeffrey Freedman Attorneys Makes Pro Bono Commitment To Help Disabled Veterans at the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
- Jeffrey Freedman Attorneys Adds Third VA Accredited Attorney
- PTSD and Unemployability
- Category: Workers Compensation
- Increase in Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Mild Injuries
- Workers’ Compensation Refresher
- Increased Workers’ Compensation Claims from High Deductibles
- Opioids Declining Under Workers’ Compensation
- Is Your Pet the Reason for Your Workers’ Compensation Claim?
- Workers’ Compensation Claims Increase
- Dog-Tripping At Home and Workers’ Compensation
- Maximizing Workers’ Compensation
- WC and Medical Marijuana
- Team-Building Fails
- Work Injuries
- Would You Like Fines with That?
- Demise of the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund
- Medical Marijuana Remains Tricky Workers’ Compensation Issue
- Rising Opioid Concerns in WNY
- From Worker’s Compensation to Opioid Addiction?
- Does Workers’ Compensation Cover Arthritis?
- Amazon Cover-Ups
- New Medical Fee Schedule in New York
- Thruway Authority and Workers’ Compensation Fraud
- Over 700 Denied Workers Comp After Exposure to Toxic Chemicals
- Las Vegas Shooting Police Officers Denied Workers’ Compensation Claims
- Florida Woman’s Workers’ Compensation Fraud Caught on Camera
- Shot Stripper to Receive New Hearing
- More Prison Time for Workers’ Compensation Fraud