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Wednesday, July 1, 2026

EPA's Asbestos Rule Awaits Data

How EPA's Request for Information on Legacy Asbestos Fits Into the Regulatory and Workers' Compensation Picture

Thursday, June 25, 2026

Roundup Shields, Workers Lose

Monsanto Co. v. Durnell, 609 U. S. ___ (2026): the Supreme Court holds that FIFRA expressly preempts a state failure-to-warn claim, and the ripple reaches workers' compensation.

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Aggravation Counts in New Jersey

How a work injury to an arthritic knee can be fully compensable, even when the worker had a pre-existing degenerative condition.

Saturday, June 20, 2026

Pay On Time, Or Pay More

A New Jersey appellate court affirms 25 percent sanctions against an employer whose insurer missed the sixty-day deadline to pay a workers' compensation award by a single day.

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Chevron Gone, Benefits Threatened

Two Years After Loper Bright: Workers' Compensation, the Administrative State, and a Coming Reckoning Over Social Security