Showing posts with label counsel fees. Show all posts
Showing posts with label counsel fees. Show all posts
Saturday, August 24, 2024

NJ Raises Workers' Comp Attorney Fee Cap to 25%

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On August 22, 2024, Acting Governor Nicholas Scutari of New Jersey signed legislation to increase the attorney fee cap in workers' compe...
Wednesday, April 5, 2023

The case for increased counsel fees

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Long overdue legislation has been introduced in the NJ Assembly to increase workers' compensation counsel's fees for petitioner'...
Monday, December 26, 2022

Counsel Fee of $123,415 Deemed Excessive by the Appellate Division

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The NJ Appellate Court reversed and remanded a claim where the Judge of Compensation awarded a counsel fee to the claimant’s attorney $123,4...
Saturday, July 20, 2019

Court Has Discretion to Award Counsel Fee Based on Dependent's Life Expectancy

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After awarding dependent benefits under N.J.S.A. 34:15-13 to the surviving spouse of a worker who succumbed to an occupational disease, the ...
Saturday, August 25, 2018

NJ Gov Murphy Signs Law Increasing Workers' Compensation Counsel Fees

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NJ Governor Phil Murphy has signed into law legislation that increases counsel fees in Workers' Compensation claims. The law requires...
Saturday, June 23, 2018

NJ Legislature Sends Workers' Compensation Counsel Fee Bill to Governor

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This bill would require, in cases in which a workers’ compensation petitioner has received compensation from an insurance company or self-i...
Friday, March 24, 2017

NJ Bar Association Seek Re-Nomination of Judges of Compensation and System Wide Procedural Improvements

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The NJ State Bar Association is urging Gov. Chris Christie to reappoint qualified workers’ compensation judges who are eligible for tenure. ...
Thursday, May 26, 2016

Lack of Enforceability of Fee Sharing Arrangments

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A NJ Appellate Court ruled that an agreement to share fees between lawyers, not holding NJ Supreme Court Certification, was unenforceable w...
Thursday, April 21, 2016

Florida Appeallate Court Rules Attorney Fee Statute Unconstitutional

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The Florida First District Court of Appeals has held counsel fee provisions in the Workers' Compensation Act to be unconstitutional, ,...
Wednesday, December 4, 2013

NJ Counsel Fee Threshold Raised to $44,000

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In a  Memorandum  issued last week, the Director of the NJ Division of Workers' Compensation announced that the threshold for counsel ...
Sunday, August 25, 2013

OK's True Cost Control Feature

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Counsel fees are a critical element to workers' compensation claims. David DePaolo's recent blog post highlights how counsel fees ...
Friday, June 8, 2012

NJ Suggests Restrictions on Counsel Fees for CMS Claim Reimbursements

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The New Jersey Division of Workers' Compensation set forth a policy statement defining the parameters for potential counsel fee recovery...