Cashed Check, Lost Lien Rights

What happens when a workers' compensation insurer agrees to accept a negotiated payment on its statutory lien — cashes the check — and then tries to walk back that agreement at the conclusion of the workers' compensation case? 

"Four Days Was Enough"

How Filing the Wrong Answer Cost a Law Firm Its Entire Case

Glyphosate: Workers at Risk

The collision of a presidential executive order, a $7.25 billion proposed settlement, and decades of occupational health research has placed glyphosate-based herbicides at the center of one of the most consequential legal and workplace safety debates in American history. For employers, insurers, and the millions of workers who handle these chemicals daily, the stakes have never been higher.

Roundup Justice: Workers Negotiate a Settlement

Monsanto's Landmark Roundup Settlement — What It Means for Workers and Their Families - $7.25 Billion Dollars

Hidden Hazards at Work

The chemicals you work with every day might be poisoning you—and their identities are legally hidden. Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), thousands of industrial chemicals remain shrouded in confidentiality, making it nearly impossible for workers to know what they're being exposed to and extremely difficult to prove workers' compensation claims when illness strikes.

Healthcare Costs Crush Workers' Compensation

The cost of medical treatment is not just rising — it is accelerating. And nowhere is this felt more sharply than in the workers' compensation system, where medical payments now constitute a dominant and growing share of every claim. What was a slow-burning crisis a decade ago has become an urgent structural challenge for employers, insurers, policymakers, and injured workers alike.

Chemical Glove Selection is Critical

How Proper Hand Protection Impacts Workers' Compensation Benefits

AIG Remains in Workers' Compensation

The 2012 Prediction That Didn't Come True

Casino Workers Fight Smoke Exemption

New Jersey Appeals Court Revives Constitutional Challenge to Workplace Smoking

NJ's Fee Schedule Gap

New Jersey's Medical Billing Problem: When "Reasonable and Customary" Costs You a Fortune

Medicare's Post-Acute Care Crisis

Post-acute care has emerged as a critical pressure point in workers' compensation claims, driven by Medicare policy changes and skyrocketing costs that directly impact claim settlements and future medical allocations.

Outdoor Bans Reshape Worker Claims

How Smoke-Free Outdoor Spaces Are Transforming Workers' Compensation Law

White House Asbestos Transparency

ADAO Fights for Transparency on East Wing Demolition Hazards

Cotton's Thread Through American Labor

How the Empire of Cotton Transformed Workers from Enslaved to Exploited

Asbestos Bankruptcy: Workers Pay Price

When The Stephan Company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on November 26, 2025, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida, it became the latest entry in a decades-long chronicle of American companies using the bankruptcy system to manage crushing asbestos liabilities. But beneath the legal maneuvering lies a more profound crisis: a workers’ compensation system that has consistently failed those it was designed to protect.

Canadian Asbestos Giant Forces Dying Americans Into Foreign Courts

Landmark Bankruptcy Decision Sends 6,000+ U.S. Asbestos Victims to Canada—Despite Congressional Protections.

Disability Trends Signal Crucial Shift

The 2024 Social Security Disability Insurance Report Reveals Important Changes for Injured Workers and Their Families 

Deadly Rollback: Asbestos Unprotected

FDA withdraws talc testing rule amid growing health concerns.

WCMSA Gap Widens Dramatically

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its fiscal year 2025 statistics for Workers' Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangements (WCMSAs), revealing a striking trend that should concern workers' compensation professionals: the gap between what parties propose and what CMS recommends is at an all-time high.

New Jersey's Workplace Safety Wins

A data-driven examination of seven years of workers' compensation trends reveals encouraging progress—and work still needs to be done.