EPA Sued Over Asbestos

On April 21, 2026, the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its Administrator Lee Zeldin in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The complaint, filed as Case No. 1:26-cv-01350, seeks to compel the EPA to fulfill a mandatory, non-discretionary duty under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), a duty that has gone unfulfilled for over a year, leaving millions of workers and their families exposed to the continuing hazard of legacy asbestos.

Gig Workers Without a Safety Net

How the Platform Economy Is Reshaping Workers’ Compensation Claims

New Jersey's AI Workforce Crisis

New Jersey's labor market is sounding alarms. In just the first ten weeks of 2026, WARN filings reveal that 3,857 workers across the state have been affected by mass layoff notices — an 83% surge compared to the same period in 2025. 

Flames That Forged Justice

 The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and the Birth of American Labor Rights

Undocumented Workers Win Pay Case

Lopez v. Marmic LLC is a landmark New Jersey Supreme Court decision handed down on March 19, 2026, and it sends a clear message to employers: hiring someone without work authorization does not give you a free pass to skip paying them.

Workplace Disease & Household Liability

A landmark California Supreme Court ruling in 2023 reversed earlier lower-court decisions and shielded employers from "take-home" COVID-19 liability — but the legal landscape for occupational disease exposure to household members remains complex and evolving. Here is what workers' compensation practitioners, employers, and injured workers need to know.

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