“After years of prominence in his field,” said U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman, “Jose Katz will now be remembered for his record-setting fraud.” According to federal prosecutors, the 68-year-old cardiologist from Closter, N.J.—with offices in both…
Read MoreApril 2013
Social Security Administration is Adept at “Weeding Out Disability Cheaters” A recent article (found here: http://www.abqjournal.com/main/2013/04/10/opinion/ssa-procedures-weed-out-cheaters.html)—itself a response to another opinion piece published to the contrary—extolled the lengths to which the Social Security Administration goes…
Read MoreOn the morning of June 9, 2010, Walesca Benvenutti—a bus driver employed by Scholastic Bus Company—was sweeping her bus after bringing the students to school. She was required under the terms of her position to…
Read MoreAfter months of negotiations, California labor unions and employers finally came together to help produce SB 863, a new law that overhauls much of that state’s workers’ compensation system. Everyone agreed that the system needed…
Read MoreAccording to a number of recent articles on the subject, lawsuits—personal injury or otherwise—that are brought as a result of school bullying and that name schools as defendants are on the rise. These cases, easier…
Read MoreConsortium for Citizens with Disabilities Weighs in On Social Security Disability Debate In response to all the negative media attention currently being poured onto Social Security Disability, the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD)—a coalition…
Read MoreMedia Split Over Relationship Between Social Security Disability and the Unemployment Rate On Friday, the U.S. Department of Labor released the latest national employment statistics. And, though the unemployment rate fell to a four-year-low of…
Read MoreA recent article (http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/news/16454-transportation-incidents-are-a-leading-cause-of-workplace-fatalities.html), focusing on the state of Indiana, highlighted the number of car accidents that take place in the course of employment. The article noted that, not only are car crashes among the…
Read MoreWith the elderly population of the United States living longer, the rate of dementia in nursing homes and other eldercare facilities is also steadily rising. Dementia, a gradual deterioration of cognitive skills, is not a…
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