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The claimant violated N.Y. Workers’ Comp. Law § 114-a by knowingly making a material misrepresentation, which disqualified him from receiving future indemnity benefits, where surveillance videos showed him stooped over and walking very slowly...

Where a claimant, former firefighter, represented during a functional capacity evaluation that he was unable to lift and/or carry any weighted objects, crouch, reach for an object, or complete any of the balance tests required during the evaluation, yet...

Where a workers’ compensation claimant represented to an independent medical examiner that he could not sit upright or stand without head support, that he became dizzy from time to time, could not engage in play or other activities with his son...

By Colin B. Willmott and Jonathan L. Schwartz One of the most remarkable and memorable scandals of 2014 involved Donald Sterling, the longtime owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, who received a lifetime ban from the National Basketball Association....

"In a recent speech at The Heritage Foundation, former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff made the case for continuing the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). On the surface, his speech addressed only why the United States should keep and expand...

By Aravind Swaminathan , Jim Halpert , and Michelle J. Anderson In a speech that garnered worldwide attention, President Barack Obama has announced important reforms in the ways the US government will gather, store, use and retain signals-related...

The widely-anticipated commercial deployment of drones piques the interest of critical infrastructure industries, the agricultural sector, and technology companies such as Amazon . Consistent with this commercial interest and its Congressional mandate...

on January 2, 2014, a petition for writ of certiorari was filed in the United States Supreme Court that claimed that the National Security Agency (NSA) engaged in unlawful, warrantless surveillance in violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance...

By Peter S. Vogel | An international coalition of more than 300 human rights, privacy organizations, and privacy leaders established policies “that governments must follow to protect human rights in an age of digital surveillance” which...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 29 heard arguments on the ability of a group of respondents to challenge the constitutionality of a law that its opponents characterize as "dragnet surveillance" related to the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 29 heard arguments on the ability of a group of respondents to challenge the constitutionality of a law that its opponents characterize as "dragnet surveillance" related to the...

Larson's Spotlight on Surveillance, Workers' Comp Insurance, Retaliatory Discharge, and Reduction of Benefits. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's...

By Lance Montour, Esq. It has been some time since the entirety of the regulations governing workers' compensation were reviewed and revised. For a number of years, the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission has addressed concerns on an...

This post is dedicated to one of my all-time favorite Board members, who recently returned from the Delaware Industrial Accident Board, Dr. Otto Medinilla. I believe Dr. Medinilla has the distinction of being the only physician ever to serve the IAB and...

It is good to be back from Alabama. Did I mention that Sweet Caroline is now into sorority recruitment? I didn't do the Greek thing in college.....so this truly is all Greek to me. There is a handbook of rules for Rush Week. Hair must be freshly cut...