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Alan G. Brackett and Ava Wolf of Mouledoux, Bland, Legrand & Brackett discuss laws and workers' compensation benefits that may apply when workplace injuries occur outside one's state of residence or outside of the United States.

On March 7, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“CFPB MOU”) that created a formal...

NLRB and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau CFPB Memorandum of Understanding to find employers with financial practices incl employer surveillance employee monitoring employee data collection bad practices targeting the gig economy employers to share info to protect employees

OSHA has announced the appointment of 15 members to its Maritime Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health.

Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this report to Arch, the Company, we, us, or our are to Arch Resources, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking... | April 27, 2023

For government employees who get injured on the job, the Federal Employees’ Compensation program finances medical care and other resources.

Nine defendants, including three compounding pharmacy owners, a physician, two pharmacists and three patient recruiters, were sentenced yesterday for their respective roles in a years-long, multi-state scheme to defraud Tricare and workers comp programs.

A Louisiana doctor was sentenced this week to four years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty in federal court to taking kickbacks from a Rogers company as part of workers compensation fraud, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorneys Office.

Northern District of Illinois convicted Chicago man yesterday for participating in conspiracy to pay approximately $25 million illegal kickbacks to generate business for durable medical equipment pharmacy. Mark Sorensen, 53, worked at Symed, a Chicago pharmacy paid for kickbacks.

Pandemic Response Accountability Committee PRAC Health Care Subgroup published report highlighted expanded access telehealth services in certain federal health care programs during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Focused on program integrity risks related to telehealth.