California's Divison of Workers' Compensation (DWC) San Bernardino District Office to Close Temporarily By Lonce Lamonte, adjustercom editor with DWC Newsline news release for July 18th 2024 - July 18, 2024 The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) today announced that its San Bernardino district office will be temporarily closed for approximately six to eight weeks beginning Monday, July 22, 2024, due to excessive heat and needed repairs to a currently inoperable air conditioning system. Please check the San Bernardino district office page for regular status updates during this closure. If you have a trial set at this office, please call the assigned judge’s conference line, unless instructed otherwise. Read More

NFL Hit With $4.7 Billion Damages in Sunday Ticket Trial: Claims Journal   June 28, 2024The National Football League was hit with about $4.7 billion in damages — which stands to be tripled to $14 billion under federal law — after losing a jury trial over anticompetitive features of its Sunday Ticket broadcast package.

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The WCIRB Releases Update to Report of Economic Changes Upon Workers' Compensation in California By Lonce Lamonte - July 15, 2024 According to the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB), the predicted changes in workers' compensation claims gravity... Read More

California's Division of Workers' Compensation Accepting Applications for Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) Examination on October 4th -- 10th 2024 By Lonce Lamonte, editor, with the DWC Newsline - July 9, 2024 The Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) is now accepting applications for the Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) examinat... Read More

California's Division of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers) By Lonce Lamonte, adjustercom editor using the DWC Newsline news release - July 1, 2024 The Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) has posted an order adjusting the Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory... Read More

Restaurant Industry Set to Confront Workers' Comp Challenge with New Food and Beverage Insurance Rating Classification By Jorge Alexandria - June 28, 2024 I sat in on an in-person Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) seminar that covered a Read More

Jake Jacobsmeyer, veteran workers’ compensation claims defense attorney who began as an applicants’ attorney, has now joined the law firm of Michael Sullivan & Associates. By Lonce Lamonte - May 28, 2024 Jake Jacobsmeyer, a veteran California workers’ compensation defense attorney, just l... Read More