As a young attorney, I remember (amidst the morning buzz at the Commission) overhearing another attorney proclaim something along the lines of, “If we’re not settled here and now, then we’re going to trial today… and I’m putting everything in dispute except jurisdiction and employment.” 

YOLO, they say.  Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and simply enjoy the journey, they say.

Chicago aspires to lead other cities in anti-sexual harassment measures, with new legal requirements that employers provide bystander intervention training along with increased notice and other training requirements for employees.

On June 27, 2022, the Illinois Appellate Court Workers’ Compensation Commission Division (4th District) issued a Rule 23 Decision in the case of City of Springfield v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, 2022 IL App (4th) 210338WC-U.

The importance of repetition in employment cannot be understated.

The United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) found in favor of the employee group health plan (Marietta) and rejected the dialysis company's (DaVita) claims that the Plan discriminated against patients with ESRD.

On June 13, 2022, Chairman Michael Brennan of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC) signed an Order increasing the reimbursements for Evaluation and Management (E/M) codes by 15% across all Fee Schedule regions effective September 1, 2022.

The United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) is set to decide a case concerning what qualifies as a conditional payment, and the ability of health care providers to utilize the Private Cause of Action (PCA) in the context of a health plan’s alleged discrimination of Medicare-eligible patients.

Beginning June 4, 2022, CMS will utilize the CDC’s “Table 1: Life Table for the total population: United States, 2019” for the Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set Aside life expectancy calculations.

Governor Evers signed 2021 Wisconsin Act 232 into law on April 8, 2022.