With the headline “major retailers filing for bankruptcy,” and the potential closure of Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, and other well known American stores, injured and disabled employees receiving workers compensation benefits may wonder what will happen to their cases. Saks 5th Avenue is over 100 years old, with its very famous flagship…
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Every year around this time, the ABRAMS LANDAU workers’ comp team gets a notification that clients may be entitled to an increase in their weekly compensation checks, per yearly cost-of-living adjustments (COLA). They receive this “notification of possible COLA entitlement” so that clients can show proof that they are not receiving Social Security disability income…
Continue readingTo help injured employees and their families, experienced Virginia workers comp lawyers meet regularly to discuss recent cases, compare trial strategy and learn the latest advances in medical care for those disabled after on the job accidents. Meetings with Virginia Workers Compensation Commission judges and lawyers from all over the Commonwealth further the exchange of…
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If a proposed merger between Medco Health Solutions, Inc. and Express Scripts takes place, consumer groups fear that patients’ choices would be restricted and costs of medicine would be increased. The proposed merger of two of the three largest pharmacy-benefit managers (“PBMs”) is the subject of a U.S. House antitrust subcommittee hearing. The hearing will…
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