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WORKERS’ COMPENSATION UPDATE
It is a new year! 2022 was a year of amelioration. BAJB welcomed Mike Donovan, Ken Campbell, Bob Graves, and Lance Mullins as equity/voting partners. BAJB was also fortunate to add LeeAnna Gainer Mask as its newest partner as well as James Bren ...
DWC Holiday Deadline Update
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation, has announced it will be closed on Friday, December 23, 2022, and Monday, December 26, 2022. This action compels inquiry in to the potential impact of Division closure on dates b ...
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION UPDATE
Spring is in the air. The weather is warmer, flowers are blooming and Texas workers’ compensation keeps rolling along. The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) Appeals Panel issued its first significant decis ...
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION UPDATE
Can you believe it is already February of 2022? This year brings excitement and changes. The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has yet to announce who will be the new Commissioner of the D ...
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION UPDATE
We hope everyone is well as we welcome fall. F. Scott Fitzgerald said “Life starts over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” It is with this inspiration that we bring you this Texas Workers’ Compensation Update. The Division of Workers ...
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION UPDATE
The Air Ambulance Conundrum – Federal Court Disagrees with Texas Supreme Court and finds Texas Workers’ Compensation Fee Guidelines Preempted Generally, workers’ compensation insurance carriers reimburse air ambulance ...
Texas Open Meetings Act Requirements To Return September 1, 2021
On June 30, 2021, Governor Abbott approved Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request to lift the open meeting law emergency suspensions that had been temporarily suspended in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically the provisions ...
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION UPDATE
We hope everyone had an excellent Fourth of July. There are some recent changes relating to Texas workers’ compensation. The Division of Workers’ Compensation is scheduled to reinstate work search requirements for SIBs, as well as designated do ...
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION UPDATE
We hope this update finds everyone well. It is springtime. Robin Williams once said “Spring is nature’s way of saying ‘Let’s party!’” Of springtime, Ernest Hemingway said, “When spring came, even the false spring, there were no pr ...
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION UPDATE
We hope this finds everyone well. 2021 looks to be an exciting year for workers’ compensation and Texas. We all continue to adapt to the changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Texas Legislature has convened for the 87th Texas Leg ...