A recent labor decision has further defined the differences between an employee and an independent contractor and their classification for employment purposes. For several reasons, the least of which includes potential employment-related litigation, the proper qualification of a worker as an independent contractor or an employer is crucial. At issue in this case, involving FedEx…
DetailsLOS ANGELES, CA, December 6, 2014—RPNA partner Nick Roxborough was named Defense Attorney of the Year by WorkCompCentral. Close to 300 people attended the 2014 Comp Laude™ Gala on December 6, where he was recognized for his outstanding years of service, integrity, superior understanding of the workers’ comp system, and leadership in achieving results towards…
DetailsLOS ANGELES, CA, November 18, 2014 – RPNA Partner Drew Pomerance is speaking at the largest employment law seminar in California—the 2015 PIHRA Legal Update series—to be held in January at three locations in Southern California. The conference draws over 1,000 human resource professionals and business owners where leading attorneys discuss the latest changes in…
DetailsAccording to November 4, 2014 issue of San Fernando Valley Business Journal, RPNA’s victory for California employers in the recent New York appellate decision could simplify workers’ compensation in California. Read article.
The September 24, 2014 issue of Workers’ Comp Executive highlighted RPNA’s latest win for California employers who have been treated unfairly by their workers’ comp carriers. In Monarch Consulting et al v. National Union Fire Insurance Co., the New York appellate court found that California employers with large deductible workers’ comp policies are no longer required to…
DetailsIn a recent WorkCompCentral article, Nick Roxborough, who represented three employers in their action against an AIG subsidiary and won, talks about how the recent court decision reaches beyond arbitration clauses in workers’ comp policies. The ruling invalidates unfiled arbitration clauses along with the cost-containment fees and other financial arrangements typically found in carriers’ side…
DetailsMore than 2,000 people attended the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles’ Annual Las Vegas Convention over Labor Day weekend where Drew Pomerance served on the expert panel “Red-Eye Breakfast: Hot Topics in Insurance Bad Faith.” Pomerance outlined the differences between “advice of counsel” and “genuine dispute defenses” during his presentation. He discussed how to…
DetailsWorkers’ Comp Executive tapped Nick Roxborough for his opinion on recent changes at State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF), namely, former State Fund General Counsel Carol Newman being placed on ‘administrative leave.’ He said her anticipated and long overdue departure seems to suggest that the legal culture that has existed under her reign is about to…
DetailsWorkCompCentral reached out to RPNA’s David Ginsburg for comment on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeal ruling that FedEx workers are employees, not independent contractors. Ginsberg said in the August 29 article that the case adds to the body of law available for applying the right-to-control test, but otherwise relies on existing concepts. “I…
DetailsA California federal judge has refused to disqualify Irell & Manella LLP from representing State Compensation… California federal judge has refused to disqualify Irell & Manella LLP from representing State Compensation Insurance Fund in a lawsuit accusing a former hospital president and his son of fraud, saying the court wasn’t persuaded that a former Irell partner’s…
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