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The 2021 wildfire season was a slight improvement over the devastating 2020 season, which burned more than 10.1 million acres. As of early December, U.S. wildfires burned more than 7.6 million acres. The largest wildfire in […]

Bill Howley, general manager of TEN 3, a restaurant at the top of Sandia Peak in Albuquerque, NM, said a recent experience he and his employees went through had its positive points. On December 31st […]

In December, the Florida Bar News published an interesting expose of a proposal to make "sweeping changes" to the "civil trial system." The article initially escaped my attention in the digital world (I do not visit the […]

It’s time once again to see how I did on my 2021 predictions for workers’ comp. Today we’ll dive into the first 5 and finish up with the last 5 tomorrow.  Total premiums will stay low.As […]

De Quervain’s tenosynovitis is a common and painful condition that affects the tendons (tissue that connects muscles to bones) of the wrist. Symptoms of de Quervain’s tenosynovitis include: Pain near the base of your thumb Swelling near […]

The past several years have been rough on everyone.  COVID-19 shut down large portions of industry within the United States almost overnight.  The roll-out of vaccines has offered a ray of hope but left many […]

In 1971, President Richard M. Nixon established a national commission to review the state of workers’ compensation programs across the nation. The commission, chaired by Professor John F. Burton, Jr., delivered their “Report Of The National […]

There is a constant in the universe, and it is change. Hericlitus said if more eloquently: “Change is the only constant in life.” We have seen this in the world of business, and 2022 promises to bring […]