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9/23/2008 9:32:00 PM EST W.B. v. Sea-Logix, L.L.C., and Signal Mutual Indemnity Ass'n, BRB No. 06-0908, 41 BRBS 89 (Aug. 23, 2007). Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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9/19/2008 12:39:11 PM EST This just in. The Benefits Review Board has voted to publish E.M. v. Dyncorp International , BRB No. 08-0208, a case arising under the Defense Base Act. The BRB decision reversed the ALJ's order (2006-LDA-147) that had found the clai ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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6/28/2008 12:26:05 PM EST For approximately 33 years, Loyola University, in conjunction with the United States Department of Labor, has been putting on its annual Longshore Conference in New Orleans. In spite of the recent catastrophe a few years ago, the Conference has c ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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8/27/2008 2:25:10 AM EST The Board ended its last fiscal year on September 30, 2007, with 152 appeals pending ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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8/19/2008 9:48:58 PM EST In 1988 or thereabouts, I received a telephone call from a claims manager at an insurance company that was well known to me but for which I had never done any work. Because they were looking for new counsel due to the death of very able former co ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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8/20/2008 1:01:12 PM EST Since August 1, 2006, the Department of Labor has mandated that real names be excised ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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7/18/2008 3:56:18 AM EST The following list contains selected U.S. District Court cases from the last year tha ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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6/17/2008 10:12:22 AM EST An unpublished Benefits Review Board opinion in March 2008 reflected the continuing turmoil in interpreting the attorney's fee provisions of the Longshore Act (33 U.S.C.S. § 901 et seq.). A year ago a divided Board interpreted § 28(b) ( ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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6/16/2008 6:50:16 PM EST In the course of human events – mistakes are made. Many mistakes result from traps laid for the unwary. One of the biggest traps for employer representatives under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C.S. § ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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6/10/2008 12:50:01 AM EST More than 180,000 civilian contractors work on or near the battlefields in Iraq supporting our Armed Forces. In addition to physical injuries, they may suffer combat-related mental disorders from having worked side-by-side with soldiers, thereby exposi ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Read Comments (1)
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9/16/2007 5:42:04 PM EST While the issue of reducing U.S. troop levels in Iraq has become a political football, the fact remains that we're going to see a continued U.S. presence in Iraq for several years to come. This U.S. presence includes many civilian employees who assist ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Read Comments (1)
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