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April 6, 2026By Danielle Classey Houston
Florida’s Workers’ Compensation Law was enacted to ensure the prompt delivery of medical and disability benefits to employees injured in the course and scope of their employment.[i] Historically, however, the statutory framework treated psychological injuries differently from physical ones. Under Florida Statute section 440.093, purely mental or nervous injuries were excluded unless accompanied by a […]
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November 14, 2024By Nathalie Tirado
In recent years, the increasing presence of family vlogs and child influencers on parent-run social media accounts has brought child exploitation to the forefront of concern in society. However, family vlogging is not a new phenomenon; it began in 2010 through YouTube content creators. YouTube families would center nearly all content on their underage children. […]
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April 5, 2023By Jose Rodriguez-Lage
The ever-present tug-and-pull between the federal and state government was recently encapsulated in a dispute between flight attendants employed by Alaska Airlines, Inc., the successor to Virgin America, Inc. (“Virgin America”).[i]Under Section 512(a) of the California Labor Code, “[a]n employer shall not employ an employee for a work period of more than five hours per […]
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November 9, 2022By Max Stein
The National Football League (“N.F.L.”) has been around for over one hundred years, and fans worldwide have watched their favorite football players win, lose, and get injured. On September 29, 2022, the Miami Dolphins quarterback, Tua Tagovailoa, suffered a major head injury while being sacked in the second quarter.[i] Although injuries are inevitable in the […]
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