Over the weekend, The New York Times shed light on one of the largest growing concerns in the Workers’ Compensation field–opioid costs. It might not be news to some of you, but narcotic painkillers are in fact the most widely prescribed class of medications in the US, and prescriptions for the strongest class of these opioids,Read more
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MKRS is proud to announce that its Senior Equity Partners were once again named to the “Super Lawyers” list by Florida’s Super Lawyers Magazine. This list represents the top 5 percent of lawyers practicing within the State of Florida. The “Super Lawyers” honor has been granted to our three outstanding attorneys, Robert J. Rodriguez, Esq., Scott H.Read more
iOS7 is slated to released in the fall. What do you think of the face lift? Perhaps an update of the MKRS Law app icon will be in order as well!Read more
The 22nd Annual Claims Management & Leadership Conference finishes up today, but if you didn’t get a chance to attend check out some of the highlights below as MKRS Law was one of the prime sponsors. Thank you to everyone who attended, and we look forward to another successful event next year! Follow us onRead more
Tomato Tomato. We all have our different vocal twangs when pronouncing certain words; it’s one of the easiest ways to tell what region of the country you’re from. Joshua Katz, a Ph. D student in statistics at North Carolina State University, just published visualizations of a linguistics survey that analyzed how Americans pronounce certain words. TheRead more
BREAKING: AN MKRS LAW SPECIAL BULLETIN Eugene Jacobson v. Southeast Personnel Leasing, Inc./Packard Claim Administration, Inc. “We conclude to the extent that sections 440.34 and 440.105(3)(c), Florida Statutes, prohibit Claimant from retaining counsel to defend a motion to tax costs against him, those statutes infringe upon Claimant’s constitutional rights under the First Amendment of the Constitution. Accordingly, as applied here, sections 440.34 and 440.105(3)(c) are unconstitutional.Read more
Navigate the Conference on your Phone! Download the official MKRS Law app to access the entire schedule of events, speakers and information, directly from your smart phone device. Just search MKRS Law in your app store or download it on iTunes here. Chairman’s Reception Monday, June 10th 6-9 PM Cocktails + Hors d’Oeuvres To commemorate the opening night of theRead more
In the May issue of MKRS Law’s Case Law Updates, we review the following: NEVILLE V. JC PENNEY CORP. AKE V. U.S. SUGAR CORP. SERRANO V. DEL AIR ORTIZ V. CORR. MED. SERVICES May Case Law UpdateRead more
June 10th marks the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, which made it illegal for employers to pay women lower wages than men performing the same job. During that time, women earned around 59 cents for every dollar that male employees made. Though this the gender pay gap has certainly decreased over the years, itRead more