I&F to Host March Seminar with the IL Chamber of Commerce on the Strategic Use of AMA Impairment Ratings

Attorney Allison Mecher will answer your questions about how and when to use Impairment Ratings in Illinois WC cases in a March 5, 2020 online seminar with “I&F to Host March Seminar with the IL Chamber of Commerce on the Strategic Use of AMA Impairment Ratings”

IL WC Update: I&F Prevails by proving Petitioner filed his Claim after statute of limitations expired

In this case, Petitioner was injured in an accepted, but unfiled, accident in 2016 when he slipped on ice and fell while walking on the “IL WC Update: I&F Prevails by proving Petitioner filed his Claim after statute of limitations expired”

I&F to Host Seminar in IL on Recreational Marijuana’s Impact on the Workplace and Employers

On Tuesday Feb 18, 2020, Partner Colin Mills and attorney Michael Bantz from I&F’s Champaign office will be working with the Champaign County Chamber of Commerce to host a “I&F to Host Seminar in IL on Recreational Marijuana’s Impact on the Workplace and Employers”

IL Amends Exclusive Remedy Provisions of WC and OD Acts

On May 17, 2019, Governor JB Pritzker signed SB 1596 into law as Public Act 101-0006. The new law amends the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act and “IL Amends Exclusive Remedy Provisions of WC and OD Acts”

Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce urges Governor to Reconsider Proposed Decriminalization of Recreational Marijuana

In a February press conference outlining his state budget, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers proposed overhauling the state’s marijuana laws to make the drug’s medical use legal, decriminalize “Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce urges Governor to Reconsider Proposed Decriminalization of Recreational Marijuana”