Workers’ Compensation Fall Update: A Time-Honored Tradition - Webcast
As always, fall brings us two very important traditions --pumpkin spice lattes and the CBA-CLE Workers’ Compensation Fall Update! Join us, as we delve into specific workers’ compensation law updates for our COVID-19 world. Whether you have been practicing two months or two decades, this conference has something for every labor and employment law practitioner. Come engage and gain insights on timely and relevant issues:
- Division of Workers’ Compensation Update from Director Paul Tauriello will present the latest from the Office of Administrative Courts from Judge Timothy Nemechek
- COVID-19 and Privacy--What are the privacy rights and issues related to discovery in COVID-19 claims?
- Ethics of Social Media Discovery-What CAN I use and not use?
- Case Law Update
Please note that all Home Study products will be available approximately 2 weeks after the date of the live program.
9:00 a.m.- 9:05 a.m.
Introduction
9:05 a.m.- 9:35 a.m.
Update from the Division of Workers’ Compensation
Hear the latest updates concerning the DOWC from Director Paul Tauriello, including COVID-19 procedures and the impact on the workers’ compensation system, rules and statutory changes, and personnel changes at the Division.
Presented by Paul Tauriello, Director, Colorado Division of Workers’ Compensation
9:35 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Update from the Office of Administrative Courts
Presented by the Honorable Timothy L. Nemechek, Supervising Administrative Law Judge, Workers’ Compensation Unit
10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Case Law Update
A panel discussion concerning some of the most important workers’ compensation decisions issued over the past six months from the Colorado Supreme Court, Colorado Appellate Court and the Industrial Claim Appeals Office, moderated by ALJ Craig Eley of the DOWC Prehearing & Settlement Conference Unit. Hear the claimants’ perspective from Sean Goodbody, Esq. and the respondents' perspective from Stephen Abbott, Esq.
Presented by Stephen Abbott, Esq., City and County of Denver, and Sean E.P. Goodbody, Esq., Withers Seidman Rice Mueller Goodbody P.C.
Moderator: Honorable Craig Eley, Administrative Law Judge, Workers’ Compensation Unit
11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Break
12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
COVID-19 and Litigation: Privacy Issues & More
Presented by Honorable Kristen L. Mix, U.S. District Court (D-CO)
1:00 p.m-2:00 p.m.
Discovery Disputes in a Social Media World
Presented by Travis Barbarick, Esq., The Babcock Law Firm, LLC, and Katherine H. R. Mackey, Esq., Ruegsegger Simons & Stern, LLC
Submitted for 1.2 Ethics Credits
2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Presenting and Defending a COVID-19 Case
Presented by Nick Fogel, Esq., Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh Jardine PC, and Margaret “Mimi” A. Metzger, Esq., Ritsema & Lyon, P.C.
3:00 p.m.
Adjourn
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $297.00 |
| CBA Member | $228.00 |
| CBA Workers' Compensation Law Section Member | $207.00 |
| Paralegal/Legal Support Staff | $159.00 |
| New Lawyer Edge Partner | $114.00 |
| ELITE Pass Holder | $0.00 |
- General Credits: 7.00
- Ethics Credits: 1.20
- EDI Credits:
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- Division of Workers’ Compensation Update from Director Paul Tauriello will present the latest from the Office of Administrative Courts from Judge Timothy Nemechek
- COVID-19 and Privacy--What are the privacy rights and issues related to discovery in COVID-19 claims?
- Ethics of Social Media Discovery-What CAN I use and not use?
- Case Law Update