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  • State Bar of California COPRAC Appointment Vacancies

    The State Bar of California Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (COPRAC) announced that there are Appointment Vacancies for the 2012-2013 Committee Year. CAAA encourages qualified members to participate, if they are interested in joining...
  • SCIF MPN PROPOSAL UPDATE

    Destie Overpeck, Chief Legal Counsel Division of Workers' Compensation Department of Industrial Relations 1515 Clay Street, 17th Floor Oakland, CA 94612-1402 Dear Ms. Overpeck, The California Applicants' Attorneys Association has reviewed the...
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  • Newsletter June 2011

    News Note from your Amicus Curiae Committee By Joseph Capurro, Esq. Petition for Writ of Review in Environmental Recovery Services and State Compensation Insurance Fund v WCAB (Almaraz) (Case # F058698) Denied by Fifth Appellate District. Nearly twenty...
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  • Newsletter January 2008

    VOLUME IV, ISSUE I “I NEVER WANT TO HURT ANY ONE OF THE WORKERS OR THE PEOPLE THAT GET THE BENEFITS.” Gov. Schwarzenegger, Sacramento Bee, Nov. 19, 2003 VETO OF POTENTIAL BOOST IN PD BENEFITS Gov. Schwarzenegger has used his veto pen for the...
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  • Newsletter June 2007

    VOLUME III, ISSUE II MAKE HIM KEEP HIS PROMISE! “I NEVER WANT TO HURT ANY ONE OF THE WORKERS OR THE PEOPLE THAT GET THE BENEFITS.” Gov. Schwarzenegger, Sacramento Bee, Nov. 19, 2003 HELP ON THE WAY? Senate President pro Tem Don Perata has...
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  • Newsletter January 2007

    Vol III, Issue I CAAA WILL CONTINUE EFFORTS TO CHANGE GOVERNOR’S PD CUTS CAAA will continue to challenge the Schwarzenegger Administration’s deep cuts in injured workers’ permanent disability (PD) compensation. President Linda Atcherley...
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  • Newsletter June 2006

    VOLUME II, ISSUE II THE MAN WHO COULD SAVE WORKERS’ COMP When State Treasurer Phil Angelides addressed a packed CAAA summer convention in Las Vegas on June 24, 2005, his words gave hope to all those who represent injured workers. His victory over...
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