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Maybe not. Common sense says a company should look for value, as it does with any significant corporate expenditure.

A panel at the California Workers’ Compensation & Risk Conference reports tentative -- but positive -- signs about the SB 863 reform.

Here is a checklist of those issues that can be part of the give and take of negotiations in workers' compensation cases.

Reason No. 11. The mediator can facilitate communication, even when the parties are hostile.

The system is remarkably complex in California, so here is a full treatment of regulations and case law.

Do not even discuss medical cost containment through group health networks and strategies. They simply do not apply to workers' comp.

A California report finally compared the state with others: It is not a pretty picture.

In addition to the obvious reasons, D&O can reduce the stress of a lawsuit and prevent a management team from splitting apart.