I hope everyone has begun to enjoy the fall and is well into the swing of the school year. While it is sad that the summer has come to an end, for those who have children, a new school year is always exciting (as is the cooler weather). Your Section Council has been busy planning and preparing for the upcoming year. With that in mind, I wanted to remind everyone that the 2025 Workers’ Compensation Fall Program is fast approaching. It is geared toward early-career workers’ compensation attorneys and will be held In-Person live or live via Webcast. It will be held at the North Carolina Bar Center, located at 8000 Weston Parkway in Cary on Thursday November 20, 2025. Jason Toups and Jesse Shapiro have been hard at work planning this event, and topics include:

Unexplained Falls and the “Coming and Going” Rule
Medicare Set-Aside Agreement Basics
Immigration Issues in Workers’ Compensation
Overview of Death Claims
Social Media Forensics
Changing Sides and Settlement Evaluations

For more information (including start time, speakers, and credit information), and to register, please visit the registration link.

If you are interested in joining the WC Section Council, we would love to have you. Please reach out to Blia Vang to find out more.

Finally, my husband is an engineer, so of course he has a thesaurus. The other day, he accused me of stealing it. I was shocked, appalled, aghast, and dismayed.

(I warned you they would not get better.)

Have a great week,

Kyla

October 17, 2025/by WorkersComp