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Part II The blog post from February 9, 2017 included a discussion of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Industry Notice No. 160, which announced the latest increase in the amounts of civil penalties under the...](https://blog.amequity.com/longshore-insider/article/review-of-fines-and-penalties) ## [2/9/2017 Civil Penalties - Going Up Again; Review of Fines and Penalties The U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, which administers the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, has released Industry Notice No. 160, dated January 25,...](https://blog.amequity.com/longshore-insider/article/civil-penalties-going-up-again-review-of-fines-and-penalties) ## [7/19/2016 Civil Penalties - Going Up On July 1, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published an “interim final rule” in the Federal Register. It announced the upward adjustment of the amounts of civil penalties assessed or...](https://blog.amequity.com/longshore-insider/article/civil-penalties-going-up) ## [2/26/2015 Fines and Penalties There are several sections in the Longshore Act that provide for civil or criminal fines and penalties. These provisions variously apply either to claimants or employers as specified. Here’s a list...](https://blog.amequity.com/longshore-insider/article/fines-and-penalties) ## [12/10/2014 Calendar Year 2014, Part II I mentioned last time that calendar year 2014 was relatively quiet for Longshore Act jurisprudence at the federal appellate level. There were no decisions at the U.S. Supreme Court. There were,...](https://blog.amequity.com/longshore-insider/article/2014-part-two) ## [4/23/2014 Attorney Fees, Part II Two weeks ago I discussed sections 28(a), (b), (c), and (e) of the Longshore Act. We considered under what circumstances liability to pay the claimant’s attorney’s fee is shifted to the employer and...](https://blog.amequity.com/longshore-insider/article/attorney-fees-part-two) ## [4/9/2014 Attorney Fees, Part I The so-called “American Rule” requires that litigants in U.S. courts bear their own expenses, including attorney fees. The Longshore Act, however, contains a “fee shifting” provision, whereby, under...](https://blog.amequity.com/longshore-insider/article/attorney-fees-part-one) ## [4/5/2012 What Happens When An Uninsured Employer Goes Bankrupt? INSOLVENCY - PART THREE We’ve previously looked at what happens when an insurance carrier defaults on the payment of benefits due to insolvency (Part One) and what happens when both the insurance...](https://blog.amequity.com/longshore-insider/article/what-happens-when-an-uninsured-employer-goes-bankrupt) ## [12/15/2009 How Do You Measure the 10 Day Rule For Paying Formal Awards Under Section 914(f)? 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