PART II
DEFINITIONS
N. WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW
DIGESTS
The D.C. Circuit held that the revised regulation at 20 C.F.R. §725.101(a)(31) is impermissibly retroactive as applied to pending claims, but may be applied to new claims filed after January 19, 2001, the revised regulations’ effective date. Nat'l Mining Ass'n v. Department of Labor, 292 F.3d 849, 866, 23 BLR 1-24 (D.C. Cir. 2002), aff'g in part and rev'g in part Nat'l Mining Ass'n v. Chao, 160 F.Supp.2d 47 (D.D.C. 2001).
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