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• How to Express Your Limitations/Disabilities to Social Security ( October 2006 )
  

  When people apply for Social Security disability benefits, they complete questionnaires regarding their condition, what medications they are currently taking, and most importantly, about their activities. I say most importantly because the activity section is an applicant's opportunity to insert some identity in to a paper file. As I explain below, a typical Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") for the Social Security Administration ("SSA") is not as interested in the condition, as he or she is in how an applicant’s condition affects his or her ability to perform work

• Michigan Becomes the First State in the Nation to Open the Door to Potential Employer Liability for Workplace Identity Theft ( May 2005 )
  

  With identity theft on the rise, Michigan becomes the first state to enact legislation requiring that every employer maintain a policy for safeguarding employee social security numbers. During the same time frame, a Michigan Court of Appeals became the first appellate court to allow the victims of identity theft to recover damages from an organization that failed to adequately safeguard personal information that was subsequently used for identity theft.

• Identity Theft And Your Social Security Number ( August 2004 )
  

  Someone illegally using your Social Security number and assuming your identity can cause a lot of problems. This publication explains how to protect your identity and what you can do to protect it.

• Beware of Social Security Mis-Match Letters ( June 2002 )
  

  Employers are, because of a recent change in government policy, more likely to receive "mis-match letters" from the Social Security Administration (SSA).

• HHS Issues Final and Substantially Revised Privacy Rule ( December 2000 )
  

  This Shaw Pittman Alert reviews the Department of Health and Human Services final standards for privacy of individually identifiable health information.

• Qualification for Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits and Supplemental Security Income ( October 2000 )
  

  Individuals suffering from a physical or mental condition that keeps them from being able to work face many problem.

• Social Security Benefits And Disability Programs For Those Battling With Kidney Disease ( September 2000 )
  

  The following questions are those most frequently asked by persons who are surviving one of the many forms of kid.

• Social Security Disability Benefits Awarded to Nurse Who Became Sensitized to Latex ( July 2000 )
  

  Connie R. Gates, who was awarded total disability benefits by the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court,.

• How Does the Social Security Administration Define Disability? ( May 2000 )
  

  When you apply for federal disability benefits SSA will ask a number of questions to decide whether or not you fit .

• Social Security Benefits in Nebraska: Help from Three Agencies ( May 2000 )
  

  When people cannot work, have no long term disability coverage, and their health insurance has run out, they will .