Who hasn’t experienced working so hard to get the case settled, only to have it held up by applicant attorney raising the issue of “unpaid” Labor Code Section 5710 fees? Do you ever tire of…
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Ah, good old liens. Love them or hate them, they are a major component of workers’ compensation claims, and failure to timely address them can result in tens of thousands of dollars being owed by…
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Though seemingly a simple defense, intoxication often times trips up unsuspecting defendants. The $64,000 question is: how difficult a defense is it to plead successfully? The answer? So much so that it just may drive…
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If the past few years should have taught attorneys one thing about artificial intelligence (AI), it’s that attorneys should not trust AI for case citations. In December 2025, a friendly neighborhood judge asked if the…
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“Lies, damned lies, and statistics” is a famous phrase used to describe the persuasive power of numbers to bolster weak arguments and mislead an audience. While widely-popularized by legendary author Mark Twain, its true origin…
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As a workers’ compensation defense attorney, one of things that fascinates me the most is how things can get done with the help of the proverbial enemy of defendants – the “applicant’s attorney.” Though we…
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Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time. It was 1945, WWII had been won, and our soldiers were returning home—many with crippling, permanent disabilities (PD). Out of this history sprang California’s Subsequent…
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Summaries and analysis of new case law dominated Bradford and Barthel’s list of Top 10 Blogs of the Year, as practitioners saw more noteworthy decisions than usual in 2025. We at the Law Offices of…
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As California’s AB 5, AB 2257, as well as Prop. 22 and the millions of dollars poured into that campaign have all demonstrated, whether a hiring party can prove a worker is an independent contractor…
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