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January 2026

Practical analysis of workers’ compensation, immigration, employment, and tax matters.

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January 19, 2026Workers’ CompensationBefore a Workers’ Comp Injury Trial: Identify the Medical Questions Still Unanswered

January 19, 2026ImmigrationCoerced Into Cartel Activity: Separate the Crime-Bar Question From CAT Deferral Evidence

January 19, 2026Employment LitigationYour Medical Leave Note Ends This Week: Clarify the Return Date and the Next Update

January 19, 2026Tax Legal ServicesGoods Pass Through an Ohio Warehouse: Tie a CAT Refund to Receipts and Destinations

January 18, 2026Workers’ CompensationYour Workers’ Comp Report Lists METs: Is That Another Injury or a Separate Rating?

January 18, 2026ImmigrationYour Asylum Declaration Leaves Out an Important Event: What Should You Review?

January 18, 2026Employment LitigationPAGA Case Value: What a Federal-Court Estimate Includes

January 18, 2026Tax Legal ServicesA Platform Fee Comes Out of the Supplier’s Payment: Who Paid for the Software?

January 17, 2026Workers’ CompensationRetired While Your Workers’ Comp Claim Was Denied? Show Why You Stopped Working

January 17, 2026ImmigrationYour Hearing Notice Was Returned to Court. Was Another Way to Reach You Available?

January 17, 2026Employment LitigationNonunion Workers Are Doing Unit Work. Connect the Union’s Information Request to the Contract

January 17, 2026Tax Legal ServicesA Limited Partner With an Active Role? Review the Management Record Before Claiming the Tax Exception

January 16, 2026Workers’ CompensationA Remote Psychiatric QME? Check the Written Agreement and Examination Record

January 16, 2026ImmigrationRemoval Appeal Dismissed, but the Stay Lasts Until the Mandate: What to Check

January 16, 2026Employment LitigationCalifornia Stay-or-Pay Contracts: The 2027 Date and the 2026 Transition

January 16, 2026Tax Legal ServicesERC Claim Under Review? Build the Proof Without an Internal IRS Audit Checklist

January 15, 2026Workers’ CompensationAn Old Request for Home Access or Wheelchair Transportation? Update the Medical Explanation

January 15, 2026ImmigrationAlready Granted Asylum? A Green-Card Application Still Requires Admissibility Review

January 15, 2026Employment LitigationWorked Only in California? Read the FAA Choice Clause Before Challenging Arbitration

January 15, 2026Tax Legal ServicesTax Return Rejected for an IP PIN? Check the Person and the Calendar Year

January 14, 2026Workers’ CompensationZenith v. WCAB: California Court Rejects 20-Month Grant-for-Study Delay

January 14, 2026ImmigrationA Child Was Left Off an Old Visa Application. What Should You Check Before Applying for Citizenship?

January 14, 2026Employment LitigationMissed the Federal EEO Counseling Deadline? Explain the Reason With Dates and Proof

January 14, 2026Tax Legal ServicesYour Marketplace Form 1095-A Is Wrong. Who Corrects It Before You File?

January 13, 2026Workers’ CompensationCan Mailing an AME Letter to the Wrong Address Require a New Evaluator?

January 13, 2026ImmigrationCan a CAT Appeal Succeed Without Challenging the Finding That Torture Is Unlikely?

January 13, 2026Employment LitigationCan an Old Settlement Limit a Union’s Request for Named Salary Data?

January 13, 2026Tax Legal ServicesMy Employer Closed Without Sending a W-2. Can I Use My Final Pay Stub?

January 12, 2026Workers’ CompensationCan an Objection to the Treating Doctor Cancel a QME Panel?

January 12, 2026ImmigrationWhen Can a Death Threat Count as Persecution for Asylum?

January 12, 2026Employment LitigationCan a Workplace Confidentiality Rule Bar Pay and Working-Condition Discussions?

January 12, 2026Tax Legal ServicesThe Tax Agency Says Your Appeal Was Late. What If You Received the Notice Later?

January 11, 2026Workers’ CompensationFunctional Capacity Evaluation: Treatment or Disability Evidence?

January 11, 2026ImmigrationLate Asylum Filing: What Does a New Country Report Actually Change?

January 11, 2026Employment LitigationStill Doing Professional Work but Reclassified as Nonexempt?

January 11, 2026Tax Legal ServicesIRS Free File: Submitted to the Software Is Not Yet Accepted by the IRS

January 10, 2026Workers’ CompensationIMR Denies Six Months of Home Care: Is the Reason a Factual Error?

January 10, 2026ImmigrationCalled Back for a Refugee Reinterview: Which Records Should You Reconcile?

January 10, 2026Employment LitigationPension Moving to an Insurer? Verify the Benefit, Payer, and Protection

January 10, 2026Tax Legal ServicesPayment App Withholding Under $20,000? Last Year’s Payments May Explain Why

January 9, 2026Workers’ CompensationA Medical Report Was Excluded in Civil Court. Can It Still Matter at the WCAB?

January 9, 2026ImmigrationA Job Ad Says “H-1B Only”: What Can a Work-Authorized Applicant Do?

January 9, 2026Employment LitigationMandatory Roll Call Before Your Shift: Count the Time Before Testing the Overtime Exception

January 9, 2026Tax Legal ServicesBefore You Sign Form 8879: Check the Finished Return and Refund Account

January 8, 2026Workers’ CompensationHome-Care Reimbursement: Compare the Agency’s Charge With the Caregiver’s Wage

January 8, 2026ImmigrationAsylum Country Reports: Check What a Violence Statistic Actually Measures

January 8, 2026Employment LitigationBonus Paid After the Workweek? Check the Federal Overtime Adjustment Without Double Counting

January 8, 2026Tax Legal ServicesA Prior Letter 1153: Can You Dispute the Trust-Fund Penalty at a CDP Hearing?

January 7, 2026Workers’ CompensationPart-Time or Job-Share Work: Document the Duties You Actually Perform

January 7, 2026ImmigrationCancellation of Removal: Proving a Child’s Access to Medical Care Abroad

January 7, 2026EmploymentSchool Closed for Part of a Week: What Happens to a School Employee’s FMLA Leave Bank?

January 7, 2026Tax Legal ServicesDonating Goods You Received as a Gift: Basis Records and Appraiser Questions

January 6, 2026Workers’ CompensationKept the Old QME After a Replacement Panel? Check the Agreement and Notice

January 6, 2026ImmigrationA New Immigration Hearing Date After a Missed Appearance: Check the Orders in Between

January 6, 2026EmploymentFMLA Leave for Medical-Appointment Travel: What to Include When the Certification Lists Only Treatment Time

January 6, 2026Tax Legal ServicesA Property-Tax Appeal Was Sent Back: Does That Mean a Refund Is Coming?

January 5, 2026Workers’ CompensationSettled Workers’ Comp Because You Needed Money: What a Set-Aside Request Must Explain

January 5, 2026ImmigrationImmigration Status and Firearms: Why a State Permit Does Not Resolve the Federal Possession Ban

January 5, 2026EmploymentMoving to a Competitor With Coworkers: Separate Planning, Solicitation, and Resignation Dates

January 5, 2026Tax Legal ServicesA Higher Maui Property-Tax Classification: Check the Assessment Appeal Route Before Filing Suit

January 4, 2026Workers’ CompensationHPV-Positive Throat Cancer in a Firefighter: What the Competing-Cause Evidence Must Explain

January 4, 2026ImmigrationCan You Add New Asylum Evidence in a Federal Appeal?

January 4, 2026Employment LitigationA Plant Closed, but Several Companies Paid You: Who Was the WARN Employer?

January 4, 2026Tax Legal ServicesDid the IRS Disclose Your Tax Information? Identify the Act Before Seeking Damages

January 3, 2026Workers’ CompensationPreparing for a WCAB Expedited Hearing: File the Exhibits and Identify the Issue

January 3, 2026ImmigrationAsylum Medical Records with Errors: Explain the Document Before Credibility Is Decided

January 3, 2026EmploymentAn Employer’s Court Challenge to the NLRB: Keep the Labor Proceeding on the Calendar

January 3, 2026Tax Legal ServicesA Nonprofit’s Tax-Exempt Status Has Been Revoked: Correct the Fundraising Representations

January 2, 2026Workers’ CompensationMedical Bills Outside the OMFS: Evidence of Reasonable Value in a WCAB Lien Dispute

January 2, 2026ImmigrationCancellation of Removal Hardship: Document the Children’s Actual Care Plan

January 2, 2026EmploymentPublic Employees and Social-Media Speech: Preserve the Post and the Disruption Evidence

January 2, 2026Tax Legal ServicesDonating Property in a Bargain Sale: Keep the Price, Debt, and Valuation Records Together

January 1, 2026Workers’ CompensationApproved Workers’ Comp Home Health Care Not Provided: What to Document

January 1, 2026ImmigrationGang-Violence Asylum Claims: Evidence of Family Nexus and Individual Risk

January 1, 2026EmploymentCalifornia Employment Lawsuits: Trial Deadlines and Recorded Extensions

January 1, 2026TaxEstate Tax Before Distributions: Filing, Valuation, and Beneficiary Records

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