Primary-source legal analysis
Focused analysis of judicial decisions and filed orders affecting workers’ compensation, employment, immigration, and tax matters.
Each entry identifies the tribunal, decision date, document type, and direct source PDF. The analysis separates the court’s holding from the practical implications.
A C.D. Cal. habeas order explains why an $85,000 immigration bond failed due process when ability to pay and alternatives were not meaningfully considered.
Mbueno-Vita explains why translation problems and trivial inconsistencies could not support an adverse asylum credibility finding.
A published California decision upheld make-whole relief after Los Angeles failed to bargain over employee pension effects of suspending reciprocity.
Beaton explains the verified facts and 10-day timing required for a California WCAB petition alleging judge bias or prejudice.
A California WCAB panel rescinded an order taking a matter off calendar and returned it for a hearing and complete record.
The Supreme Court upheld the MRT’s attribution of a foreign corporation’s realized income to U.S. shareholders while emphasizing the decision’s narrow scope.
The Ninth Circuit’s Fraihat decision shows why detention-condition claims require careful proof about risk, agency conduct, and the requested remedy.
A binding 2025 California WCAB en banc decision holds that a delayed QME appointment does not automatically require replacement in a represented case.
The California Supreme Court addressed compensable exit inspections, required travel, and restricted meal periods under Wage Order No. 16.
The Supreme Court held that a statutory voluntary-departure period ending on a weekend or legal holiday carries to the next business day.
The Arizona Supreme Court held that equipment can qualify for a processing-operations use-tax exemption when it changes a product’s marketability.
Blake applies section 4663 apportionment, rejects a duplicate pain add-on, and permits psychiatric and orthopedic impairments to be added under Kite and Vigil.
Dunne addresses WCAB review of carve-out arbitration, due process, and selecting a separate independent medical examiner for a new cumulative injury claim.
Rhodes explains when later QME reports and previously unlisted treatment reports may enter the WCAB record after a mandatory settlement conference.