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Primary-source case analyses published in October 2026.

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October 2026

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October 27, 2026WCAB PanelPhan: A 40% Work-Causation Finding Failed the Psychiatric-Injury Threshold Filed decision PDF

October 27, 2026Ninth CircuitGurbhian Singh: New Family Attacks Left the Relocation Finding Intact Filed decision PDF

October 27, 2026CA Court of AppealChaudhry: Supervisors Won Dismissal While an Employer Retaliation Claim Survived Filed decision PDF

October 27, 2026Second CircuitSoroban: Management Control Defeated the Limited-Partner Tax Exclusion Filed decision PDF

October 26, 2026Workers’ Compensation Appeals BoardLindley: Incomplete Medical Histories Defeated the Treatment Liens Filed decision PDF

October 26, 2026Ninth CircuitUmanzor Escobar: A Missing Appearance Form Left the Reopening Motion Late Filed decision PDF

October 26, 2026Ninth CircuitTheis: The Majority Treated Student-Facing Office Displays as Official Speech Filed decision PDF

October 26, 2026First CircuitKyick: The Tax Court Deadline Was Nonjurisdictional but Still Barred Tolling Filed decision PDF

October 25, 2026California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division OneSlamer: Dismissal Came Before the Employer’s Reimbursement Motion Filed decision PDF

October 25, 2026United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitA.M.: A Misunderstood Sexual Orientation and Missing Corroboration Required a New Hearing Filed decision PDF

October 25, 2026California Court of Appeal, Fifth DistrictCastillo: Post-2024 PAGA Claims Could Proceed Without an Individual Penalty Claim Filed decision PDF

October 25, 2026California Office of Tax AppealsJoshi: A Later Move Did Not Explain an Earlier Failure to File Filed decision PDF

October 24, 2026California Workers’ Compensation Appeals BoardGastelum: A Returned Fee Check Did Not Establish Unreasonable Delay, but Interest Remained Open Filed decision PDF

October 24, 2026United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitZapien Diaz: Gang Fear and Missing Articles Did Not Establish the Required Connection Filed decision PDF

October 24, 2026California Court of Appeal, First District, Division FourSan Diego-Tomas: A FEHA Defense Cost Award Needed the Right Findings Filed decision PDF

October 24, 2026United States Court of Federal ClaimsJusino: A Joint-Return Refund Suit Required the Other Spouse to Join Public decision

October 23, 2026California Court of Appeal, Fifth DistrictHalajian: A Premium Defense Did Not Explain the Missed Lawsuit Filed decision PDF

October 23, 2026Ninth CircuitTabora-Orellana: General Gang Reports Did Not Establish Social Distinction Filed decision PDF

October 23, 2026California Court of Appeal, Second District, Division FourMolina: The Employer’s FAA Concession Left Its Mandatory Arbitration Clause Unenforceable Filed decision PDF

October 23, 2026United States Court of Federal ClaimsDougherty Electric: Criminal Restitution Did Not Erase the Company’s Civil Tax Assessments Public decision

October 22, 2026New York Appellate Division, Third DepartmentGreek: Medical Uncertainty Did Not Defeat the Bus Driver’s Injury and Death Claims Filed decision PDF

October 22, 2026Ninth CircuitPalomo: An Omitted Relocation Issue Blocked Withholding Review Filed decision PDF

October 22, 2026Ninth CircuitWhitfield: Rehearing Denied After a Remote-Work Injunction Remand Filed decision PDF

October 22, 2026California Court of Appeal, Sixth DistrictHoltz: Emergency Tax Elections and the Limits of Judicial Notice Filed decision PDF

October 21, 2026WCAB PanelPacheco: An Unapproved Training Course and an Expired Voucher Defeated Reimbursement Filed decision PDF

October 21, 2026Fifth CircuitZahid: The CAT Record and New-Evidence Requests Failed Under Different Review Standards Filed decision PDF

October 21, 2026California Court of AppealWashington: Job Sharing Did Not Authorize Three Years of Temporary Teacher Status Filed decision PDF

October 21, 2026U.S. Tax CourtWatson Lake: Speculative Development Plans Inflated Two Easement Deductions Filed decision PDF

October 20, 2026WCAB PanelMoua: Missing Trial Records Prevented Review of a Limitations Dismissal Filed decision PDF

October 20, 2026BIAJ-E-D-C-: The BIA Rejected Automatic Acceptance of Reopening Affidavits Public decision

October 20, 2026California Court of AppealDonis: FAA Exemption Opened the Door to California’s Conflicting-Rulings Rule Filed decision PDF

October 20, 2026U.S. Tax CourtNewton: Unsupported Daycare Deductions Failed Despite Late Expense Concessions Filed decision PDF

October 19, 2026WCAB PanelGarcia: Amazon Did Not Prove Its Flex Driver Fit Proposition 22’s Definitions Filed decision PDF

October 19, 2026BIAL. Ramirez: No Presumption for a U-Visa Continuance Public decision

October 19, 2026Cal. Ct. App.Cruz: A Citywide Vaccination Requirement Was Not POBRA Punitive Action Filed decision PDF

October 19, 2026Cal. OTAKimco: California Rejected Two Tax Benefits for the Same Dividends Filed decision PDF

October 18, 2026WCAB PanelTovar: Fabricated Quotations Brought Sanctions Against Counsel Filed decision PDF

October 18, 20269th Cir.Silva-Cruz: Nexus Did Not Require an Intent to Overcome a Protected Trait Filed decision PDF

October 18, 20269th Cir.Kossen: An AIR21 Same-Action Defense Survived Review Filed decision PDF

October 18, 2026California OTABurch and Carden: Ordinary Income Was Not Automatically California-Source Gain Filed decision PDF

October 17, 2026WCAB PanelRocha: Vocational Report Costs Are Evaluated When Incurred Filed decision PDF

October 17, 2026Ninth CircuitMenjibar Coto: A Women-in-Honduras Remand Under PerdomoFiled decision PDF

October 17, 2026Ninth CircuitBlack v. IEC Group: Entrusted Health-Plan Information and Concrete Injury Filed decision PDF

October 17, 2026Ninth CircuitBlas: Advance Premium Credit Repayment and the Limits of the Appellate Record Filed decision PDF

October 16, 2026WCAB PanelEllington: Diesel Exposure and Smoking in an Industrial-Death Causation Record Filed decision PDF

October 16, 2026BIAMatter of B-S-A-N-: Dual Nationality, Safe Countries and EU Asylum Discretion Public decision

October 16, 2026Ninth CircuitDiemert: A Harassment Claim Survived, but Resignation and Other Theories Required Different Proof Filed decision PDF

October 16, 2026California OTAMoller: Entitlements and a Broker Listing Did Not Establish That Land Was Held Primarily for Sale Filed decision PDF

October 15, 2026WCAB PanelCosentino: Missing Psychiatric Restrictions Left a Total-Disability Record Unfinished Filed decision PDF

October 15, 2026Ninth CircuitUnited States v. California: Federal Officer Identification Rule Enjoined Under Intergovernmental Immunity Filed decision PDF

October 15, 2026Ninth CircuitSchmidt v. City of Pasadena: PREP Act Immunity Barred the Employee’s Testing and Masking Claims Filed decision PDF

October 15, 2026California OTAMonroe: A Federal Tax Adjustment and a Separate Spousal-Relief Request Filed decision PDF

October 14, 2026WCAB PanelGarcia: An Unpaid Premium Deposit Supported Workers’ Comp Policy Cancellation Filed decision PDF

October 14, 2026Ninth CircuitAfungchwi: A Recent Kidnapping Rebutted the Asylum Pathways Presumption Filed decision PDF

October 14, 2026Ninth CircuitBird: Remote-Work Hardship Required Evidence Beyond Pressure on Coworkers Filed decision PDF

October 14, 2026U.S. Tax CourtRahman: Missing Deduction Records Did Not Excuse Proof, but Penalty Approval Was Missing Filed decision PDF

October 13, 2026California Court of AppealFanuc: California Jurisdiction Over a Foreign Robot Manufacturer After an Industrial Injury Filed decision PDF

October 13, 2026Fifth CircuitGakou: A Third-Country Removal Stay Denied on Jurisdictional Grounds Filed decision PDF

October 13, 2026California Court of AppealKnight v. Johnson Controls: Medical Restrictions, the Interactive Process, and Damages Filed decision PDF

October 13, 2026Tenth CircuitNess v. Commissioner: Proving an Assessment Without the Original Tax Return Filed decision PDF

October 12, 2026California Court of AppealCity of Jackson v. WCAB (Rice): Genetic Factors and the Disability-Causation Record Filed decision PDF

October 12, 2026BIAMatter of Torres-Garcia: Permission to Reapply and the Prior-Reentry Bar Filed decision PDF

October 12, 2026California Court of AppealCamp v. Home Depot: Recorded Minutes, Rounding, and Pending Review Filed decision PDF

October 12, 2026D.C. CircuitRawat v. Commissioner: Inventory Gain in a Pre-2017 Partnership-Interest Sale Filed decision PDF

October 11, 2026WCAB PanelGiron v. KDF Forestry: Peer-Review Calls Did Not Establish a UR Deadline Extension Filed decision PDF

October 11, 2026Ninth CircuitAlbarran-Sotelo v. Blanche: A Generalized Safe Area Did Not Resolve Internal Relocation Filed decision PDF

October 11, 2026California Court of AppealSmith v. Burbank Unified School District: Unpaid Leave and the Accommodation Record Filed decision PDF

October 11, 2026U.S. Tax CourtScott v. Commissioner: Bond Conversion Was Not Proof of Collected Proceeds Filed decision PDF

October 10, 2026WCAB PanelGalvan: Pain Impairment and a Conflicting Return-to-Work Record Filed decision PDF

October 10, 2026Ninth CircuitWei v. Blanche: Attorney Advice, Affidavits, and an In Absentia Reopening Motion Filed decision PDF

October 10, 2026California Court of AppealLuna v. Top Dawg Entertainment LLC: Pseudonyms, Fair Reports, and an Anti-SLAPP Doxing Claim Filed decision PDF

October 10, 2026U.S. Tax CourtWest v. Commissioner: Bank Deposits, Unproved Expenses, and a Partnership Loss Filed decision PDF

October 9, 2026WCAB PanelRamirez v. Quality Scales Unlimited: DEU Ratings and Unsupported Disability Findings Filed decision PDF

October 9, 2026BIAMatter of F-B-G-M- & J-E-M-G-: ECAS Notice and the Delivery Presumption Public decision

October 9, 2026SCOTUSMcLane Co., Inc. v. EEOC: Subpoena Enforcement and Appellate Review Filed decision PDF

October 9, 2026U.S. Tax CourtVinatieri v. Commissioner: Levy Hardship Despite Unfiled Returns Filed decision PDF

October 8, 2026WCAB PanelMaksimenka v. W8 Shipping: Lien Dismissal, Notice, and Excusable Neglect Filed decision PDF

October 8, 2026BIAIn re Gonzalez Recinas: Cumulative Family Hardship in Cancellation of Removal Filed decision PDF

October 8, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtBusk: Exit Screening and Workday Waiting Are Different Questions Filed decision PDF

October 8, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtHelvering v. Butterworth: A Widow’s Election and Trust Income Filed decision PDF

October 7, 2026WCAB panelAmada Jimenez Herrera: Postinjury Raise and an Unresolved TTD Rate Filed decision PDF

October 7, 2026Ninth CircuitGoulart v. Garland: Diligence After a Change in Immigration Law Filed decision PDF

October 7, 2026California Supreme CourtHarris v. City of Santa Monica: Discrimination, Same Decision, and FEHA Remedies Filed decision PDF

October 7, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtSlodov v. United States: When New Management Faces Old Payroll Taxes Filed decision PDF

October 6, 2026WCAB panelKeffer: Privacy Limits on Subpoenaing Third-Party Settlement Records Filed decision PDF

October 6, 2026Ninth CircuitHanan v. USCIS: Marriage Fraud Bar Without an Earlier Visa Petition Filed decision PDF

October 6, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtCleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill: A Response Before Public-Employee Dismissal Filed decision PDF

October 6, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtUpjohn Co. v. United States: Privilege and Work Product in an IRS Summons Filed decision PDF

October 5, 2026WCAB en bancGaines: WCAB Settlement Review, the Record, and Due Process Filed decision PDF

October 5, 20269th Cir.U Visa Appellants: Advance-Parole Claims Split by U-Visa Stage Filed decision PDF

October 5, 2026Cal. Ct. App.Saberin v. Alation: When California Employment Statutes Do Not Follow a Remote Worker Across State Lines Filed decision PDF

October 5, 2026Cal. Ct. App.Garcia-Rojas v. FTB: Why the Unitary-Business Theory Failed at Summary Judgment Filed decision PDF

October 4, 2026WCABHughes: SIBTF Evidence Required Further Record Development Filed decision PDF

October 4, 20269th Cir.Perez-Garcia: BIA Had to Consider Voluntary-Departure Bond Proof Filed decision PDF

October 4, 20269th Cir.Ridings: The Referenced Exemption Letter Belonged in the Pleading Record Filed decision PDF

October 4, 2026Supreme Court of the United StatesPortland Golf Club v. Commissioner: Proving Profit Motive with Consistent Cost Allocation Filed decision PDF

October 3, 2026WCABPantoja: Reconsideration Granted for a Limited Correction Filed decision PDF

October 3, 2026C.D. Cal.Ortis Ramirez: A Court Stay Did Not Displace Section 1231 Detention Filed decision PDF

October 3, 2026CA Court of AppealStallion Springs: A Staffing Company Owed No Common-Law Fair-Procedure Hearing Filed decision PDF

October 3, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtPPL: The Foreign-Tax Outlier Argument Left Open Filed decision PDF

October 2, 2026WCABButler: Unresolved Alcohol History Could Not Carry Medical Apportionment Filed decision PDF

October 2, 2026C.D. Cal.Hakim v. Mullin: Redetention Required Process and Third-Country Notice Filed decision PDF

October 2, 2026CA Court of AppealCalHR v. CCPOA: The Court Restored an Arbitrator’s Retaliation Remedy Filed decision PDF

October 2, 2026U.S. Tax CourtJagannath: An Interest-Free Insider Note Produced Section 4958 Tax Filed decision PDF

October 1, 2026WCABGallegos: A Spine Panel Needed a Supported Procedural Basis Filed decision PDF

October 1, 2026C.D. Cal.Pannu: A Pending BIA Appeal Left the Post-Order Detention Framework Untriggered Filed decision PDF

October 1, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtGilmer: An ADEA Claim Could Proceed in Arbitration Under a Registration Agreement Filed decision PDF

October 1, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtRosenman: The Suspense-Account Deposit Became Payment When Applied Filed decision PDF