Chief District Judge Cynthia Bashant in the United States District Court for the Southern District is set to determine how much restitution Sam Solakyan will be ordered to pay for his conviction in a workers’ comp bribery scheme, after the United States Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal. Judge Bashant will decide the restitution …
Federal officials filed an eight-count federal indictment naming seven staffing industry executives as defendants. The case alleges a scheme to pocket payroll taxes from client employers and workers, and to cheat workers’ comp carriers out of premium. Proceeds from the $90 million scheme allegedly went toward buying real estate, luxury cars, expensive vacations, and other …
California employers will pay nearly 5.2% on top of workers’ compensation premium in 2026 to fund the state’s workers’ comp system, Cal/OSHA, labor law enforcement, and anti-fraud programs. Currently, insured …
The California State Bar states that a convicted attorney did more than just provide bookkeeping services to a workers’ compensation fraud scheme; it also alleges that he provided legal services that furthered the fraud. The Bar maintains that these actions warrant much more than the public warning originally issued and is again asking a State …
The Division of Workers’ Compensation is seeking feedback from the workers’ compensation community on draft changes to the rules governing its Electronic Adjudication Management System. EAMS, as it’s known, is the case management system that tracks the approximately 250,000 workers’ compensation cases that are heard in California’s workers’ compensation courts each year. The Division has …
The federal district court in San Francisco granted a third-party administrator’s motion to dismiss an injured worker’s lawsuit on the basis that the California Workers’ Compensation Act bars the claims. The court held that the claimant, Kenneth Montesano, must either take up his claims with the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board or seek another avenue of …
The National Council on Compensation Insurance released a study that found there is up to a 40% decline in workers’ comp claim frequency among certain groups of office workers who had access to remote work. The study examined claim frequency from 2019 to 2022 and observed that this group experienced a significantly larger decline in …
A private, post-secondary school will be in court next week, asking a judge to dismiss a negligence lawsuit because workers’ compensation exclusivity preempts it. The case stems from the death of the school’s dean on May 2, 2025, allegedly at the hands of a campus security guard. Cameisha Clark was dean of Spartan College of …