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Steps to Prevent and Combat a Poorly Written Medical-Legal Report

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The WCAB must ground its decisions in substantial evidence. We practitioners must review medical-legal reports and any doctor’s depositions to ensure the medical record, when read as a whole, constitutes substantial evidence....more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

California Supreme Court Relaxes Standard Needed to Prove Whistleblower Retaliation

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The California Supreme Court has resolved an inconsistency that has divided the courts as to the proper evidentiary standard necessary to prove a whistleblower retaliation claim....more

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CA Supreme Court: Contributing-Factor Standard Applies to Whistleblower Retaliation Claims

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On January 27, 2022, the California Supreme Court settled an inconsistency that has divided the courts of appeal with respect to the proper evidentiary standard for whistleblower retaliation claims under California Labor Code...more

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California Court Approves Retaliation Protection For Private Police Report

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The California Court of Appeal held last week in Cardenas v. M. Fanaian, D.D.S., Inc. that retaliation claims under California Labor Code § 1102.5 need not be based on a report of employer wrongdoing or promote a fundamental...more

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