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Monthly Archives: May 2018

2018 CCWC Annual Conference – July 11 – July 13, 2018

2018 CCWC (California Coalition of Workers’ Compensation) Annual Conference – July 11 – July 13, 2018    DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, July 11, 2018 – Friday, July 13, 2018 LOCATION: Disney’s Grand California Hotel & Spa – Anaheim LFLM is sponsoring the conference registration bags and lanyards. For registration and additional details, please see: 2018 CCWC Annual Conference.  

2018 CAAA Summer Convention – June 28 – July 1, 2018

2018 CAAA (California Applicants’ Attorneys Association) Summer Convention:  DATE AND TIME: Thursday, June 28, 2018 – Sunday, July 1, 2018 LOCATION: Disneyland® Hotel: 1150 West Magic Way, Anaheim, California 92802 (714.778.6600) At the conference, our very own Jeffrey E. Lowe, Esq.,(LFLM Oakland) is a panelist on a session titled: “Litigating Lien and Credit issues in pi/WC Crossover Cases.” For registration and additional details, please visit 2018 CAAA Summer Convention

Dynamex Operations West Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County

May 7, 2018 On April 30, 2018, the California Supreme Court issued its decision in Dynamex Operations West Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County, making it harder for employers to classify workers as independent contractors in California’s growing gig economy. The Court seemed to scrap a more flexible classification test that had been used for decades in California (a multifactor test known as the Borello test) and adopted the so-called ABC test. The ABC test requires an employer […]