What the panel ordered
Affirmed Amended Findings and Order with amendment to impose sanctions and costs jointly and severally against Negar Matian and Matian Law Group
Decision After Reconsideration affirming the Amended Findings and Order with amendment to impose sanctions and costs
This docket was decided more than once. Shown here is the latest released decision; we also hold June 17, 2024.
What was disputed, and how it came out
Each issue the panel decided, with the reasoning it gave. An outcome is what this panel did on this record — not a rule, and not a prediction.
The Board found that Negar Matian and Matian Law Group acted in bad faith with frivolous discovery tactics causing unnecessary delay, warranting sanctions and costs.
From the decision · page 23. Negar Matian (CA BAR# 223868) and Matian Law Group acted in and utilized bad faith tactics in their discovery practices that were frivolous and solely intended to cause unnecessary delay.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Negar Matian and Matian Law Group acted in bad faith with frivolous discovery tactics causing unnecessary delay
Favours Defendant prevailed
This conduct justified the imposition of sanctions and costs against them
From the decision · page 23. Negar Matian (CA BAR# 223868) and Matian Law Group acted in and utilized bad faith tactics in their discovery practices that were frivolous and solely intended to cause unnecessary delay.
The rules the panel named
Authorities as the decision cited them, with how this panel applied each one.
Labor Code Section 5813
Sanctions under Labor Code Section 5813 and WCAB Rule 10421 for bad faith discovery practices
Imposed sanctions and costs jointly and severally against Negar Matian and Matian Law Group for bad faith discovery practices causing unnecessary delay.
What proof carried it
The evidence the panel weighed, by kind.
Bad faith tactics in discovery practices by Negar Matian and Matian Law Group
From the decision · page 23. Negar Matian (CA BAR# 223868) and Matian Law Group acted in and utilized bad faith tactics in their discovery practices that were frivolous and solely intended to cause unnecessary delay.
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