The fourth of July is still a few weeks away, but with a little planning now, your event can be the talk of your southern California town! Keep kids and adults alike busy and happy this Independence Day by working these fun party ideas into your event: Carve some watermelons. Don’t wait until Halloween to… Read More

You may have been denied Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits in the past and find that you need to file a new SSDI claim because you believe that you are entitled to benefits. Would it be to your benefit to try to reopen that old case, too? Is it even possible? The answer to both those questions… Read More

Maybe you didn’t know this, but the Social Security Administration (SSA) has been implementing what some believe is the heavy-handed policy of using the Treasury Department to collect past over-payments paid to Social Security retirees and disability beneficiaries. In other words, state and federal tax refunds have been seized to repay SSA debts. The Acting… Read More

The California Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee recently approved a measure that would give families of firefighters and police officers more time to file for workers’ compensation survivor benefits in cases of death that resulted from cancer, tuberculosis or other diseases presumed to be industrially caused. The California Legislature passed a similar bill last year,… Read More