Disagreement Prompts Judge to Pen Injunction Order That Won't Require Bond

The federal judge presiding over a legal challenge to California's lien-stay law has decided he's not going to wait for the plaintiffs and the Division of Workers' Compensation to come to an agreement. He's going to write an order to correct what he's already decided is a violation of the due process rights of lien filers. U.S. District Judge George H. Wu last week said he wants to know why lien claimants challenging the constitutionality of the automatic stay created by Senate Bill 1160, and attorneys representing the DWC haven’t been able to agree on...