By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefAdditional guidance is needed on new regulations that allow dismissal of old liens for lack of prosecution to avoid overloading district offices -- particularly those in Southern California -- with new filings, lien claimants say.The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board adopted new regulations last month that require a party to a lien to request a lien conference when filing a declaration of readiness to proceed, allow only one continuance of a conference or lien trial and allow a judge to dismiss a lien when a claimant fails to appear at a conference.Th...
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