DWC Denies Petition Requesting New Attorney Disclosure Form

The Division of Workers’ Compensation denied a petition requesting the agency adopt a new attorney disclosure form and alleging the current form was adopted in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act, according to a notice published in the California Register. Brendan P. Maloney on March 31 sent a letter saying DWC Form 3 was adopted without a public hearing and amended without public hearings. Maloney says the division’s failure to adopt a procedurally correct form resulted in attorneys using a wide variety of disclosure forms that do not resemble the form adopted by t...