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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and rescinded a sanctions order against the law firm Perona, Langer, Beck, Serbin & Mendoza. The firm had filed a Declaration of Readiness to Proceed to obtain payment of attorney's fees for a deposition, as their prior petition for fees had not been acted upon. The Board found that the firm did not willfully engage in bad faith tactics or frivolous actions. Therefore, imposing sanctions under Labor Code section 5813 was not appropriate.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and rescinded a sanctions order against the law firm Perona, Langer, Beck, Serbin & Mendoza. The firm had filed a Declaration of Readiness to Proceed to obtain payment of attorney's fees for a deposition, as their prior petition for fees had not been acted upon. The Board found that the firm did not willfully engage in bad faith tactics or frivolous actions. Therefore, imposing sanctions under Labor Code section 5813 was not appropriate.
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