We checked 16 claims in this California-only deep dive against research expense-reimbursement-laws-by-state (and its fact-check). All 16 verified. Scope stays inside California §2802 doctrine (methods, interest, fees, phone, remote, boundary, lookback, multi-state CA remote) without inventing national survey content. No Aguilar expense holding. Stipend ranges framed as practice patterns, not judicial rates. No claim that the IRS mileage rate alone always satisfies §2802.
Verification result: the checked article claims are verified for publication as a California litigation satellite of the expense cluster.
4 claims
§2802(a) requires indemnification for necessary expenditures in direct consequence of duties
Research quotes statutory text; article restates load-bearing structure.
§2802(b) interest from date of expense at civil judgment rate 10% (CCP §685.010)
Research §2802(b)/(c) section.
§2802(c) attorney's fees for prevailing employee are necessary expenditures (one-way)
Research fee-shifting description.
Limitations commonly 3 years CCP §338(a); 4 years via Bus. & Prof. Code §17208
Research limitations bullets.
4 claims
Gattuso three methods — actual, unit rate, lump-sum with identification + adequacy
Gattuso, 42 Cal. 4th 554 (2007).
Cochran — reasonable percentage of personal cell bill when use required; unlimited/family plans still trigger
228 Cal. App. 4th 1137 (2014).
Thai rejected government-order proximate-cause defense for remote expenses
93 Cal. App. 5th 364 (2023).
Townley — ordinary occupational slip-resistant shoes not necessary expenditures when usual/generally usable
Research boundary case; Aguilar omitted per research fact-check.
1 claim
No court has fixed a universal cell-phone percentage
Article correctly refuses to treat 30–50% as black-letter.
1 claim
Williams Amazon $950,000 final approval January 23, 2024 for CA remote internet
Amount + date only; no invented class size.
2 claims
Work location controls; out-of-state HQ with CA remote employee still faces §2802 for CA-side work
Research multi-state scenarios.
IRS mileage rate is not alone a guaranteed §2802 safe harbor if actual necessary costs higher
Research frames IRS rate as tax safe harbor; CA §2802 is actual-necessary-cost doctrine.
1 claim
Recognized necessary categories include vehicle, phone percentage, remote internet/equipment, tools, uniforms, training travel, required credentials when job-imposed
Research "Recognized necessary expenditure categories."
1 claim
IRC §67(g) suspension permanent; ordinary W-2s lack federal unreimbursed-expense deduction
Research mistakes #5 and FAQ.
1 claim
Practice stipend ranges for phone/internet are common patterns, not statutory amounts
Framed as "often lands in a rough band" / "modest monthly amount" with explicit non-judicial disclaimer.
1 claim
Illustrative $50/month × 36 months = $1,800 principal is arithmetic, not a case holding
Labeled illustrative; interest mechanism matches research without inventing a case dollar award.
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