A California Professional Corporation may be a C-Corporation or an S-Corporation, and is organized to provide services in professions that require a state license in order to practice. Services that constitute professional services are defined in the California Corporations Code section 13401, which includes most healthcare professionals, including doctors and Read more
On October 15, 2017, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill (SB) 396 into law. The Transgender Work Opportunity Act makes California the first state in the nation to require training about gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation. Presently, California employers with 50 or more employees currently must provide two hours of sexual Read more
Mediation is a flexible, non-binding, confidential process in which a Neutral (mediator) facilitates settlement negotiations. The informal session typically begins with a presentation of each side's view of the dispute, either through counsel or the clients. The mediator, who may meet with the parties in joint and/or separate sessions, works Read more
Northern California, stretching from Southern Lake and Eastern/Southern Mendocino Counties, most of Sonoma and Napa Counties, Western Solano County, and Eastern Yuba County suffered an unprecedented level of simultaneous wildfires on Sunday, October 8 around 11:30 PM. The fires have already consumed tens of thousands of acres of farms, ranches, and Read more
License discipline for professionals has significant collateral consequences. We have previously identified several of those consequences in prior blog entries – see, e.g., Top 5 Collateral Consequences of License Discipline. A unique collateral consequence of license discipline in the healthcare realm is its impact on the practitioner in participating in government reimbursement Read more
On Wednesday, September 27, Steve Simas is providing training for members of the Civil Service Commission for the County of San Luis Obispo. The training is being held at 1055 Monterey Street, Suite D-250, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 and is to run from 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM. The Civil Service Read more
On Thursday, September 28, President and Founder of Simas & Associates, Ltd., Steven L. Simas, will be attending and given a "Soap Box" moment at this month's Good Morning SLO. Good Morning SLO is a dynamic and informative 90-minute breakfast program specifically geared to San Luis Obispo business people. Held on Read more
Did you familiarize yourself with the proposed regulations for the marijuana industry in California? In May, the Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation released its first draft of regulations. As we discussed previously, these regulations were pulled and will not go into effect. We do anticipate, however, that some regulations will go Read more
Actions and activities of employees done at work, while working, or using employer property can be imputed to the employer. This relationship is regularly used to attach liability to the employer. However, it also works in the reverse. If the employer can be held liable, they also get to "own" Read more
Recently, we have found ourselves assisting more and more clients in civil litigation matters. Litigation is fun, exciting and, at times, frustrating, but it is also expensive for clients, which is why clients generally treat it as a last resort. It becomes even more expensive when the opposing side is Read more