As the business world has turned increasingly tech-savvy, more and more employees—even run-of-the-mill support staff—are exposed to what businesses consider “confidential, proprietary, or trade secrets.” To protect the business, many employers have been advised by their attorneys to require employees to sign confidentiality agreements at the time of being hired Read more…
(The below is content that will be published in an upcoming PT Interventions, the official newsletter of the California Physical Therapy Association) For years there has been much confusion about physical therapists working for and owning different types of corporations, and whether a physical therapist may form or work for Read more…
Steven L. Simas, owner and founder of Simas & Associates, Ltd., has been designated AV® Preeminate™ peer rated by Martindale-Hubbell. A Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating reflects a combination of achieving a very high general ethical standards rating and, similarly, a very high legal ability numerical rating. “I am humbled and Read more…
Have you been laughing and cringing along with Silicon Valley on HBO? This half-hour comedy skewers the achievements and missteps of a technology startup, and the eccentric characters they encounter along the way. Set in the famous, eponymous region of northern California, Silicon Valley is an audacious comedy, and many Read more…
A temporary restraining order (TRO) is a form of extraordinary emergency relief granted by the court to preserve the status quo to the requesting party. The requesting party must show must show that denial will result in irreparable injury to the moving party before the matter can be heard on notice Read more…
One question regularly confronted by employers is when a former employee requests copies of “their file.” Ostensibly, the employee is requesting a copy of their personnel file. However, the contents of a personnel file may not include all that which the former employee is seeking. Sometimes the employee is seeking Read more…
In mid-month June, the Sacramento Business Journal contacted Simas & Associates, Ltd. for assistance on a story it was writing regarding surprising things about California alcohol licensing laws. Simas & Associates, Ltd. is known as one of the leading professional licensing law firms in California and provides statewide alcoholic beverage Read more…
Congratulations to Steven L. Simas on his appointment to the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce Legislative Action Committee. The Legislative Action Committee is tasked monitoring and advocating for local, regional and on occasion state and national issues that impact member business success and the Chamber’s economic vision. The Chamber’s committees, Read more…
When a party is harmed, that typically gives rise to a claim for damages. However, an express limitation to the extent of recovery for those damages is those that could be avoided by the injured party engaging in reasonable and ordinary care after the harm. The failure of the injured Read more…
Effective December 2010, California enacted an Auto-Renewal Law (“ARL”), Business & Professions Code sections 17600-17606, in an effort to end the practice of ongoing charging of consumers, without their explicit consent, for continuing services or products. Prior jurisprudence under the California Unfair Competition Law, Business & Professions Code §17200,et seq., Read more…