Earlier this year, the Sacramento County Bar Association Administrative Law section elected a new slate of officers, in Jon-Paul Valcarenghi, Justin D. Hein, and Adam Richards. Its first official act was to recognize the years of service and dedication by the previous section chairperson, Steven L. Simas. Mr. Simas first Read more…
The Sacramento County Bar Association Administrative Law Section is having a mixer on Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at The Pour House (1901 Q Street, Sacramento CA 95811). Come meet the new section leadership and provide your thoughts on what course it should set for the Administrative Law section in the Read more…
Congratulations are in order for Justin D. Hein, attorney at Simas & Associates, Ltd., for being named to the 2015 Top Lawyers List from Sacramento Magazine. This list is compiled annually, based upon nominations by peers, and published in the magazine’s August issue. Justin was named as one of Sacramento’s Read more…
The California legislature recently amended the continuing education requirements for real estate brokers (broker) licensed by the California Bureau of Real Estate. AB 345, signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown on July 13, 2015, requires a licensed real estate broker, as part of the broker’s 45 hours of continuing education, Read more…
Under the American Rule of attorney fees in civil litigation, every party—even the party prevailing—must pay its own attorney’s fees. Unless specific authority granted by statute or contract allows the awarding of accrued attorney fees against the other party, each party in a lawsuit is responsible for paying its own Read more…
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…