Every so often, the team at Simas & Associates, Ltd. encounters a new story about a licensee who undertook to represent himself or herself in an administrative proceeding. The seeming informal nature of administrative proceedings somehow lures intelligent, successful, licensees Read more…
Last weekend, Simas & Associates, Ltd. and Cal Poly Arts sponsored Peter Gros from the Original Mutual of Omaha’s “Wild Kingdom.” “Mutual of Omaha’s ‘Wild Kingdom’” on Animal Planet was one of the most well-known and longest-running wildlife series on Read more…
Professional licensees and healthcare-related licensees in the state of California can have discipline imposed on their licenses for misconduct. The “misconduct” for which license discipline is under the vague and amorphous “substantially-related to the profession” standard that is not the Read more…
Being involved with your company’s human resource department can be overwhelming and frustrating at times regardless of your position within the department. As the law changes, the H.R. Manager is responsible for ensuring that your company complies with all federal and Read more…
Below, please find a blog entry penned by an aspiring California attorney and employee at Simas & Associates, Ltd. This individual took the July 2016 California Bar Exam and is awaiting results. Results are due to be announced on November Read more…
On October 8 and 9, 2016, Steven L. Simas, founder and owner of Simas & Associates, Ltd. spoke at the 2016 Annual Conference for the California Physical Therapy Association (CPTA). The conference was held at the Santa Clara Convention Center and had Read more…
Over the past two years, the number of drone start-ups in California has increased exponentially. The best example can be demonstrated by comparing last year’s Drone Market Environment Map with that of 2016. There are many more subcategories revealing that many Read more…
The Sacramento County Bar Association’s, Public Law, Environmental Law, and Administrative Law sections, co-hosted an event entitled, “From the Ground Up: Implementing the Medical Cannabis Regulation & Safety Act – Cultivating solutions to administrative, regulatory, environmental, and consumer protection challenges,” Read more…
One of the hottest topics in California is the pending voter initiative seeking to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. While obviously exciting and trail-blazing – pun intended – it is still unknown whether it will pass and what the Read more…
States are cracking down on harm to animals. California is no different: see Fines for Pet-Patient Harm to Increase. However, there is a big emphasis in making Veterinarians mandatory reporters of harm. By mandatory reporter, this means imposing an affirmative Read more…