After a multi-million dollar contract for data storage for the State of California was awarded to our client, Kovarus, three bid protests came in from NetAPP, NWN Corporation, and Hewlett-Packard Company. In the end, the Administrative Law Judge agreed with Read more…
On June 12, 2013, Steven L. Simas, founder and owner of Simas & Associates, Ltd., California’s leading administrative and health care law firm, presented “The Intersection of Criminal and Administrative Law” to the San Luis Obispo County Bar Association, Criminal Read more…
Steven L. Simas, founder and owner of Simas & Associates, Ltd., was interviewed for and quoted within an article recently published by Law360, a LexisNexis Company. The article, entitled “Doctors’ Hospital Jobs Imperiled by California Hight Court Ruling“, was written Read more…
A buy-sell agreement is an agreement between the owners of a business to purchase and sell interests of the business at a pre-determined price upon the occurrence of anticipated or potential future events. These triggering events generally include death, disability, Read more…
Simas & Associates, Ltd. founder and owner, Steven L. Simas will be speaking at the Criminal Defense Section of the San Luis Obispo County Bar Association on June 12, 2013. The topic of his presentation will be “The Intersection of Read more…
The California Department of Real Estate (“DRE”) is in the process of adopting proposed regulations Section 2907.1, 2907.2, 2907.3, and 2907.4 within Chapter 6, Title 10 of the California Code of Regulations. The proposed sections relate to the issuance of Read more…
Arbitration is a form of alternative dispute resolution, in which disputes are submitted to a neutral arbitrator(s) based on prior agreement between the parties, rather than resolved through litigation. The point and goal of arbitration is to secure an efficient, Read more…
Labor law enforcement under the first two years of Governor Jerry Brown’s term has netted an unprecedented and staggering level of damages, penalties, and fines in the State of California. According to the key findings of the report, “State of Read more…
Section 14 of the Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Order 7-2001 for the mercantile industry states that “[a]ll working employees shall be provided with suitable seats when the nature of the work reasonably permits the use of seats.” Although this wage Read more…
Many clients and potential clients of the law firm inquire about the impact expunging a criminal conviction will have on potential license discipline. The answer is that the expungement, while not a cure-all, is an excellent piece of evidence of Read more…