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…
Steven L. Simas, owner and founder of Simas & Associates, Ltd., is yet again hosting another Health Care workshop in Sacramento, California. The topic is the always important “Medical Records as a Defense to Your License to Practice”. The workshop Read more…
The Administrative Procedure Act (APA), which governs license discipline for almost all California licensing agencies, requires that the Licensee-Respondent file a Notice of Defense, which is equivalent to an answer, within 15 days after service of the Accusation. (Please note that Code Read more…
California’s Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA), the department supervising almost all professional licensing agencies, boards, and bureaus throughout the state of California, has eliminated a number of renewal requirements for active duty military and their spouses/domestic partners. Most notable is Read more…