Many of us do not know exactly what happened to Conrad Murray’s physician license in California and the process and fight Murray has had to go through with the Medical Board. Is he still Dr. Murray? People v. Conrad Murray On June 25, 2009, Michael Jackson died of acute propofol Read more…
States outside of California, such as Oregon, do not have regulations in place to keep pace with the fast-growing medical-laser industry, which could leave consumers at risk of injury from skin treatments. The Oregon Health Licensing Agency has received recently more than 30 complaints alleging injuries from lasers. The Oregon state Read more…
The Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) expects all parties to redact (black out) from documents filed with OAH, including pleadings and exhibits, all confidential personal information whenever possible. Personal information is deemed confidential if any statute or regulation provides for its confidentiality. Confidential personal information includes, but may not be Read more…
A potentially controversial ruling was rendered by Hon. Raymond Cadei in the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento on September 6, 2013, that should draw concern for those involved in medical marijuana and cannabis businesses and dispensaries. As you may know, California’s medical cannabis program was established when state Read more…
Steven L. Simas, owner and founder of Simas & Associates, Ltd., will be presenting today, September 4, 2013, at the Sacramento Valley Paralegal Association (SVPA) and California Alliance of Paralegal Associations (CAPA) MCLE Luncheon/Meeting at 11:30 AM at Casa Garden Restaurant. Here is the flyer for all of the pertinent Read more…
The State Bar is proposing significant changes to its Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCBE) program. These proposed amendments would increase the educational requirement from 25 to 36 hours every 3 years, and modify the specialty credit requirements. There still will be 4 hours required in legal ethics, but an additional Read more…
Department of Insurance (DOI) licensees are often surprised to learn that their seemingly-personal-and-unrelated-to-their-profession criminal matter, is in fact one upon which they can get dinged for license discipline. Often, they just do not believe that their conviction was related to their profession. For example, what does a disturbing the peace Read more…
Senate Bill 304, the California Medical Board sunset legislation, was meant to be the vehicle for broad reform of the doctor discipline system in California. Last minute amendments on August 12, 2013, eliminated a key enforcement reform that would have moved all staff investigating dangerous doctors into the Department of Read more…
As a leader in Professional Licensing Law, Health Care Law, and Malpractice Defense Law, most of our clients come to us with professional liability insurance. Professional liability insurance, which is also called Errors and Omissions insurance (E&O) or Malpractice insurance, is type of insurance which provides insurance coverage for liability Read more…
Technological change is extremely rapid, often leaving the law (including legislators and judges) struggling to catch up. This divergence is evident with search and seizure issues, such as with cell phones. Traditionally, the “search incident to arrest” exception to warrantless searches (which are generally unconstitutional) was based on the fear that Read more…