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Arizona employers are already overwhelmed by copious workplace issues, challenges and drama. Recently, an employer’s job became even more complicated with the passage of Proposition 203-the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act (the “Act”). The Act makes it legal in Arizona for individuals to qualify to receive and use marijuana to treat a variety […]

If you’ve ever wondered how cell phone towers end up here or there, you have your city’s local zoning codes and federal laws to thank. Most communities have zoning regulations governing where cell towers can be placed and the process an applicant must follow to get cell tower placement approval. […]

1. Is a Borrower Personally Liable After Foreclosure? A borrower is generally personally liable to the lender for a loan including the shortfall, or “deficiency,” created when the unpaid loan balance is more than the bid price/value of the property at a foreclosure auction. However, Arizona has statutory exceptions-commonly called […]

In May, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission approved changes to the continuing disclosure provisions of Rule15c2-12 (the “Rule”) that will affect new agreements executed on or after December 1, 2010. Under the current Rule, an Event Notice must be filed in a timely manner if any of 11 […]

If business owners thought the new health care bill was complicated, here’s yet another layer of complexity. The government has now issued new regulations on how employers can grandfather in their existing plans under the bill. Each employer has to decide, based on cost and other factors, if it is […]

Public entities often strike deals with developers and other private interests to bring commercial projects to life. So, when the City of Phoenix partnered with some Chicago-based developers to build a large, mixed-use development in north Phoenix, neither party anticipated that it would spark a lawsuit that would change the […]

Background As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA”), Congress added Section 54AA of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), permitting a state or local government, including school districts, to issue anew type of taxable obligation called Build America Bonds (“BABs”) to […]

More and more business owners are turning to Facebook and LinkedIn to dig up information about job applicants. In a June 2009 CareerBuilder survey of 2,600 hiring managers, 45 percent of employers reported using social networking sites to research potential hires, a 22 percent increase over the year before. Another […]

If you own investment property or a small business in your own name, you should consider transferring it to an entity wholly owned by you. This generally will protect you from some kinds of liabilities that can arise from ownership of the transferred assets. It will not protect you from your own […]

The telephone rang; it was a new client ranting about the other owner of his limited liability company (LLC) and asking for my help getting him out of the company. My first question was, “What does your operating agreement say about removal rights and how to value his interest?” Dead silence-then my […]