Category: Legal Alerts

Arizona Anti-Deficiency Saga Plays Out Like Primetime Drama – Existing Statute Changed, Then Change Repealed, Future Uncertain

September 22, 2009 By Christopher M. McNichol In Legal Alerts

Prologue: This summer, the state legislature grappled with changing Arizona’s anti-deficiency law, which protects homeowners who lose their homes in foreclosure from paying a “deficiency” on the property. A “deficiency” is the difference between the secured debt and the greater of the sale price or the home’s fair market value. […]

Identity Theft Prevention Program

July 5, 2009 By Gust Rosenfeld In Legal Alerts

Effective August 1, 2009, businesses and organizations with consumer or other accounts at risk for identity theft must develop and implement an Identity Theft Prevention Program. They also need to heed identity theft “red flags.” Who Must Comply Covered entities include banks, credit unions and other financial institutions, any business […]

Amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act

March 16, 2009 By Gust Rosenfeld In Legal Alerts

Recent amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) significantly increases employers’ obligations. It not only increases the number of individuals covered but also increases the types of impairments protected. The amendments specifically reverse two U.S. Supreme Court decisions that narrowed ADA coverage. Congress criticized the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission […]

Employer Sanctions Law Amendments

August 28, 2008 By Gust Rosenfeld In Legal Alerts

Our legislature recently made important changes to the employer sanctions statutes (HB 2745) for employees hired after December 31, 2007. Unauthorized Aliens Employers that knowingly or intentionally hire, directly or indirectly, unauthorized aliens are subject to liability. Penalties include: terminating all unauthorized aliens, employer probation and terminating business licenses. Economic […]

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