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Qualifying Party Liability Exposure Clarified for Arizona Contractors
February 7, 2022
To obtain a new contractor’s license, each contractor needs a “qualifying party.”  A qualifying party is a person who is a regularly employed person with the necessary experience and knowledge required under A.R.S. § 32-1122(E).  If the qualifying party later ceases

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Arizona Supreme Court Limits When Juries Are Allowed to Infer Causation in Medical Malpractice Claims
September 20, 2021
It is now a little easier for healthcare providers to defend against medical malpractice claims. Last month, in Sampson v. Surgery Ctr. of Peoria, LLC, the Arizona Supreme Court held:
If the cause of

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Qualifying Parties May Now Have to Face Personal Liability for Construction Company’s Obligations
February 11, 2021
Last year’s changes to the contractor’s licensing laws opened the door to personal liability for qualifying parties (“QP”).  The Legislature added Section B to A.R.S. § 32-1127.  Section B reads: “While engaged as a qualifying party

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Things to Consider When Doing Business in Arizona: Unique Aspects of Arizona Law – From Cumulative Voting to Blue Pencils, Blind Trusts and Guns at Work
September 24, 2015
Arizona is a great place to do business. It boasts an excellent regulatory environment, envious climate, skilled workers, fair tax rates, good transportation

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Website Accessibility Lawsuits: 5 Things Every Arizona Business Should Know
August 19, 2019
After an 18 month hiatus, ADA accessibility lawsuits are once again being filed in Arizona’s federal courts. Unlike previous ADA lawsuits (which focused on physical barriers to accessibility), this new wave of lawsuits alleges that business websites and mobile

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The U.S. Supreme Court Nexus Required for State Taxation of Online Sales: But Questions Still Remain
June 22, 2018
Yesterday morning, the United States Supreme Court announced its highly anticipated decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, 585 U.S. __ (No. 17-494, 2018) in which it revisited the Court’s long-standing precedent that

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FATCA and FBAR: The IRS is discontinuing its Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program
March 30, 2018
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced last week that it will terminate its Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program as of September 28, 2018. Taxpayers who have not reported foreign bank accounts and income now have only six months

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Jennings Strouss Wins Unprecedented Arizona “Lemon Law” Lawsuit
September 2017
Phoenix commercial trial attorney Christopher D. Lonn won a favorable verdict in a three-year “lemon law” litigation against  BMW of North America (BMW N.A.). This is the first known verdict in Arizona (and possibly the United States) where a jury found that

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Businesses Beware: Don‘t Get Hooked into Paying for Forms You Don’t Need
March 22, 2017
Practice Area: Business Litigation
Over the years, I have come across what appear to be “official” correspondences from companies portraying themselves as state-related representatives. Their purpose is to “scare” a business into hiring them to prepare form corporate

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