Arizona-based ALTA to revolutionize payments for medical marijuana, cannabis companies; Laura Bianchi, Rose Law Group partner and director of Cannabis Dept. welcomes tech advances to resolve banking hurdles

(Editor’s note: News releases are published as submitted unless there are errors of fact.)  Groundbreaking Company ALTA Disrupts Medical Marijuana, Cannabis Industries with Digital Payment Technology, Gains Arizona FinTech Sandbox Approvals ALTA helps legal cannabis businesses process digital payments outside of traditional banks. An Arizona startup, ALTA, is looking to revolutionize and disrupt financial technology (FinTech) for medical marijuana dispensaries …

Kathryn Honecker, Rose Law Group Chair of Class Action Dept., and Law Clerk Jake Rapp give insight at ABA into best practices for citing online content

Online content can change or vanish at any moment. By Jake Rapp, Rose Law Group law clerk and Kathryn Honecker, Rose Law Group chair of Class Action Department Today, most of us rely more heavily upon online, rather than hard-copy, information sources. Understandably, we are also citing online sources (besides Westlaw or Lexis) more often in our briefs. Along with …

Rose Law Group litigator Evan Bolick talks website privacy policies in wake of FTC’s record fine against Facebook

Information from CNBC Key findings The fine represents the largest ever imposed by the FTC against a tech company. The FTC began probing Facebook in March 2018 following reports that political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica had improperly accessed the data of 87 million Facebook users. Facebook to pay $5 billion FTC fine, but Gene Munster says resolution is months away …

Rose Law Group Partner and Cannabis Dept. Director Laura Bianchi talks to Phoenix Business Journal about new Arizona cannabis chamber

By Angela Gonzales | Phoenix Business Journal A former medical marijuana cultivator has founded the Arizona Cannabis Chamber of Commerce to have a voice in the future of the growing industry, including whether recreational marijuana will be handled at the Legislature or with a voter initiative. Mason Cave, the chamber’s founder and CEO — nicknamed AZC3 — said his group will …

Female-led SLM Land Holdings shakes up Valley land industry

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents SLM Land Holdings AZBigMedia There is a familiar name behind the deals, but it’s a new company that’s making them. SLM Land Holdings is a new venture between three women that is entering the land investment world in Maricopa County and beyond. SLM brings extensive market knowledge and puts land investment opportunities within reach for …

When the law says using marijuana Is O.K., but the boss disagrees; ‘should be treated same as any other medicine,’ says Rose Law Group Partner and Cannabis Dept. Director, Laura Bianchi

By Dan Hyman | The New York Times Smoking pot cost Kimberly Cue her job. Ms. Cue, a 44-year-old chemical engineer from Silicon Valley, received an offer this year from a medical device manufacturer only to have it rescinded when the company found out that she smoked prescription marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. “My email was set up with the …

Female-led investment group makes another West Valley land purchase

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents SLM Land Holdings Firm is buying up land with long-term development potential By Corina Vanek | Phoenix Business Journal SLM Land Holdings — a real estate investment firm led by Anita Verma-Lallian, Eileen Jain Sahai and Smita Patil Mehta — has bought its second land parcel in the West Valley. Lallian, Eileen Jain Sahai and Smita Patil Mehta — has bought its second land …

Are you being paid for texts and emails? David McDowell, Rose Law Group partner and Litigation Department director provides answer in ‘Mediastars Worldwide’

By David McDowell, Rose Law Group partner and director of Litigation Department | Mediastars Worldwide Its no secret that working in broadcasting requires more than just producing, writing, shooting or presenting a story on-air. Are you being compensated for everything you’re expected to do? Technology has made the world a very small place AND stations/networks want you to be connected and …