Documents confirm what Microsoft is building in Goodyear

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Microsoft Tech giant recently made its second land purchase of 147 acres in the area By Corina Vanek | Phoenix Business Journal Two sites Microsoft Corp. purchased in Goodyear will be developed into data centers. “As part of our plans to support the growing demand for cloud and internet services in Arizona and across the Western United States, …

Microsoft sites in metro Phoenix will be data centers

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Microsoft By Joshua Bowling | Arizona Republic Microsoft’s two new sites on the west side of metro Phoenix will be data centers. Months after city officials put Microsoft on the fast track to build in Goodyear, the city has released the facility’s site plan and a company spokesman confirmed the land will be used for data …

Suns in planning stages for practice facility and Talking Stick Resort Arena renovations

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents the Phoenix Suns By Duane Rankin | Arizona Republic All Josh Jackson has ever needed was a rim and ball to put “the work in” as he calls it. So he hadn’t really thought about how a new practice facility would benefit the Phoenix Suns when the city council approved a $230-million renovation proposal for Talking Stick …

Microsoft buys up more Phoenix-area land for $37 million

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Microsoft Microsoft spent $37 million on about 147 acres in Goodyear By Joshua Bowling | Arizona Republic Microsoft purchased another big chunk of land on metro Phoenix’s west side, this time for $37 million. The Washington-based tech giant bought about 147 acres of Goodyear land on the southeast corner of Indian School and Citrus roads near …

Billion-dollar bets on electric vehicles await payoff; regulators should not hamper growth of electric vehicles, says Court Rich, Rose Law Group Senior Partner

By Joann Muller | Axios If carmakers have any hope of making money on electric vehicles, they’ll need to re-think how they design and sell them, a new McKinsey study suggests. Why it matters: Automakers will pour $255 billion into EVs by 2023 but are resigned to losing money on them for the foreseeable future — an expected outcome of …

Attorney General concludes state law does not override Tempe ‘dark money’ ordinance; issue could go to court, says Evan Bolick, Rose Law Group litigator

By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services via Arizona Capitol Times Tempe can enforce its voter-approved ordinance aimed at shedding light on “dark money” spending in local elections despite a state law that appears to be to the contrary, the Attorney General’s Office has concluded. But whether city residents can get some of the information they want on the political …

Rose Law Group Land Use Attorney Tom Galvin talks cannabis variances in Phoenix Business Journal

Arizona’s medical marijuana law allows cities to set dispensary and cultivation facility location restrictions By Corina Vanek | Phoenix Business Journal Nearly 10 years after Arizona voters legalized marijuana for medical use, dispensary owners and attorneys who work with the industry cite an unlikely hindrance in opening up shop: real estate. “Real estate is hands down the most cumbersome and …

APS claims customer rates don’t fund its political spending; Rose Law Group Co-Founder, Senior Partner, and Director of Renewable Energy, Court Rich tells New Times, ‘We all know where that money comes from.’

By Elizabeth Whitman | Phoenix New Times From 2013 to 2018, Arizona Public Service and parent company Pinnacle West poured at least $130 million into political spending, charitable contributions, marketing and advertising, lobbying, and sponsorships. None of that money came from customers, APS claimed, as it submitted spending records to the Arizona Corporation Commission on two successive Friday afternoons, most …