Microsoft agrees to pay for wastewater services in Valley

Provided by the City of Goodyear (Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Microsoft.) By Phoenix Business Journal Microsoft will build three data center campuses in the West Valley. Redmond, Washington-based tech giant Microsoft Corp. has agreed to switch its cooling system for future data centers in Goodyear and invest more than $40 million to expand the city’s wastewater capacity through an updated development agreement …

Rose Law Group names Dan Gauthier as co-chair of its pioneering cannabis law department

By Rose Law Group Reporter (Scottsdale, Ariz.) Rose Law Group has named Dan Gauthier as Co-Chair of its Cannabis Law Department. Rose Law Group has been advising clients on cannabis law for more than 13 years, prior to the introduction of Arizona’s medical marijuana act, Prop 203, in 2010. Gauthier has spent his career implementing complicated transactions, a significant portion …

Bill Gates just published a 7-page letter about AI and his predictions for its future — Here’s Rose Law Group Founder President Jordan Rose’s take

By Grace Mayer | Business Insider Bill Gates has been thinking a lot about artificial intelligence, and now he’s put those thoughts to paper. The Microsoft cofounder published a seven-page letter on Tuesday — “The Age of AI has Begun” — outlining his views on the future of AI. He wrote that developing AI is “as fundamental as the creation …

Why Priscilla Presley is battling her own granddaughter over Elvis’s millions; George Finn, Rose Law Group transactional attorney who also handles estate and asset protection work, gives his take

By Barbara Davies | Daily Mail Despite grieving her daughter Lisa Marie’s sudden death in January, Priscilla Presley will be pitching up at Glasgow’s City Halls next month at the start of a series of intimate UK talk shows about her extraordinary life. With tickets from £53.20 to £156.80 for a VIP package and ‘the chance to meet’ Priscilla herself, Elvis’s widow …

Shruti Gurudanti, Rose Law Group partner and director of corporate transactions, comments on: Arizona lawmakers approve measure to exempt startup businesses from taxes

By Howard Fischer | YourValley Arizona lawmakers apparently want to help you succeed. On a party-line vote, the Senate on Tuesday voted to exempt new businesses from having to pay any state income taxes at all in their first year of operation. That tax break would taper off to 50% in the second year and 25% in the third, by …

Water dreams dashed: Major issues with Scottsdale’s proposal in Rio Verde Foothills water crisis, says Maricopa County Supervisor and Rose Law Group Partner Thomas Galvin

By Hunter Bassler | 12 News Phoenix PHOENIX — Just when a solution was on the horizon, it looks like the residents of Rio Verde Foothills will have to keep waiting for water. Scottsdale recently came forward with a proposal to resupply the unincorporated community with water after cutting residents off at the beginning of the year. Maricopa County rejected …

Space tourism company says it’s ‘making progress’ on Valley plant; Jordan Rose, founder and president of Rose Law Group, comments

Space X rocket launch By Jacob Maranda | Phoenix Business Journal Space tourism company Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE) on Tuesday said its spacecraft manufacturing facility in Mesa is coming along and that it is on track to resume commercial service in the second quarter of this year. Virgin Galactic CEO Michael Colglazier said during the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call that the company was “making …

Rose Law Group Co-founder Court Rich answers: Can solar power help fix drought-ravaged farmlands?

By KJZZ The American West is experiencing its worst drought in over 1,000 years. That’s making a lot of farmers rethink their sustainability practices and reimagine land that has become infertile. One way to innovate is via solar energy. Solar panels can make use of depleted land and help offset a farm’s energy costs. They also preserve groundwater and help with crop growth. There is …

[PODCAST] Valley Metro’s Storylines: Take a ride on Artsline with Madelaine Braggs

An art-transportation connection: Did you know the Valley’s light rail system has 55 murals along its stops? This podcast, produced by the City of Phoenix’s Regional Public Transportation Authority, celebrates the integral part art plays in the transit system. And it features Rose Law Group’s Chief Digital Officer Madelaine Braggs, who brings Storylines hosts Brittany Hoffman and Peter Corkery up to speed on the latest happenings at Phoenix Art Museum. …

WATCH: Shruti Gurudanti, Rose Law Group partner and director of corporate transactions, featured as panelist at Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposium event

Shruti Gurudanti, partner at Rose Law Group and the co-founder of virtual community center televëda, was a featured speaker last week at the #WeWednesday event presented by the United States Patent & Trademark Office. Empowering Women’s Entrepreneurship: In the discussion moderated by Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, Shruti joined a panel of other rockstar …