HealthyVerify helps Gompers navigate COVID-19 for nonprofit staff, members with developmental disabilities

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents HealthyVerify Certification.) By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter Mark Jacoby, president and CEO of Gompers, said every time his nonprofit group came up with some answers on when and how to reopen its services to those with development disabilities more COVID-19 questions would arise.  “What happened was for every answer we came up …

How will Subchapter 5 of the Bankruptcy Code impact landlords? RLG attorney Dan Gauthier provides insight

By John Egan | National Real Estate Investor Recent revisions to the U.S. Bankruptcy Code might open the door to headaches and heartaches for landlords that rent to small businesses. In August 2019, Congress created what’s known as Subchapter 5 of the Bankruptcy Code. Subchapter 5 is designed to streamline the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process for small businesses and slash their …

Virtual Power Lunch: The ups and down of the economy and health

By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter Home sales are up. Restaurants are challenged. And hospitals and health care workers are stressed. Those are some of the dynamics and landscape as Arizona and metro Phoenix grapple with COVID-19, the rise in cases and all its ramifications. Those were also the centerpieces of Rose Law Group’s New Economy (Virtual) Power Lunch series on …

How COVID is impacting tenant interest in Phoenix apartments; RLG attorney Dan Gauthier comments

By Angela Gonzales | Phoenix Business Journal Tenant traffic at metro Phoenix apartments has steadily improved since the beginning of April, according to a new report from Radix, a Scottsdale-based data research firm that tracks apartment activity nationwide. Research conducted through July 1 shows a narrowing gap in potential tenant visits to apartments compared with traffic during the same time …

The 1031 exchange deadline extension: Breathing room or double-edged sword? RLG attorney Dan Gauthier comments

By David Wieland | Forbes In the pre-coronavirus world, April 15 was an important date, representing the deadline for U.S. residents and citizens to file federal income taxes. However, in the current environment, that drop-dead deadline has been pushed to July 15, 2020. The upcoming mid-July deadline is also important for those making use of section 1031 of the U.S. …

How COVID can affect your contract, feat. RLG attorneys Dan Gauthier and Olen Lenets

Arizona Commerce Authority Catch Rose Law Group attorneys Dan Gauthier and Olen Lenets on Arizona Commerce Authority’s “Small Business Bootcamp” webinar tomorrow at 9am as they talk force majeure and other contractual matters that have come to the legal forefront during the pandemic crisis. This session will help you identify stipulations in your contract that would qualify COVID-19 as a force majeure clause, potentially excusing binding performance obligations. …

How to Legally Protect your Business from Looting

By Peter Furlow | Rose Law Group Law Clerk Thousands of individuals across the country took to the streets in protest following the death of George Floyd. Floyd, 46, died while being placed under arrest by police officers outside a shop in Minneapolis, Minnesota. On Saturday, Scottsdale police said that, “millions of dollars in damages and theft” occurred as a result of …

Some small businesses that got aid fear the rules too much to spend it; parameters ‘unclear,’ says RLG corporate attorney Shruti Gurudanti

Twitter By Stacy Cowley, Emily Flitter and David Enrich | New York Times When a $192,000 loan from the federal government’s small-business aid program arrived in his bank account last month, George Evageliou, the founder of a custom woodworking company, felt like one of the lucky ones. Under the program’s rules, Mr. Evageliou has eight weeks from the day he received the …

What is HealthyVerify?

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group Represents HealthyVerify Certification) Now more than ever, it’s important for businesses to take steps that help reduce the risk of infectious diseases. HealthyVerify is implementing strict procedures and employee training to award businesses a gold-standard certification in disease reduction. The procedures are developed specifically for each business with direction from Barrow Neurological Institute’s infectious disease team.  Barrow Neurological …