By Russ Wiles | The Republic The coronavirus outbreak and resulting economic slowdown have increased financial stress and borrowing needs for many people. New loans might not be easy to obtain, especially if your employment income has dropped, but relief is available. The recently enacted CARES Act, which also is providing stimulus payments and small-business incentives, addresses credit needs and …
The New York Times highlights Rose Law Group: Antibody test, seen as key to reopening country
By Steve Eder, Megan Twohey and Apoorva Mandavilli | New York Times A law firm in Scottsdale, Ariz., tested employees who hoped, with the prick of a finger, to learn if they might be immune. In Laredo, Tex., community leaders secured 20,000 of the new tests to gauge how many residents had been infected. In Chicago, a hospital screened firefightersto help determine whether they …
Small businesses should keep applying for SBA help
By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter That was fast. The U.S. Small Business Administration has exhausted the $349 billion assistance and loan program set up to help small business survive economic fallout and closures from the Coronavirus. The Trump administration and Congress are looking at adding another $250 billion to the COVID-19 small business program. Rose Law Group attorney Dan …
How COVID-19 could change how we live, work and learn long-term
By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter COVID-19 could usher in some long-term fundamental and structural changes to how we live, work and learn even after the pandemic flattens and ‘shelter in place’ orders are eased. Those changes were the center of the discussion during Rose Law Group’s New Economy (Virtual) Power Lunch on Friday. Michael Davidson, CEO of social entrepreneurial group …
Rose Law Group’s New Economy (Virtual) Power Lunch Season 1 Episode 5
Today, Rose Law Group hosted the fifth episode of the only virtual power lunch in Arizona – The New Economy (Virtual) Power Lunch! RLG Founder and President Jordan Rose and RLG Co-Founder and Partner Court Rich asked this week’s panel of industry leaders to share the latest on COVID-19 and its impact on small business and real estate. Jeffrey Nielsen, leads land acquisitions for Toll Brothers Inc. …
Arizona marijuana dispensary sales set record; growth to continue, says Adam Trenk, RLG partner and director of cannabis, hemp departments
By Ryan Randazzo | The Republic The coronavirus pandemic didn’t slow down growth in Arizona’s medical marijuana program, state figures show, with qualified patients buying more than a ton more marijuana in March than they did in February. The 17,095 pounds of marijuana sold by medical-marijuana dispensaries in March was more than 2,200 pounds above what was sold in February, a …
Americano! The Musical’ inspires benefit concert
By Weldon B. Johnson | The Republic Fans of “¡Americano! The Musical” can help support the Phoenix Theatre Company by watching a virtual concert inspired by the show. The locally produced musical that tells the story of a Dreamer had its world premiere here Jan. 29. Carrie Rodriguez, the singer/songwriter who wrote the music for “¡Americano!,” will perform a one-hour …
Peter Thomas: COVID-19 will prompt innovation, new business models, need to adapt
Peter H. Thomas By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter Peter Thomas — who developed the Four Seasons resort in Scottsdale and led Century 21 Real Estate for all of Canada — has some sage advice for entrepreneurs and workers wrestling with the impacts of COVID-19. “If there is ever a time to have a Plan B it’s now,” …
[COLUMN] Baseball in Arizona isn’t some crazy idea. It can happen. Here’s how; RLG Founder Jordan Rose comments
By Greg Moore | The Republic Baseball can happen this year in Arizona. All 30 teams, with a full complement of players, coaches and support staff, can descend on Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in a few weeks to provide a jolt to the nation’s psyche by showing that nothing, not even a horrifying mystery virus, can stop Americans from …
Amazon to suspend operations in France over coronavirus dispute; move will ‘affect everyone,’ says RLG Partner and Litigation Dept. Director David McDowell
By Liz Alderman | New York Times PARIS — Amazon said Wednesday that it would temporarily halt its operations in France after a court ruled the company had failed to adequately protect warehouse workers against the threat of the coronavirus and that it must restrict deliveries to only food, hygiene and medical products until it addressed the issue. Amazon contested …