Cheating spouses, secret addictions and identities — marriages are buckling under COVID quarantine; RLG Partner and Family Law Director Kaine Fisher shares his view

By Marisa M. Kashino | Washingtonian One Sunday afternoon in late April, a Washington mom I’ll call Marie is parked outside a CVS in Northern Virginia. Her family thinks she’s out running errands. Which is mostly true. But she’s also here because ever since the coronavirus lockdown hit, her car has become an oasis—a private island for one where Marie …

Companies, sports teams flock to leading COVID-combating Arizona start-up

(Disclosure: RLG represents HealthyVerify Certification.) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, JULY 6, 2020 Contact: Mike Sunnucks or Mike Scerbo Rose+Moser+Allyn Public and Online Relations Email: MSunnucks@RoseMoserAllynPR.com MScerbo@RoseMoserAllynPR.com Cell: (623) 760-5543 or (623) 615-6523 Companies, Sports Teams Flocking To Leading COVID Combating Arizona Start Up As Its Certification Becomes Critical Standard For Businesses. HealthyVerify Certification is working with doctors and public health experts …

Smart & Safe Arizona Act: Expungement of minor marijuana violations and how to petition the court, by RLG Partner, Cannabis Department Director Adam Trenk & law clerk Madelaine Bauer

By Adam Trenk and Madelaine Bauer | Rose Law Group In Arizona this November an initiative called the Smart & Safe Arizona Act (the “Act”) will be on the ballot. If it passes it will mean the legalization of recreational marijuana in our state after years of criminalization. The legalization of marijuana will not only turn over a new leaf for adult marijuana …

Group aiming to legalize recreational cannabis submits signatures; a ‘tremendous opportunity,’ says RLG Partner and Cannabis Department Director Adam Trenk

By Corina Vanek | Phoenix Business Journal A citizens initiative aiming at legalizing cannabis for adult use in Arizona filed 420,000 signatures with the Arizona Secretary of State Wednesday, more than the 237,645 required signatures to get the initiative on the November ballot. “Arizonans are ready to legalize cannabis, and this is the right policy for our state,” Arizona Dispensary …

Meet the 2020 Phoenix Business Journal class of 40 Under 40

RLG Founder and President Jordan Rose was honored by Phoenix Business Journal as an inaugural member of the 40 Under 40 Hall of Fame in 2018. By Patrick O’Grady | Phoenix Business Journal Leaders are needed in tough times, and this year’s class of 40 Under 40 from the Phoenix Business Journal shows there is no short supply of those …

How Smart & Safe Arizona Act allows cities to prohibit recreational marijuana establishments, by Adam Trenk, RLG partner and director of cannabis, hemp departments

By Adam Trenk | Partner at Rose Law Group As the world starts to emerge from the COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis, with the dispensing of medical marijuana deemed essential, recreational marijuana entrepreneurs are waiting in the wings for the legalization of marijuana in Arizona. The Smart & Safe Arizona Act (the “Act”) is on the ballot in November. This long-awaited legalization may finally come …

Supreme Court rules CFPB structure unconstitutional; RLG corporate attorney Shruti Gurudanti comments

By Mike Albanese | DS News The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is unconstitutional, but it can keep operating under new rules. “The CFPB’s single-Director configuration is also incompatible with the structure of the Constitution, which—with the sole exception of the Presidency—scrupulously avoids concentrating power in the hands of any single …

Arizona Gov. Ducey orders bars, gyms and theaters to close at 8 p.m. tonight; large gatherings restricted, school start delayed; RLG Founder Jordan Rose comments

By Maria Polletta | The Republic Facing mounting pressure to respond to Arizona’s ballooning COVID-19 numbers, Gov. Doug Ducey on Monday announced he would again shut down bars, gyms and theaters in Arizona. His forthcoming executive order, which also will cover water parks and tubing, is expected to take effect at 8 p.m. It will not affect churches or restaurants. “I …

Researchers propose health safety grading system for restaurants amid COVID

(Disclosure: RLG represents HealthyVerify Certification.) By Laura Gillespie | Houston Business Journal With restaurants initially shuttering amid the coronavirus pandemic — and then reopening, despite spiking cases — Rice University Texas Policy Lab epidemiologists in Houston are proposing creating a Covid-19 grading system akin to health department inspections. In a paper authored by E. Susan Amirian, Snejana Nihtianova and Megan …