Ask a family lawyer: Prenups

By Kaine Fisher, Rose Law Group partner and director of Family Law, and Audra Petrolle, family law attorney If I don’t have a prenuptial agreement, will all the income that my husband and I earn and all the property that my husband and I acquire during marriage be considered community property? And, would it then be split 50/50 if we were to …

Arizonans spent more than $500 million on medical marijuana in 2019; ‘stigma dissipating,” says Adam Trenk, Rose Law Group partner, director of cannabis and hemp departments

By Ryan Randazzo | Arizona Republic Arizonans spent more than half a billion dollars on medical marijuana in 2019, a dollar amount that grew over the previous year and a sign of the substance’s prevalence in a state where voters likely will decide whether to legalize recreational use of it this fall. Nearly 220,000 medical marijuana patients were in the …

2 companies pitch competing plans for Sacaton Mine near Casa Grande

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Elim Mining By Suzanne Adams-Ockrassa | PinalCentral A battle over ownership of the old Sacaton Mine is developing between two companies — one that wants to return the property to mining and another that wants to create hydropower. In October, Elim Mining announced that it was working with the ASARCO Multi-State Environmental Custodial Trust and the …

[COLUMN] Expanding nuisance law unfairly targets businesses; but don’t panic, says Rose Law Group corporate attorney Shruti Gurudanti

By Virginia Harker | Chamber Business News Cities and counties suing oil and gas manufacturers over climate change. School districts taking an e-cigarette producer to court, claiming it is marketing to minors. Governments suing drugmakers because of overdose deaths. These are examples of a new generation of class action suits that are benefiting trial attorneys to the tune of hundreds …

The Monday Morning Commute: Ask the traffic engineer; here’s what stopped train-car collisions in Phoenix by Paul Basha, Summit Land Management

Summit Land Management, Paul Basha, provides answers and proves that thinking about traffic is really interesting!! Phoenix light rail collision study For those who have lived in metropolitan Phoenix for more than a decade, you may recall that when the light rail system began operation in December 2008, there seemed to be a train-car collision every week. Actually, in the …

Rose Law Group sponsors 11th Annual AZDealmakers

Where was everyone in the real estate industry yesterday?  They were at the 11th AZ Dealmakers forum hosted by Belfiore Real Estate Consulting with 980 optimistic people! Jordan Rose, Rose Law Group founder and president moderated the “Housing Super Panel” along with top executives including Taylor Morrison Homes Chairman and CEO Sheryl Palmer, Sunbelt Holdings Chairman and CEO John Graham, Offerpad Founder Jerry Coleman, …

Millennials Still Top of Mind for Homebuilders and Why a top CEO calls B.S. on One Trend

By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter Millennials continue to both challenge and offer promise to home builders and the housing industry. That was one of the major themes during the 11th AZ Dealmakers forum hosted Thursday by Belfiore Real Estate Consulting and sponsored by Rose Law Group. Jim Belfiore, president of Belfiore Real Estate Consulting, said the regional housing market ended 2019 …

Senate Republican plans bill to alter Opportunity Zones. Dan Gauthier, Rose Law Group transactional attorney handling many O-Zone investments, comments

Bloomberg Tax Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) is considering a bill that would let state and local governments amend the census tracts they chose for the opportunity zone tax breaks. Officials would be able to change a small percentage of the tracts, Scott said Wednesday at the United States Conference of Mayors meeting in Washington. The measure would be the latest …

Arizona Court of Appeals finds Prop 417 ‘valid’

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents a coalition of property and business owners throughout Pinal County who have worked to bring new transportation infrastructure to the county By Dana Trumbull | Apache Junction and Gold Canyon News On Thursday, January 16, the Arizona Court of Appeals released its opinion concerning Proposition 417. The unanimous decision reversed the ruling of Arizona’s tax court, …