By Adam Trenk, partner and Director of Rose Law Group Cannabis and Hemp Departments, and Omar Abdallah, attorney, who handles hemp-related issues. While the State Department of Agriculture is working on protocols for testing hemp crops to determine whether their THC content is below the legal threshold of 0.3%, Arizona is also busy working on plans to test medical marijuana …
In defense of pre-nups: Don’t fear them, says Rose Law Group family attorney Audra Petrolle
This post was published on the now-closed HuffPost. Edited for length and clarity You are going to get married. You have substantial net worth. You have a business that you have built up over the years and it is now doing well. You are excited about your upcoming marriage and you don’t want to do anything that might take the …
Hemp industry eagerly awaits new regulations
By Adam Trenk, partner and Director of Rose Law Group cannabis and hemp department and Jonathan Udell who focuses on cannabis and hemp law. Hemp farmers and businesses across the country are eagerly awaiting the release of new regulations that will govern their crops, products, and services. The regulatory saga began last year when Congress adopted the 2018 Farm Bill. Under …
Arizona’s new marijuana testing program ‘of paramount importance,’ says Adam Trenk, Rose Law Group partner, director of cannabis and hemp departments
By Ali Swenson | Phoenix New Times Arizona’s medical cannabis industry has long been a Wild West without mandatory testing, but a new state advisory council is about to settle in and bring some law and order. Officials at the state Department of Health Services picked members for a medical marijuana testing advisory council last week, meeting the first requirement …
Co-parenting tips before school starts; Rose Law Group family law attorney Audra Petrolle says lots of agreements are necessary to keep blended families stable
By Diane L. Danois, J.D. This post was published on the now-closed HuffPost Contributor platform. Edited for length and clarity Potential battlegrounds for divorced parents are in abundance when it comes to school, especially if stepparents are part of the picture. [With a new school here], I’d like to offer some tips for the newly divorced or new members of …
More AZ O-Zones? Dan Gauthier, Rose Law Group transactional attorney handling many Opportunity Zone investments, weighs in
By Lydia O’Neal | Bloomberg Tax Investors across the country have been asking state officials to expand the areas designated for the 2017 tax law’s opportunity zone tax breaks—and changes related to the 2020 Census may give those investors a new chance to get what they ask for. The Census Bureau is revising census tract boundaries, potentially giving state governments …
Rose Law Group becomes 1st to establish stand-alone hemp practice
AZBigMedia Rose Law Group announced Attorney and Partner Adam Trenk, has been named Director of the Rose Law Group’s Cannabis and Hemp Departments. This comes as the innovative Scottsdale firm is the first in the state to establish a stand-alone Hemp Department. Rose Law Group has been on the leading edge of the burgeoning hemp industry and has been instrumental in working closely …
As first hemp harvest begins, what happens when your crop grows ‘hot’?
By Jordan Rose and Adam Trenk | Rose Law Group Jordan Rose has been active in the hemp industry rulemaking process, and Adam Trenk is a partner and director of Rose Law Group Hemp Department On December 20, 2018, the Federal Farm Bill was signed into law legalizing industrial hemp. Soon after, the Arizona Department of Agriculture, which oversees the commercialization …
Pinal at appeals court on transportation tax
Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents a coalition of property and business owners throughout Pinal County working to bring new transportation infrastructure to the county By Jim Headley | PinalCentral The Pinal Regional Transportation Authority believes it was given the authority to collect a variable rate retail excise tax when voters approved Proposition 417 in 2017. The Goldwater Institute and even …
Talking Stick Resort Arena renovation plan on track
Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents the Phoenix Suns Work has already started on team’s new Camelback area practice facility By Brandon Brown | Phoenix Business Journal The $230 million renovations to Talking Stick Resort Arena, the home of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns, are set to be finished in almost exactly two years. Suns owner Robert Sarver confirmed this week that the team is about …