Rose Law Group litigator Evan Bolick on Arizona’s new bill banning cellphone use while driving

By Evan Bolick, Rose Law Group litigator Legislation often struggles to keep pace with new technology. Typically, Arizona has been at the forefront of embracing innovation as the State is amongst the leaders of the country in allowing future-tech such as self-driving vehicles and drones to test and operate. However, in passing the new “hands free” cell phone law, Arizona …

ACC Staff recommends abandoning needed water interconnection between Queen Creek and Johnson Utilities

Rose Law Group Reporter staff In a letter filed late yesterday, Arizona Corporation Commissions (ACC) Staff took a surprising position urging abandonment of ongoing efforts to interconnect Town of Queen Creek’s water system to the struggling Johnson Utilities’ system. Interconnecting Queen Creek’s water to Johnson’s pipes has been the plan ever since regulators implemented a moratorium limiting builders to one …

Rose Law Group Co-Founder, Senior Partner, and Director of Renewable Energy, Court Rich, talks to Daily Star about utilities buying solar

By David Wichner |Arizona Daily Star Arizona regulators are looking at changing decades-old rules requiring utilities to buy power from certain renewable energy facilities, amid a simmering dispute between utilities including Tucson Electric Power Co. and some solar project developers. At least one regulator says Arizona stands to lose hundreds of millions of dollars worth of solar energy projects unless …

Documents confirm what Microsoft is building in Goodyear

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Microsoft Tech giant recently made its second land purchase of 147 acres in the area By Corina Vanek | Phoenix Business Journal Two sites Microsoft Corp. purchased in Goodyear will be developed into data centers. “As part of our plans to support the growing demand for cloud and internet services in Arizona and across the Western United States, …

Microsoft sites in metro Phoenix will be data centers

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Microsoft By Joshua Bowling | Arizona Republic Microsoft’s two new sites on the west side of metro Phoenix will be data centers. Months after city officials put Microsoft on the fast track to build in Goodyear, the city has released the facility’s site plan and a company spokesman confirmed the land will be used for data …

Suns in planning stages for practice facility and Talking Stick Resort Arena renovations

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents the Phoenix Suns By Duane Rankin | Arizona Republic All Josh Jackson has ever needed was a rim and ball to put “the work in” as he calls it. So he hadn’t really thought about how a new practice facility would benefit the Phoenix Suns when the city council approved a $230-million renovation proposal for Talking Stick …

Microsoft buys up more Phoenix-area land for $37 million

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Microsoft Microsoft spent $37 million on about 147 acres in Goodyear By Joshua Bowling | Arizona Republic Microsoft purchased another big chunk of land on metro Phoenix’s west side, this time for $37 million. The Washington-based tech giant bought about 147 acres of Goodyear land on the southeast corner of Indian School and Citrus roads near …

Billion-dollar bets on electric vehicles await payoff; regulators should not hamper growth of electric vehicles, says Court Rich, Rose Law Group Senior Partner

By Joann Muller | Axios If carmakers have any hope of making money on electric vehicles, they’ll need to re-think how they design and sell them, a new McKinsey study suggests. Why it matters: Automakers will pour $255 billion into EVs by 2023 but are resigned to losing money on them for the foreseeable future — an expected outcome of …