Montgomery drops challenge to Arizona’s Medical Marijuana Act; Laura A. Bianchi, partner and director, Rose Law Group Cannabis Department applauds decision

By Arizona Daily Independent Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery has decided not to continue challenging the most recent ruling upholding Arizona’s Medical Marijuana Act, as the deadline of December 11 to seek review by the United States Supreme Court has passed. In 2016, the Arizona Court of Appeals found in favor of a Sun City medical marijuana dispensary, ruling that …

Weed on high? GOP lawmaker seeks to ban medical marijuana ads on billboards; Laura A. Bianchi, partner and director, Rose Law Group Cannabis Department, comments

By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services via Arizona Capitol Times The way Sen. David Farnsworth sees it, the decision by voters to legalize the sale of marijuana for medical uses does not mean they get to promote it. So the Mesa Republican has introduced legislation that would ban billboard advertising for the drug in places they’re most likely to …

Men feeling they are being shortchanged leads to shared parenting laws; Kaine Fisher, director Family Law Dept., comments

By Michael Alison Chandler | The Washington Post The every-other-weekend dad, born from two generations of soaring divorce rates, was once a conventional part of American culture. In recent years, more couples have been agreeing to parent after divorce as they did in marriage: collaboratively. Now lawmakers are accelerating this trend toward co-parenting, with legislatures in more than 20 states …

Legislatures waking up about ‘scary’ cyber crime; a word of caution for Internet users from Lauren Reynolds who practices cyberlaw

By Heide Brandes | Bridge Tower Media Newswires As the use of Internet technology continues to grow across the globe, so do the attempts to access devices through spam, invasive viruses, hacking and other criminal activities. In turn, federal and state laws are created to keep computers, personal information and sensitive data safe from computer crime. Nationwide, states are focusing …

Judge says loan scheme targeting concussed NFL players had interest rates as high as 50%; an ‘unfortunate’ situation, says Kathryn Honceker, chair of the Class Action Department

She voids repayment obligations By Ken Belson | The New York Times United States District Court Judge Anita Brody voided questionable loans to former N.F.L. players whose cognitive impairment may have inhibited their ability to understand the terms. Credit U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, via Associated Press. A group of former pro football players with cognitive impairment who took out …

San Tan subdivision would ‘love’ to be in Queen Creek

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Fulton Homes at Ironwood Crossing. By Jake Kincaid | San Tan Valley Sentinel Ironwood Crossing loves Queen Creek. At least that was the message annexation committee Co-chairs Beth Riley and Nancie Naylor and other Ironwood Crossing community members sent to the Queen Creek Town Council on Wednesday. Naylor and Riley have been working for months to …

Real estate agents continue Salvation Army bell-ringing tradition

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Those Callaways By Catherine Reagor | The Republic The real estate industry will be ringing bells and manning Salvation Army kettles in front of stores across the Valley on Wednesdays this month. Thousands of metro Phoenix real estate and title agents are expected to help bring in donations for the nonprofit as part of Real …

Real Estate Q & A: Is a dispensary lease valid even though illegal under federal law?

Adam D. Martinez | Chairman of Real Estate Litigation Department Question:  My company owns and operates a medical marijuana dispensary in Maricopa County. Prior to applying for a license to operate as s medical marijuana dispensary, we entered a commercial lease. At the time our landlord knew what our business was and we had a very good relationship. After we …

2 weeks for medical marijuana; ‘little comfort’ for patients, says Laura Bianchi, Rose Law Group partner and director of Cannabis Department

Federal marijuana protections safe for now with stopgap spending bill By Alex Pasquariello and Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff President Donald Trump signed a stop-gap spending bill Friday to avoid a government shutdown and keep the federal government running through Dec. 22. Protections for state medical marijuana programs known as the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment were also continued in the legislation to …

Union Park at Norterra master-planned community is underway

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Sunbelt Holdings in other projects. AZRE After more than two years of thoughtful planning and preparation by land owner USAA Real Estate of San Antonio and master developer Sunbelt Holdings of Scottsdale, north Phoenix’s new upscale master planned community at Norterra is under construction for its first phase of development. The 400-acre mixed use community …