DCS: Phoenix woman who used hemp oil on son will get foster-care license; Kaine Fisher, director Family Law Dept., comments

By Ray Stern | Phoenix New Times Arizona Department of Child Safety officials will revise a newly updated policy banning foster-care licenses for people who possess hemp oil following a parent’s plea for change. The change won’t affect the DCS’ ongoing discrimination of state-authorized medical-cannabis consumers in the foster-care program. But it will likely make a difference for Phoenix lawyer …

Unlike most industries, drone makers and operators clamor for federal regulation; current regs insufficient, says Lauren Reynolds, Rose Law Group cybersecurity attorney

Leaders seek approval for broader commercial applications, so they buck the trend toward looser government oversight By Andy Pasztor Despite White House directives rolling back regulations affecting most industries, drone proponents are clamoring for more federal rules as the way to open up the skies for unmanned aircraft. The counterintuitive stance stems from the fact that until roughly a year ago, …

Resident’s suit against City, Apex thrown out for lack of ‘standing’

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Apex Motor Club By Mason Callejas | InMaricopa A Pinal County judge ruled Wednesday against the plaintiff in the last of two cases filed against the city and a company planning to construct a private racetrack in Maricopa. Judge Robert Olson of the Pinal County Superior Court handed down the judgement, ruling against Rancho El Dorado resident …

Supreme Court denies appeal in Apex lawsuit

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Apex Motor Club By Kevin Reagan | Pinal Central PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court has denied a request to review a petition filed by plaintiffs in a lawsuit against developers of a private motorsports park in Maricopa. A political action committee, known as Maricopa Citizens Protecting Taxpayers, appealed to the Supreme Court after the …

HOAs foreclosing on hundreds of Phoenix-area homeowners for as little as $1,200; Rose Law Group Partner and Transactional Dept. Director, Cameron Carter, comments on the Republic investigation

By Jessica Boehm and Catherine Reagor | The Republic Homeowners associations, the enforcers of neighborhood paint colors, holiday decorations and trash bins, are leading the latest surge in Phoenix-area foreclosures. HOAs are foreclosing on a record number of homeowners for as little as $1,200 in missed maintenance payments, according to an Arizona Republic investigation. And homeowners who thought only their mortgage lender could …

Bolick v. Woods

Arizona Progress & Gazette They are two of the biggest names in the Arizona legal world. Former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods and Arizona Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick.  Earlier this week Father Bolick likely would have been proud as his son, Evan Bolick, sparred with Woods.  It was in Pinal County Superior Court over a profoundly dishonest effort by …

AzMERIT does Not Merit A Panicked Response

By Evan Bolick, Rose Law Group litigation and education law attorney Today, the State publicly released the results of Arizona schools’ AzMERIT test scores and the results were… uninspiring. And soon to follow, will be mandatorily required grades (on an A-F scale) for every charter school and school district that will be predicated in large part on the results of …

City lawyers allege resident was paid to file suit over Apex; Rose Law Group litigation attorney Evan Bolick says owner of signature-gathering company ‘enlisted’ by plaintiffs

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Apex Motor Club By Mason Callejas | InMaricopa Players in a high-profile case against the City of Maricopa presented arguments Monday in a Pinal County courtroom, during which it was alleged by the defense that the plaintiff was paid to file the complaint. The suit, filed by attorneys Grant Woods and Michael Riikola on behalf …