By David Wichner | Arizona Daily Star ucson Electric Power has proposed a new rate structure for those who install rooftop solar in the future that would cut credits for excess solar production.Tucson Electric Power Co. has proposed a new rate structure for future customers with rooftop solar that would cut credits for excess solar production and mandate time-of-use rates …
Builders turn to inventory homes to meet demand for affordable, quick deliveries
(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Fulton Homes) For Tempe–based Fulton Homes spec building has always been roughly one-third of its sales. By Kayla Devon | Builder Magazine Levitt & Sons pioneered the mass production of single-family homes in the wake of World War II and rode the resulting wave of speculative development for decades after. Then it went bust in …
Everything old is renewed again as architects renovate historic buildings
By Graham Bosch | Cronkite News (Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Peter Sperling in his effort to preserve Arcadia as a residential community.) Old buildings have a story to tell. The story of Federal Pizza on Central Avenue, a restaurant that opened five years ago in a 1950s building, began with a surprise. When the restaurant’s construction team started to …
‘Ransomware’ locks down prominent Providence law firm; Lauren Reynolds, a Rose Law Group litigator focusing on cybersecurity, says such ‘holdups’ becoming common
By Katie Mulvaney | Providence Journal An unknown person or group held a Providence law firm captive for months by encrypting its files and then demanding $25,000 in ransom paid in anonymous cyber currency to restore access, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court. Moses Afonso Ryan Ltd. is suing its insurer, Sentinel Insurance Co., for breach of …
[UPDATE] Change in municipal zoning law signed by Governor Ducey
Rose Law Group Reporter Legislation that would change how many adjacent neighbors it takes to oppose a zoning case to force what is called a “legal protest” at a city council passed the House 59-0 on Monday. Governor Ducey signed the bill and it will take effect in 91 days. The legislation changes the requirement of a three-fourths vote of a …
Random acts of kindness in memory of Holly Heap – Hugs from Holly Day
In memory of Holly Heap our office was treated to a random act of kindness on Hugs from Holly Day. “Besides my duties at Rose Law Group, I also work for the Arizona Cardinals. Recently, a former Cardinals player (and former Sun Devil), Todd Heap and his wife, Ashley, lost their daughter, Holly, in a tragic accident. Today would have been …
Kathryn Honecker, Rose Law Group Chair of Class Action Department, receives enthusiastic review as contributing author of ‘The Class Action Fairness Act: Law and Strategy’
From the American Bar Association book review of The Class Action Fairness Act: Law and Strategy By Charles S. Fax “Graphics are one of the best features of the book, effectively enhancing the material’s accessibility. Contributor Kathryn Honecker, [Co-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Litigation’s Consumer Litigation Committee, previously served as Co-Chair of the Class Actions & Derivative Suits Committee], has …
Real Estate Q & A: Buyer can terminate deed restriction
Adam D. Martinez, Esq. | Chairman of Real Estate Litigation Department Question: I am a developer and recently purchased four lots in a Phoenix neighborhood. Each lot is one acre. The original owner of the lots also owned a fifth adjacent lot that is currently owned by an individual who has lived in a home on her lot for decades. …
Why more couples are signing postnuptial agreements; can be 2-edged sword, says Kaine Fisher, Rose Law Group partner, director Family Law Dept.
It’s a prenup, with a few twists By Ben Steverman He cheats. She wants a divorce. He pleads for forgiveness. She’ll stay, for a price: If they ever do divorce, she wants the house, the car, and a hefty slice of their other assets. That kind of deal is possible with a postnuptial agreement, a legal contract between spouses who …