State measures focus on Pinal County water, growth; Jordan Rose, founder and president of Rose Law Group, calls legislation ‘critically important’

  By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter Measures have been introduced at the Arizona Legislature focused on water supplies in Pinal County. Water policy is key to future growth and economic development in Pinal. Senate Bill 1274 has been introduced by Arizona Sen. T.J. Shope, R-Coolidge. The bill relates to water supplies in Pinal County, long-term water credits …

Shruti Gurudanti, Rose Law Group chair of corporate transactions, comments on recent changes to Families First Coronavirus Response Act

By U.S. Department of Labor WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) today announced additional guidance to provide information to workers and employers about protections and relief offered by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The FFCRA’s paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave requirements will expire on Dec. 31, 2020. …

televëda partnership with Duet helps Glendale grandma raise grandkids

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents televëda.) By Emma Wolff | Independent Newsmedia Glendale resident Barbara Covey is one of more than 60,000 grandparents in Arizona who are responsible for raising their grandchildren. Across the U.S., this number is estimated to be more than 2.6 million. Raising grandchildren is nothing short of life altering for grandparents who have stepped up to …

[PODCAST] The Rose Report: President Biden’s Immigration Reform

On this episode, hosts Madelaine Braggs, Dan Gauthier and Olen Lenets interview Rose Law Group Immigration Department Chair Darius Amiri on what immigration reform will look like under the Biden Administration.  We cover what’s new for DACA, what policy rollbacks will be the first to go, how the economy may impact the system and what influence may Vice President Kamala …

Jonathan Udell, attorney at Rose Law Group and AZ NORML communications director, talks dispensary licensing, ordinances

Click here to watch By Rose Law Group Reporter The monthly NORML Chapter meeting welcomed former prosecutor Julie Gunnigle and AJ Jacobs, a former law enforcement officer, to the board. Rose Law Group Cannabis Attorney and NORML Communications Director Jon Udell talked about licensing opportunities as well as some troubling local ordinances. “We could be, in just 10 days down the road, …

Power grab? Twin bills look to strip ACC of some authority; Court Rich, Rose Law Group co-founder and renewable energy department director, talks to ABC15

Court Rich, Rose Law Group co-founder and renewable energy department director comments to ABC 15 about the effort to strip the Arizona Corporation Commission of some authority. By Madelaine Braggs | Rose Law Group Reporter Arizona lawmakers are proposing two bills to limit the authority of the Arizona Corporation Commission. Rich and attorneys at Rose Law Group have worked closely with the …

Biden’s plan to offer legal status to 11 million immigrants gets thumbs up from Darius Amiri, chair of Rose Law Group immigration law department

By Cindy Carmaco, Andrea Castillo, Molly O’Toole | Los Angeles Times During his first days in office, President-elect Joe Biden plans to send a groundbreaking legislative package to Congress to address the long-elusive goal of immigration reform, including what’s certain to be a controversial centerpiece: a pathway to citizenship for an estimated 11 million immigrants who are in the country without …

The next round of PPP loans will soon be available; Shruti Gurudanti, Rose Law Group Chair of Corporate Transactions, highlights differences from last round

By Carmen Reinicke | CNBC Small businesses hit by the pandemic recently got some good news – the $900 billion relief act signed into law by President Donald Trump granted additional funding for the Paycheck Protection Program, a forgivable loan program established by the CARES Act. The $284 billion allocated gives those that weren’t approved for the first iteration another …

High hopes: Will Prop 207’s aspirations of empowering minority communities go up in smoke? Input from Adam Trenk, Rose Law Group partner and cannabis dept. director

By Chris Malloy | Phoenix New Times Magazine Prop. 207 promises to share the riches of recreational pot by opening up the rapidly consolidating industry to new, independent owners, primarily by awarding social-equity licenses to “communities disproportionally impacted” by Draconian pot laws – presumably, lower-income people and minorities. Adam Trenk, director of hemp, equine and cannabis law at Rose Law Group in Phoenix, says we won’t …

Customers angry after north Phoenix restaurant adding ‘Prop 208’ surcharge to bills

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Ann Siner of My Sister’s Closet and Judge John Buttrick in their litigation efforts against 208.) (Photo Source: Brad Duell) By Briana Whitney | AZFamily PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) – People are now saying they won’t be going to a north Phoenix restaurant anymore after they’ve started charging customers extra on their bill for “Prop 208.” …