Rose Law Group Litigator, Sam Doncaster dissects the recent State Court of Appeals case restricting zoning variances

By Samuel Doncaster | Rose Law Group pc At a competitor’s request, the Arizona Court of Appeals reversed a Board of Adjustment decision permitting an owner to close a strip club and replace it with a retail business. The court did this based on a self-inflicted wound theory. It faulted a property owner for selecting the property for use as …

Rose Law Group Litigation and Cyber Law Attorney Sam Doncaster for ‘Record Reporter,’ Ninth Circuit poised to decide whether actors hold copyrightable interests in films

by Samuel Doncaster for December 22, 2014 Record Reporter 9th Circuit to decide whether actors hold copyright in their films On Dec. 15, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reconsidered en banc an actress’ claim that “Innocence of Muslims” — a controversial film that sparked riots in the Middle East after being posted to YouTube — infringed a copyrightable …

Rose Law Group litigation and Cyber-Attorney, Sam Doncaster for Record Reporter, Website Owners should post their Terms of Use prominently to ensure their Terms of Use are enforceable

Sept. 29 Record Reporter The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently declined to enforce an arbitration provision in a website’s terms of use on the grounds that the website owner had not obtained an adequate manifestation of the website user’s assent to the contract.1 The plaintiff, Kevin Khoa Nguyen, was a putative class representative who purchased two Hewlett–Packard Touchpads …

Rose Law Group Cyber Law & Litigation Attorney, Sam Doncaster, in Record Reporter, analysis of new Ct. of Appeals Internet publication rule

Court of Appeals applies publication rule to the Internet In Larue v. Brown, the Arizona Court of Appeals recently issued its first opinion applying Arizona’s statutory single publication rule, an adoption of the Uniform Single Publication Act, to Internet defamation.1 The court confirmed that the statute of limitations for online defamation begins when a defamatory article is first published and that …