Gianni Pattas was appointed to a three-year term with the State Bar’s Ethics Advisory Group. Gianni just completed his first one-year term with the Ethics Advisory Group and his new term will run from 2020-2023. The Ethics Advisory Group purpose is to provide assistance to the State Bar and its members in the resolution of …
Appellate practitioner Amy Sells was nominated by the Arizona Appellate Practice Section’s Executive Council, and elected by her peers, to serve as Member-at-Large for the 2020-2021 term.
How Arizona Legislation Promotes Autonomous Vehicle Development By J. Lawrence McCormley & Laura L. Wochner It’s becoming more and more common for Arizonans to see autonomous or “self-driving” vehicles on the roads today. The New York Times recently proclaimed that Arizona is “where self-driving cars go to learn.” One of the reasons that Arizona has …
If you own an interest in a partnership, or in a limited liability company that is taxed as a partnership, you should consider whether to update your partnership or operating agreement to deal with the new IRS audit rules under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA). Effective as of January 1, 2018, BBA replaced …
In Hamblen v. Hatch, 242 Ariz. 483 (2017), the Arizona Supreme Court gave further force to arbitration clauses by affirming the applicability of the “Separability Doctrine” even where a contract containing the arbitration provision has been rescinded. This case underscores the importance of consulting counsel regarding the scope and applicability of an arbitration clause to …