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Participants in construction loan transactions should be prepared for new title underwriting guidelines. If you are engaged in real estate development or construction, or in related financing transactions, you are probably [...]

The Arizona Court of Appeals rules that, while borrowers are not permitted to waive anti-deficiency protection, guarantors may do so. While there is relatively little legislative history on anti-deficiency protection, some [...]

Arizona landowners need to be wary of infringement upon their property to ensure that they do not lose their land through an adverse possession. This article was published in the February 2017 issue of the Scottsdale Airpark [...]

The civil rights action against the federal government alleges failure to provide basic elementary and secondary education to Native American children. On January 12, 2017, in conjunction with lawyers from three other law [...]

Arizona’s latest minimum wage increase, to $12.15 per hour, went into effect January 1, 2021. In the November 2016 election, Arizona voters approved Proposition 206 (the Fair Wages and Healthy Families Initiative), [...]

In a busy year for construction law decisions, a recap of 2016 case law and legislative actions. Reported Court Opinions Awarding of Attorney’s Fees. In City of Phoenix v. Glenayre Electronics, Inc., the City of Phoenix [...]

Six Sacks Tierney lawyers served as chapter authors for the Construction Law Practice Manual, 3rd Ed. 2016, published by the State Bar of Arizona. Purchase the Construction Law Practice Manual at the State Bar website. David [...]

The battle over the correct interpretation of Title VII as applied to claims based on or related to sexual orientation is likely just beginning. This article was published in the November 8, 2016, issue of the National Law [...]

Sacks Tierney partner David Tierney has been inducted into the Maricopa County Bar Association Hall of Fame. The induction of David and four other honorees was part of the MCBA’s 2016 annual meeting on October 27 at the [...]

On September 15, 2016, Sacks Tierney attorney Phoebe Moffatt presented “Community Property Issues in Arizona” to an audience of more than 50 attorneys at a CLE seminar hosted by National Bank of Arizona. In her [...]