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In its 2018 session, the Arizona legislature modified Arizona’s judgment renewal statute. Effective August 3, 2018, any judgment that has not expired prior to that date will automatically be valid for 10 years from the [...]

For contractors, the significance of this case is the reaffirmance of an Arizona builder’s common law duty to construct a home as a reasonable builder would. A property owner named Teufel hired Carmel Homes Design Group [...]

Lawyers are like doctors: You usually don’t visit them unless there is a problem. Below are some of the top construction-related problems we encounter. Avoid these potentially costly mistakes and you will improve your [...]

Are employer-mandated class action waivers enforceable? The Supreme Court’s answer: “Yes.” After years of differing viewpoints opined by the National Labor Relations Board and various conflicting Circuit Court [...]

In Zumar Industries, Inc. v. Camus Corporation, the Arizona Court of Appeals was asked to determine whether Arizona’s Prompt Pay Act governing contractor and subcontractor payment disputes applied to federal projects. [...]

Now that subsequent purchasers can recover their attorney fees should they prevail, that may lead to an increase in subsequent purchasers joining in multi-plaintiff construction defect lawsuits. The Wunderlichs contracted [...]

The Arizona Supreme Court’s Sirrah decision is likely to bring a new volume of cases before arbitrators and change the dynamics of arbitrable construction defect cases. In early August, our Supreme Court upended a [...]

Frequently Asked Questions Following are some of the frequently asked questions we receive regarding estate planning, probate, estate and trust administration, and related post-death and post-incapacity issues in Arizona. [...]

While every adult should have an estate plan, the stakes are especially high if you find yourself in one or more of these circumstances. Many people have the audacity to die without an estate plan, without even a Will. In [...]

In the wake of an Arizona Supreme Court ruling, a liquidated damage clause may not stand up in court if it fails to reasonably estimate the parties’ construction-related damages at the commencement of the construction [...]