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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 [...]

Employers must be cautious about post-accident drug testing, to avoid potential OSHA sanctions for retaliating against employees who report accidents. A new rule issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration [...]

In recent years, Arizona courts have decided a number of cases involving equitable subrogation, not all of which can be easily reconciled. The idea is that when a lender makes a loan that takes out an existing loan on a piece [...]

An update on recent developments in Arizona case law related to ADR, particularly arbitration and mediation. 1. Introduction The purpose of this article is to briefly bring you up to date on recent developments in Arizona [...]

Class Action: In Garza v. Gama, the Arizona Court of Appeals found that Arizona’s implied covenant applied to the compensation arrangements between a trucking company and 80,000 drivers, even though not all of the drivers [...]

The Ninth Circuit joins the Seventh Circuit and NLRB, determining that class action waivers violate the National Labor Relations Act and are therefore unenforceable. This article was published in the August 23, 2016, issue of [...]

The DOL’s new rule is currently blocked while the DOL, employers, attorneys representing management, and labor consultants remain in a state of limbo. This article was published in the July 12, 2016, issue of Law360. [...]

Court of Appeals upholds an NLRB decision holding that class and collection action waivers in arbitration agreements are unlawful and unenforceable. This article was published in the May 26, 2016, issue of the National Law [...]

A federal court ruling comes on the heels of the NLRB’s decision to decline jurisdiction in a case brought by college athletes seeking the right to organize and join labor unions. The month of March is synonymous with [...]