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 attorneys 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), [...]

Six Sacks Tierney attorneys 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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Failure to preserve evidence in a legal action can carry harsh consequences and is particularly challenging in the construction context. Brian Flaherty was the chapter author of “Spoliation,” Arizona Construction [...]

A comprehensive look at insurance for contractors and subcontractors, from the perspectives of an experienced construction law attorney and an insurance professional. Brian Flaherty was a chapter co-author (with Chris Duncan, [...]

Companies that contract with other companies to provide workers may be tagged as “joint employers” liable for issues not of their own making. For employers dealing with worker relationships, federal and state employment [...]