Business & Corporate
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15 Jaburg Wilk Attorneys Named to 2019 Best Lawyers® List
15 Jaburg Wilk Attorneys Named to 2019 Best Lawyers® List
PHOENIX, Ariz. (08/15/2018) – Jaburg Wilk is pleased to announce that 15 lawyers have been included in the 2019 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.
"Best Lawyers was founded in 1981 with the purpose of highlighting the extraordinary … Read More
Categories: Appellate, Business & Corporate, Construction, Employment, Estate Planning, Family Law, Healthcare, Intellectual Property, Internet and Technology, Real Estate, News Release
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Jaburg Wilk Partner Named To 2018 Influential Women List
Jaburg Wilk Partner Named To 2018 Influential Women List
PHOENIX, Ariz. (07/20/2018) – Phoenix law firm Jaburg Wilk partner, Stephanie Fierro,was recently named one of the top forty most influential women in Arizona for 2018 by Arizona Big Media. The most influential women are business leaders and selected for their professional excellence, innovation and community impact.
Stephanie assists her business clients with general … Read More
Categories: Business & Corporate, Estate Planning, News Release
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Jaburg Wilk Names Three New Partners
Jaburg Wilk Names Three New Partners
PHOENIX, Ariz. (07/01/2018) – Jaburg Wilk named three attorneys – Micalann C. Pepe, Jeffrey Silence and Michael Dvoren - as partners of the firm effective July 1, 2018.
Micalann Pepe is an insurance, litigation, and business law attorney and represents her insurer clients in insurance coverage disputes and bad faith litigation. She graduated from Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor … Read More
Categories: Business & Corporate, Employment, Insurance Litigation, Intellectual Property, Internet and Technology, News Release
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Departing Employee Obligations
Departing Employee Obligations
Employees who depart their employment do not always think about obligations they may continue to have to their former employer. Former employers do, however, and should never underestimate what a departing employee may or may not understand about such post-employment obligations. There are methods and procedures that can mitigate potential problems for both departing employee and former … Read More
Categories: Business & Corporate, Employment, Article
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Receiverships: Not Just for Lenders
Receiverships: Not Just for Lenders
A receivership is an invaluable tool for managing, accounting for, marshaling, and preserving assets of whatever nature or kind. Although most often utilized by lenders, a receiver can be beneficial in any number of situations, including business disputes, partner disputes, and divorce proceedings. The limits of a receivership are as broad or as narrow as the parties’ desire.
Receiverships are an equitable … Read More
Categories: Business & Corporate, Collections, Article
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Is Having an Office Romance A Good Idea?
Is Having an Office Romance A Good Idea?
You’re young, embarking on a career and very attracted to a co-worker who flirts with you at your new job. You’re sure the two of you were made for each other and, after all, you’re only human. So, you boost the courage to ask him or her out to lunch, happy hour, or even dinner. You get along great. It’s the best “first date” you’ve ever had. It feels like … Read More
Categories: Business & Corporate, Employment, Article
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Why it is Time for an Annual “Checkup” for Both You and Your Company
Why it is Time for an Annual “Checkup” for Both You and Your Company
Over the past few years many of you probably read my blog regarding having a checkup for you and your business. This does not involve the doctor, but it does involve all the other professionals in your personal and business life. Since that time, I decided to make this topic an annual tradition. This is based in part on the range of feedback I receive every year.
Some of you said “What a great idea. I am … Read More
Categories: Business & Corporate, Blog
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10 Steps to Take Now to Minimize Taxes under the New Tax Law
10 Steps to Take Now to Minimize Taxes under the New Tax Law
The overhaul of the Internal Revenue Code was passed by Congress on December 21, 2017 and signed into law by the President. Many changes become effective January 1, 2018. Although 2017 is almost over, the following are some actions to consider taking now to potentially save taxes.
Before the end of 2017 consider taking the following actions:
Pay 2017 state and local income taxes in 2017. … Read More
Categories: Business & Corporate, Estate Planning, Tax, Article
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Attorney Fee Shuffle- The Arizona Supreme Court has Imported the Fee Shifting Provision of A.R.S. § 12-341.01(A) Into Private, Mandatory Contractual Fee Provisions
Attorney Fee Shuffle- The Arizona Supreme Court has Imported the Fee Shifting Provision of A.R.S. § 12-341.01(A) Into Private, Mandatory Contractual Fee Provisions
Unlike many states, Arizona has long provided for the recovery of attorney fees, albeit on a discretionary basis, in contested contract disputes. See A.R.S. § 12-341.01(A). The Arizona legislature made clear, however, that the discretionary fee statute was not intended to displace contractual fee provisions of the sort commonly found in consumer and commercial contracts. Thus, § 12-341.01 … Read More
Categories: Business & Corporate, Article
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Is Your Website Accessible to Disabled Users? If Not, Courts Say You Could Be Violating the ADA
Is Your Website Accessible to Disabled Users? If Not, Courts Say You Could Be Violating the ADA
Yes, seriously. This is no longer a remote threat cautioned by overzealous lawyers. This is now a real threat that business owners should address now. If you own and/or operate a business, and the business has a website that markets its goods or services, you could be liable for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) if your website is not accessible to disabled users. That … Read More
Categories: Business & Corporate, Internet and Technology, Article