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Don't Be a Workoholic Are you the workaholic each of us knows? You know the one. Checking email from the time waking up to checking their phone when they are at lunch with you (rude, by the way) to checking it up until they go to sleep. Every social opportunity is really a networking opportunity with people they probably would not socialize with. Conversations rel...

In a typical residential sales transaction, the first formal document usually exchanged is an offer, usually by the buyer to the seller. The seller then either accepts or submits a counter-offer, and back and forth it goes until one side either accepts the other's counter-offer or calls off the negotiations. Upon the acceptance being communicated the two sides hav...

Question: Can I receive a corrective action plan from my employer without prior written or verbal warnings? Answer: Yes, an at-will employee in Arizona may be placed on a corrective action plan without any prior warnings. Arizona is an employment at will state, meaning that unless there is a written agreement stating that the employee may only be terminated for ...

Loss carry-forward is a frequently forgotten asset in divorces.  Whether the loss arises from the operation of a business (Net Operating Loss) or sale of stocks (capital loss), it is a valuable asset which may be used to offset either future income or capital gains. Currently, the Internal Revenue Code restricts claiming capital losses in excess of capital ga...

The length of a divorce proceeding in Maricopa County is dependent on several factors. The first factor is dependent on the spouses.  The increased conflict and animosity between spouses, along with attachment to certain outcomes create more controversy.  The more controversy or issues there are, the longer it takes to resolve the matter. The Court's cal...

PHOENIX, Ariz. (April. 13, 2016) – The law firm of Jaburg Wilk is pleased to announce that Micalann C. Pepe joined the firm's insurance law practice.  Ms. Pepe primarily practices in the areas of insurance coverage and bad-faith litigation. Her practice also includes commercial litigation, civil litigation, and white-collar criminal defense. She has a wide-...

[caption id="attachment_4584" align="aligncenter" width="174"] Protect your writings 1[/caption] PHOENIX, Ariz. (April 5, 2016)- Join Maria Crimi Speth, Intellectual Property attorney and author of Protect Your Writings for an informative presentation about the laws that affect writers and their creative work. Attendees will learn about the laws relating to writ...

Video Transcript: Hi, I'm Beth Cohn, an attorney here at Jaburg Wilk and I help people plan their estates. No matter where you are in your life, estate planning is essential. Estate planning includes wills, trusts, and powers of attorney. If you have just started your family and are at the beginning of your career, a will is critical. In the event of your untimely...

All real estate professionals and investors are familiar with the concept of the priority of liens.  As a general rule, when there are multiple liens recorded against a property, the one that is recorded first is "superior" to the one that is recorded later, which, in turn, is "subordinate" to the one that is recorded first.  This "ranking" of liens beco...

In Quihuis v. State Farm, --- Ariz. ---, 334 P.3d 719 (Ariz. Oct. 1, 2014),[1] the Arizona Supreme Court recently held that a stipulated fact in a Damron Agreement that is both an element of liability and essential to establishing coverage does not bind an insurer in subsequent coverage litigation. In so holding, the Supreme Court clarified that stipulated facts i...