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Being accused of academic misconduct is frightening and can potentially derail higher education schooling, leave a student with debt, and no college degree. There are steps that students may take that can improve their chances of surviving academic misconducts charges. Students Have Rights Each university and college have their own rules and policies to address a...

As an attorney, I don’t necessarily think of myself as creative or an artist. Despite this, I have to be creative during negotiations for clients or in coming up with legal arguments. No matter what type of business you work in or manage, being creative is a benefit. You can work like people have for years or try to be creative, think outside the box, and do ...

PHOENIX, Ariz. (02/3/2020) Two Jaburg Wilk partners were recently named to local leadership positions. Nate Meyer, an insurance coverage and bad faith litigation attorney, chair of the insurance law department, and shareholder at Jaburg Wilk, was recently selected as Vice-President of the Arizona Chapter of CLM – Claims Litigation and Management Allian...

The #Metoo movement has shed substantial light upon issues surrounding workplace sexual harassment, especially in the context of superiors harassing their subordinates. But what happens when employees are harassed at work by someone who is not a coworker or not even an employee? Many are surprised to learn that employers may be held liable for third-party sexual ha...

Lisa Paine and Hillary Gagnon Co-Presenters – Estate Planning Fundamentals II: Basic Estate Planning. This session includes an overview of estate planning documents, Arizona law, client communications and interactions, community property, funding and basic tax considerations. What: Maricopa County Bar Association Estate Planning Fundamentals Series Where: 303...

These days the world is divided and people are either with you or against you. This is bad in so many ways. On the news today I heard a reporter say that it is a negative that so many people live in their own “digital citadels of confirming information.” He, of course, was mainly referring to politics. I think it’s more than that. And it speaks to...

In late 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held Amazon liable as the seller of a third-party's dog collar that broke causing the retractable leash to recoil, hitting and blinding the purchaser in one eye. The court strained to find a remedy for the injured woman when the actual third-party seller of the leash had disappeared. In yet another insta...

As an employment law attorney, I am frequently asked to review or prepare employer handbooks. Some of the most common mistakes or omissions that I see can create real problems for Arizona employers. The following are the top ten mistakes that I see. 1. PST – Paid Sick Time One common mistake is combining Arizona paid sick time ("PST") with other paid time off (...

The first thing employees need to know is that not all harassment and discrimination is unlawful. Arizona is an at-will employment state, which means that an employee can legally be terminated (or harassed) for any reason or no reason, except a limited list of unlawful reasons. Federal discrimination laws require qualifying employers to take "prompt remedial actio...

PHOENIX, Ariz. (1/8/2020) – Micalann C. Pepe was recently elected to membership in the highly-selective Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel. Micalann is a partner in the insurance law department of Jaburg Wilk where she focuses her practice on bad faith litigation, insurance coverage, and civil litigation. In addition to be being a member of FDCC, Mica...