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I also look at this as being true to yourself. I say this because many times when you are faced with a difficult decision, part of the difficultly is that you will be letting someone down who you care about. Some great examples are taking a job for more money and no opportunity versus less money and the opportunity for growth.  Or simply staying in a job ...

Anyone who has been involved in an Arizona family law case since 2013 knows that the notion of child “custody” is largely obsolete. At the end of 2012, the term “custody” was replaced with two legal concepts: legal decision-making and parenting time. Those two concepts are defined very differently.  Parenting time “means the schedule of time during whic...

On April 16, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in Erickson Productions, Inc. v. Kast. The Erickson decision teaches several important lessons. First, it reminds copyright owners of the importance of registering their works with the U.S. Copyright Office, especially following the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ...

Great photographs of your product are essential to a successful Amazon listing. Following certain basic rules is critical to keeping your listing from being shut down. In addition to satisfying the minimum requirements so Amazon permits your listing, there are legal requirements that can sneak up on you if you are not informed. The technical requirements for photo...

On a warm, sunny spring day my twin three-year-old grandkids wanted to go on a walk.  Between my warnings of “stop running” and “wait” there was a tremendous amount of joy.  They expressed wonder at rocks, stopped to sit on a big rock and then from their big rock perch hunted for small rocks that were, in a toddler’...

A “Dragnet Clause” in a Deed of Trust is a provision that states that the Deed of Trust secures any and all future debt owed by the borrower to the lender, in addition to whatever debt the Deed of Trust originally secured. The use of the terminology “dragnet” symbolizes that such a clause causes the Deed of Trust to “spread” like...

New legislation (SB 1304) is amending A.R.S. § 33-992.01 (governing “preliminary twenty-day notices”) to increase the “lien reach” of Arizona 20-day Preliminary Notices to 30% (up from the 20% we’ve known for decades). This change applies to construction projects where lienable activities (such as labor, materials, professional services, equipment/mac...

PHOENIX, Ariz. (5/10/2019) – The law firm of Jaburg Wilk was pleased to be the title sponsor of Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center’s 2019 community breakfast where nearly 1,500 guests learned about SARRC’s accomplishments and their future strategic plan. Founded more than 20 years ago, SARRC is an internationally recognized nonprofit organizat...

The Holding In Anderson v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., 917 F.3d 1126 (9th Cir. 2019) (Wash.), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the thirty-day removal deadline under 28 U.S.C. § 1446(b)(1) does not commence upon service of a complaint on an insurer’s “statutorily designated agent”; rather, it commences whe...

PHOENIX, Ariz. (05/10/2019) Micalann C. Pepe has been named to the Board of Directors of Gabriel’s Angels.   Pepe, an insurance law and business attorney and partner at Jaburg Wilk, said “Gabriel’s Angels is a great fit.  I wanted to work with a non-profit that made a difference in the lives of at-risk children. Being able to see the positive work that...