On Monday April 6, 2020, Governor Ducey issued Executive Order 2020-21, granting a welcome reprieve to small businesses facing eviction during the COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Ducey’s order requires courts suspend commercial evictions for small businesses, unless the court determines that… Read More
On Wednesday March 11, Arizona beat Washington in the first round of the Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Tournament and all seemed right in the world. Within 24 hours, everything changed. Not only has every sports league suspended operations to help slow… Read More
Imagine that you are a business owner and your children are not interested in the business you have built but you have a long-time trusted employee to whom who you have always planned to sell the business but you never… Read More
The Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued preliminary guidance to employers on the recently passed Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”). The FFCRA brings emergency paid sick leave (“EPSL”) and expanded Family and Medical Leave Act leave (“EFMLA”) to employees for… Read More
COMMUNICATE - COOPERATE - BE HONEST ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW - COMPLY WITH CDC GUIDELINES The conflict between contract expectations that “contracts must be honored” but “provided conditions unchanged” collide in “Force Majeure.” The general rule is that delay in… Read More
It is without a doubt that sickness slows down the events in each person’s life, sometimes leading to death. And during the time of the “Black Plague”, the Danse Macbre showed how death was personified summoning persons from all social… Read More
On March 24, 2020, the Governor issued an Executive Order effective at least until July 23, 2020 preventing law enforcement officers and constables from enforcing eviction orders on residential property unless there is a showing to the Court that in… Read More
With concerns about the novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) mounting, many local governments have taken action to prevent the spread of the virus, including disaster measures directing the temporary closure of certain businesses that pose a high risk of community… Read More
By Executive Order, Arizona expanded eligibility for unemployment benefits to individuals whose employment is affected by COVID-19 and forbid the adjustment of employers’ contribution rates based on benefits paid under the Executive Order. The Executive Order waives certain requirements for… Read More
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “Act”) became law on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. In addition to mandating free testing for COVID-19, appropriating money to shore-up programs providing food to low income Americans and appropriating money to stabilize the… Read More