Arizona

KPMG Becomes The First Member Of The Big Four To Open US Law Firm

Wave goodbye to Biglaw, and say hello to Big Four Law!

Arizona Offers Alternate Path To Practice After Almost Passing Bar

Practice has many doors, Ed boys.

Law That Predates Women’s Right To Vote Criminalizes Abortion

See, if you don't think women are people...

Safety First! New Arizona Law Gives Motorists Room To Get Ahead

Motorists moving to the front of the queue should still remain cautious of blue shells.

Morning Docket: 09.20.22

* Too big to talk? Goofy litigation over corporate free speech rights is likely heading straight to the Supreme Court. [Wa Po] * Arizona judge soon to decide if abortion laws go back to 1901. [CNN] * Pork is on hold in Mass. pending litigation. L&T sandwiches just don't taste the same. [WWLP] * Hey 1Ls, if you wanted a quick primer on statutory hermeneutics, look no further than abortion laws! [The Atlantic]

Morning Docket: 09.12.22

* Georgia Deputy Police Chief gets caught up in a sex trafficking ring. You'd think there would be better background checks for the people whose literal only job is to prevent crap like this. [NY Post] * Looks like Florida's child safety laws should be concerned with more than keeping books out of children's hands. [NBC] * Keep speech alive! Judge prevents Arizona from punishing citizens for recording the police. [AP] * Guess whose back? Back again? Polio. Thanks to everyone whose been adamantly fighting vaccine mandates! [The Guardian]

Morning Docket: 07.06.22

* A New Orleans court will be hearing arguments about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). [Fox] * Arizona really doesn't like mail-in voting, and the DOJ doesn't like how they're going about it. [LA Times] * Here's a state-by-state update on how Dobbs is impacting the right to choose. [Politico] * Hate asking employers how much they plan on paying you to do your job? Live in California? Well, you're in luck! [Bloomberg Law]

Arizona Looks To Protect Cops From That Pesky First Amendment

Because the problem with the killing of George Floyd was that someone was allowed to film it.

Morning Docket: 01.31.22

* GULC's Black Law Student Association wants Ilya Shapiro's teaching contract revoked. My only question is, how do you get fired on your day off? [Newsone] * Swiper, No Swiping! Jersey has new heavy penalties for porch thieves. [UPI] * Another gun rights case could be headed to the Supreme Court soon if these 25 states get their way. [The Center Square] * Is recording officer arrests speech? The legality of a law meant to prevent interference with Miami officer's arrests may be unconstitutional. [Miami Herald] * An Arizona senator wants to make the state more crypto-friendly by recognizing Bitcoin as legal tender. I'll give it two weeks before an employee who makes $1500 a week sues for receiving a paycheck below the federal minimum wage because  the crypto-market tanks after a spicy Elon tweet. [CryptoPotato]

Morning Docket: 01.26.22

* Making man a better friend: a recent Texas law aims to protect dogs left out in the cold. And the hot. [Fox] * Transparency each day keeps the bankruptcy away: a new bill will prevent surprise charges on medical bills. [Kare11] * Connecticut's Supreme Court recently ruled that women only gyms break discrimination laws. The jury is out if it is okay for the women that would have attended the women's only gym to yell "You lift like a girl!" at men doing deadlifts at Planet Fitness. [AP] * Arizona makes $1.2b in revenue from its first year of legal weed sales. That's a lot of iced tea! [NY Post] * Soon, it may be legal to make homemade hard liquor in this state. West Virginia...Bootleg mama... [WBOY]

Morning Docket: 12.29.21

* A working-from-home benefit is that you can keep an eye on your young ones. Better than having Alexa doing the babysitting. [Business Insider] * Louisiana doctors will be prescribing flower come Jan 1. Gotta get greens in your diet somehow. [KALB] * Keeping tabs on liberty can be difficult. Here’s a summary of voting rights and voting wrongs that will color 2022. [NYT] * In New Jersey, a mom’s sentence for killing her son was overturned after judges ruled the jury had no idea what the hell they were doing. [NBC] * Arizona legal paraprofessionals are on the way to do good work at more affordable rates. Talk about raising the bar. [Santa Fe New Mexican]

Morning Docket: 10.21.21

* The struggling democracy with nukes still can't pull it together enough to even talk about a new voting rights bill. [ABC News] * Montana's AG wants abortion law in place that may violate the state's constitution. See what you've started, Texas? [U.S. News] * NYPD police union threatens to sue if officers are required to get vaccinated. Can Pfizer just come up with a donut version of the vaccine? I feel like that could do the trick. [Fox News] * Lawsuit claims that Oklahoma's anti-CRT laws violate the 1st and 14th amendments. Interesting argument, I wonder if anyone has made it before. [NBC News] * Change in Arizona law aims to reduce the frequency of street racing. Bold move — it will likely rule the state out as a place to record Fast & Furious 37: Road Runner's Requiem. [ABC 15]

Who Knew?

Come next year in California and Arizona, voir dire might either be a whole lot shorter, as attorneys accept jury panels much more quickly, or a whole lot longer as attorneys scramble to find bases to challenge jurors for cause.

Morning Docket: 06.14.21

* Six Flags has settled a lawsuit for $36 million involving the use of fingerprint scanners at a park . What would the old guy in its commercials think? [USA Today] * A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by employees of a Houston hospital who protested their employer's policy that workers need to be vaccinated against COVID-19. [NBC News] * A Connecticut lawyer is under police investigation after a shooting occurred outside his office. [ABA Journal] * Check out this article on an Arizona lawyer who is performing name changes for trans individuals pro bono during Pride Month. [Arizona Republic] * A cryptocurrency company has hired new counsel. Wonder if she is getting paid in crypto... [Crypto Briefing]

Judge Orders Plaintiff To Pay Attorneys Fees In Arizona Election Case — This Is Why You Don’t File Loser Lawsuits

Harsh -- but deserved-- benchslap follows.