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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

CORPORATE COUNSEL

Old Models, New Practices
Splunk GC Scott Morgan says the Wild West mentality of the technology sector presents a challenge to thoughtful attorneys to provide calibrated advice.

Small Businesses

What started as an unwanted Christmas gift led to an untapped passion for Dre Brown, but the Scottsdale barber couldn’t see past the gift-wrapped box on that December morning.

judges

California’s new Democratic senator, Laphonza Butler, will take over for the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee, making it possible for confirmations of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees to move forward.
News
Citibank seeks arbitration in Armenian credit bias lawsuit
A lawyer for Citibank urged a federal judge in Los Angeles to pause a lawsuit claiming credit discrimination against Armenians on the grounds that the matter must be arbitrated under the bank’s written terms and conditions.
Biden administration tries to thread needle in anti-camping case
The Biden administration has weighed in with the U.S. Supreme Court on whether an Oregon city’s anti-camping ordinance violates the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment, asking justices to remand the case back to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
With traffic fatalities on the rise, Phoenix looks for safety solutions
Traffic safety continues to be a complicated issue in Arizona. With streets full of cars, it can be difficult for pedestrians and cyclists to navigate safely.
On The Move
Hires and promotions in the Phoenix area
Biden-Harris administration announces major milestone to protect short-term stability of Colorado River Basin
The Biden-Harris administration today announced a significant milestone in its efforts to protect the stability and sustainability of the Colorado River System and strengthen water security in the West.
Book updates
Over the past couple of months, hundreds of you have written to me because you’ve had trouble getting my book called “Social Security: Simple and Smart” from Amazon. And other times, the problem was that you wanted to get the 2024 edition of the book and you were sent a prior edition.
At the intersection of technology and biology
As we emerge from the pandemic, Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have become part of the vernacular, part of everyday discussion, a source of hope, and a source of concern. In the realm of public discourse, AI/ML is often discussed from the perspective of internet searching, social media applications, and the like. In the legal industry, it is often discussed as a tool for legal efficiency.

GUEST COLUMNS

A holiday present for all of us… no more Confederate names of military bases
On Oct. 7, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin ordered implementation of the findings of the Naming Commission, established by Congress last year. Austin’s order will be held up by a 90-day waiting period, and the renaming process should be in place by 2024 at the latest.
Voting rights litigation may become a contradiction in terms
The scope and strength of the Voting Rights Act, 52 U.S.C. § 10101, et seq., is again at issue this Supreme Court term.
Courtroom displays of bias assault the Justice System
Once a wealthy, manicured business scion, the defendant sits slumped and disheveled on her wheelchair.
Guest Column
Privately enforceable rights under spending clause on Supreme Court docket

On November 8, when it hears oral argument for Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County, et al., v. Talevski, 6 F.4th 713 (7th Cir. 2021), review granted (May 2, 2022), the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether: (1) it should reexamine its holding that the spending clause may allow for privately enforceable rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Section 1983”); and (2) assuming it does, whether the Federal Nursing Home Amendments Act of 1987 (FNHRA) provisions on transfer of residents and medication warrant such private enforcement.
Guest Column
Platform immunity in the crosshairs

“Section 230 should be revoked, immediately should be revoked, number one. For Zuckerberg and other platforms.” Transcript of Dec. 16, 2019, editorial board interview of presidential candidate Joe Biden, The New York Times, Jan. 17, 2020.