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Arizona voters approved Proposition 139 on Nov. 5, 2024. The measure codified abortion rights through fetal viability in the state constitution.

Travel time after Dobbs spiked in states that curbed abortion access, with Arizona seeing surge from Texas

In 14 states that made abortion all but impossible to obtain after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, women seeking to end a pregnancy had to drive four times further on average – 11.3 hours, up from 2.8 hours.


Friday, July 18, 2025

12 firms vie for lead counsel in Iovance stock drop lawsuit

Twelve firms are battling to be appointed lead counsel in a putative securities class action accusing Iovance Biotherapeutics of causing its stock price to drop 44% in a single day by misrepresenting the anticipated demand for one of its cancer treatments.

Friday, July 18, 2025

PAX launches premium app-based rideshare service in Phoenix Metro Area

A new rideshare option is now available in the Phoenix metro area. PAX, the state’s first premium app-based service offering a private driver experience, has launched with a focus on consistency and rider control.

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

ASU expands hospitality partnership with aramark across campuses and athletics

Arizona State University is expanding its long-term partnership with Aramark to include a broader range of hospitality services beyond collegiate dining.


Friday, July 18, 2025

Can you force a house sale when a relationship ends?

The home’s value has appreciated significantly, but our relationship has depreciated significantly. I want to sell the home and move on with my life, but he doesn’t! What can I do?

Friday, July 18, 2025

Phoenix Industrial CRE Market Update – 2nd Qtr. 2025

Despite Phoenix industrial construction activity continuing to slow down in 2025, 11.9M SF remain in the pipeline.

Friday, July 11, 2025

Kidder Mathews brokers sale of two farm properties in Coolidge, AZ totaling $4.3 million

Kidder Mathews announces the successful sale of two development-ready farm properties in Coolidge, Arizona, totaling $4.3 million. Both transactions were brokered by Kidder Mathews brokers Brian Rosella and Joseph Calistri, who represented the seller, MLC Farms, LLC.


Friday, July 18, 2025

Secretary Rollins terminates COVID-era program

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced the termination of the Regional Food Business Centers (RFBC) program.

Friday, July 18, 2025

Lawsuit targets appraisers over fake Monet painting stolen after fire

A Los Angeles lawsuit against art appraisers who misidentified a painting as an original Claude Monet valued at $3 million is the first of its kind in the state, according to the plaintiffs’ counsel.

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Ruling tests Supreme Court limits on nationwide injunctions after CASA decision

When the U.S. Supreme Court limited the ability of district court judges to issue nationwide injunctions against presidential policies and executive orders on June 27, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. concurred in the opinion but warned it might not have much practical effect.


Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Governor signs correctional oversight office into law, but leaves it unfunded and nonfunctional

Governor Katie Hobbs is creating the illusion of oversight without real action by signing legislation Wednesday establishing Arizona’s new Independent Correctional Oversight Office, yet she is refusing to allocate a single dollar to make the office operational.

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Senator Bolick cracks down on animal cruelty in Arizona,
legislation advances to the governor

Senate Republicans are championing efforts to protect the health and well-being of the state’s furry, four-legged friends with final passage broadening the conditions under which animal cruelty can be charged.

Friday, June 20, 2025

Hobbs rejects transparency, accountability of arizona’s prison system

Governor Katie Hobbs is working to dismantle bipartisan legislation aiming to create oversight, accountability, and transparency of the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry system in the wake of recent inmate murders and other atrocities occurring in state prisons.


Friday, July 11, 2025

Gerald L. Salzman, 1939 – 2025

Gerald L. Salzman, the longtime president, CEO, CFO, treasurer and director of the Daily Journal Corporation, died July 1. He was 86.

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Trump nominates Jones Day partner Eric Tung to 9th Circuit

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday afternoon that he plans to nominate Jones Day partner Eric C. Tung, a former clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and Neil M. Gorsuch, to a vacant seat on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Phone Ninjas Names Nicole Marcellino as official brand ambassador

Phone Ninjas, the automotive industry’s leader in dealership-specific coaching and training, proudly announces the appointment of Nicole Marcellino as its official Brand Ambassador.


Friday, July 18, 2025

Federal voucher plan in Trump megabill is big win for school choice, but critics see costly handout and threat to public education

No, China doesn’t own vast swaths of Arizona near the Yuma Proving Ground despite map shown by Trump aides

SCALE Roadshow heads to Buckeye, AZ to Empower west valley entrepreneurs

ADEQ announces $1 million recycling grant program for FY2026

USDA launches new food safety plan, opens midwestern laboratory

Monday, July 14, 2025

Senate Health & Human Services Committee announces
special hearing on Medicaid fraud in Arizona

A mother’s plea: The urgent need for productive conversations about gun violence

Friday, July 11, 2025

Trump Administration announces expedited congressionally mandated disaster assistance for farmers

Summer support for APS customers

International pricing puts people with chronic diseases at risk

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Trump megabill’s immigration provisions could add $1 trillion to federal debt

Monday, July 7, 2025

Senate version of GOP megabill would revive fund for uranium workers

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Big Auto accident attorneys gives away $20,000 worth of free Uber rides this fourth of July

Arizona highways: Numbers of wrong-way drivers and crashes decrease

NFPA warns of electrical hazards in water ahead of July 4 holiday

Democrats should dismantle this “legal” drug cartel

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

With his new prescription drug order, Trump fixes what Biden broke

Monday, June 23, 2025

Cardinals to host inaugural mental health awareness game

Color Me Mine opens new studio at Arizona Boardwalk in Scottsdale

Stay cool this summer with free concerts at Chandler Center for the Arts

Rekindling the fire: Native ‘Wiping of Tears’ ceremony in Phoenix sparks collective healing

Rekindling the fire: Native ‘Wiping of Tears’ ceremony in Phoenix sparks collective healing

NFL, NBA, and MLB stars hit the court for charity at the “Pickle for Good” pickleball tournament

Friday, June 20, 2025

ICE arrests at Los Angeles churches stoke fear in Arizona that migrant raids at houses of worship are ramping up

After Trump administration cuts foreign aid, Panama grapples with the global impacts on its most vulnerable

Arizona’s military museums preserve history, drive tourism

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Arizona Senate Republicans condemn assassination, political violence in Minnesota

Boxing legend Mike Tyson teams up with Arizona leaders, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley to champion youth fitness

The Salvation Army to open 11 heat relief stations for the valley’s first extreme heat warning of 2025

US dietary guidelines have made us ill -- let’s change them already

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Fourth Maricopa County Poultry Facility Confirms Avian Influenza Case

Safety remains a priority for Arizona public universities

Monday, June 9, 2025

Attorneys find Girardi’s sentence brings closure, perhaps not accountability

Thriving and vibing: Esports flourish five years after pandemic, but industry still faces unique challenges

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Secretary Rollins leads trade delegation to Italy

Don’t stack the deck against small inventors

Let them eat scorpions: The legal and moral problems with gamifying citizenship

Monday, June 2, 2025

Should federal judges be held accountable for misconduct at home?

What’s a fair price for a drug that’s never developed?

Friday, May 30, 2025

Under Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill,’ Arizona could recoup $196M

June is PTSD awareness month

“Most Favored Nation” pricing doesn’t actually put America first

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Avian Influenza Detection

Secretary Rollins applauds President Trump’s leadership to Make America Healthy Again

Genrose Insurance and Make-A-Wish® Arizona receive $10,000 through Liberty Mutual® and Safeco Insurance® 2025 Make More Happen™ Awards

Friday, May 23, 2025

Redefining workspaces: Law firms’ success in hybrid work environments

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

2 agriculture-to-urban programs explore conserving groundwater in Arizona by retiring farmland

Military mom turns personal loss into mission to help Arizona service members

America cannot rewrite birthright

Monday, May 19, 2025

Photo by Owen Alfonso/Cronkite Borderlands Project

Friday, May 16, 2025

Arizona Housing Coalition announces 2025 annual award recipients

AFC commends progress on Federal School Choice, looks forward to further steps

ASBA launches statewide SCALE program to empower Arizona entrepreneurs

The next cancer breakthrough? Some lawmakers want to ban it.

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Secretary Rollins leads trade delegation to United Kingdom

Arizona agencies call for volunteers during National Foster Care Month

NIL in high school? Arizona’s next-gen athletes balance books and brands in a new era of sports

Next steps remain unclear for deported migrants in Panama City

Monday, May 12, 2025

What is an IRA? Everything you need to know

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Army control of U.S.-Mexico border buffer zone may funnel migrants to
62-mile stretch of tribal land in Arizona

Secretary Rollins applauds EPA’s decision to allow summer sale of E-15 nationwide

Agriculture Secretary Rollins enforces border policies, secures aid for farmers in first 100 days

National fallen firefighters memorial weekend will honor and remember 140 firefighters

The Source

Monday, April 28, 2025

Being tough on crime includes addressing child abuse

Congress can fix America’s broken patent system with this one reform

America can’t afford to play favorites in the quest for energy independence

Friday, April 25, 2025

Arizona’s Apache Generating Station is one of 66 coal plants to get EPA exemption from Biden-era toxic air pollution caps

USDA reasserts SNAP work requirements, limits waiver use

APS proposes one-time bill credit on may 2025 bills

Grocery chain celebrates the 10th anniversary of its popular donut contest with a “Blast from the Past” theme that revisits previous contest themes

AZHCC to host 71st Annual Black & White Ball honoring business leaders

High suicide rates in ‘tough guy’ construction trade prompt industry to start talking

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Do the El Salvador deportations leave due process in the dust?

‘A war of truth vs. lies’: Abe family lived consequences of Alien Enemies Act – now they’re watching it again

Protecting the bald eagle: Arizona Game and Fish climbs cliffs to count, band and measure spring hatchlings

Trump has left Strategic Petroleum Reserve nearly half-empty, despite dip in oil prices

Friday, April 18, 2025

Is Arizona’s lack of measles cases a fluke, given its low vaccination rate?

$5M Gift to Fund Scholarships for Students at New ASU Medical School

Trucks with uranium cross Navajo Nation, reviving long-standing fears

‘We should not write unlimited checks’: Mayor Kate Gallego criticizes bill to reallocate taxes to Chase Field renovations

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Federal funding cut halts Arizona public health projects

FEMA updates flood maps in Cochise County

Sedona named among USA Today’s “10 Best Small Towns in the West”

Monday, April 14, 2025

Arizona museums, libraries could lose $3.8M in grants from federal cuts

ASU Powwow bridges generations amid threats of Indigenous cultural erasure

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

NOAA cuts could hamper forecasts, raising extreme weather risks

New Phoenix mural raises HIV/AIDS awareness

Deportation by executive fiat: Trump’s dangerous overreach of power

Monday, April 7, 2025

Arizona battles rising wildfire threat as state grows hotter, drier

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Arizona Tribal Gaming Contributions Reach $30.8 Million in Q3

Eviction only allowed after five business days

College athletes push for more conversations about mental health, but are coaches listening?

Monday, March 24, 2025

Behind the scenes: Arizona Diamondbacks preview Chase Field upgrades, new food items for 2025 season

3 UBS advisors in Arizona recognized on Forbes Best-In-State List

Friday, March 21, 2025

Uncertainty looms for those who depend on Medicaid in Arizona

Goodyear, Glendale to hold all-mail election on May 20, 2025

LPGA Ford Championship set to celebrate golf, community and culture in Gila River Indian Community

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Trump justifies trade war with Canada by citing fentanyl smuggling – but nearly all comes from Mexico

Monday, March 17, 2025

Why are we letting a California union push Arizona jobs out the door? It's time to take back our ballot.

Friday, March 14, 2025

Arizona's public health feels the weight of federal orders

IRS highlights free tax filing options for 2025

Arizona Senate Committee seeks federal assistance on fire insurance crisis

Federal science grants worth $812M could be caught in Trump's DEI dragnet at Arizona universities, including research on wildfires

Taxpayers urged to claim over $1 billion in refunds before april 15 deadline

Friday, March 7, 2025

Mayors push for local control over short-term rentals in northern Arizona

Change Labs offers Navajo entrepreneurs tools for business success

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Trump's upcoming address to Congress: Arizona Democrats denounce 'havoc' and Republicans aren't sure what to expect

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

E pluribus unum

CLE Calendar
July 24
A Momentous Term in the Supreme Court - Constitutional scholar, Dean Erwin Chemerinsky will review the U.S. Supreme Court decisions over the preceding year, including a focus on those decisions most likely to impact Arizona attorneys. Participants will embark on an exciting and informative journey through the current state of Court decisions.

August 12
State Bar of Arizona Course on Professionalism (Virtual Course)- 08/12/25 - This seminar is full. Our next available course is October 14th. You can register here: https://azbar.ce21.com/item/state-bar-arizona-professionalism-virtual-101425-686215 or email Sulema.Bucio@staff.azbar.org to be added to the August wait-list.

This is a highly interactive course. Please register for a session where outside distractions will not preclude your full participation throughout the entirety of the course.

This course explores professionalism principles and analyzes a series of professionalism hypotheticals pertinent to a lawyer’s relationship with clients, judges, and other attorneys. The bulk of the seminar is presented in interactive breakout groups. New admittees to the State Bar of Arizona must complete this course within one year of being admitted to the Bar. Space is limited for each session.

In a profession that was designed to be adversarial in nature, it’s only natural that conflicts with our colleagues, the judiciary and our clients may arise. How we resolve these conflicts reflects upon the profession as a whole.
This course is designed to help restore civility and elevate the standards by which we treat all those with whom we come in contact.

The mandatory course, for all newly admitted Arizona members, satisfies the requirement under Rule 34(n), Ariz. R. Sup. Ct.