PHOENX (3TV / CBS 5) – The former senior attorney charged with prosecuting street gang charges against a group of protesters in Phoenix has filed a lawsuit against the Maricopa County and Allister Adel prosecutors, demanding $ 10 million for libel and false light. According to the complaint, April Sponsel, who is on administrative leave … Read more
The Arizona Supreme Court has banned all attorneys working in the attorney general’s office in Tucson from investigating a new trial in a 21-year-old homicide case. In a unanimous decision on Monday, the judges said there was reason to believe that Darren Irving Goldin could not get a fair trial because one of the lawyers … Read more
An exciting time has come in Arizona’s cannabis industry! The Arizona Department of Health (the “Department”) (1) published definitive interim rules for recreational licensees and (2) issued new recreational licenses. As Kyle Jaeger of Marijuana Moment noted, this is the quickest transition from voter approval to sales enforcement by a state that has legalized marijuana … Read more
However, Wilenchik said the law required audits to be conducted in 2% of the constituencies. However, Maricopa County uses polling centers, so the test was 2% completed. Hannah ruled that when the lawmakers allowed counties to set up polling centers, the Secretary of State was empowered to allow exams using this method through the Official … Read more
The opposition is a crucial setback for Ward, who hoped for a swift and unconditional order from the judge to instruct Pence to decide which votes to count from each state where Trump allies claim the president won the referendum, despite the results in each of these states are certified for Biden. US District Judge … Read more
Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich has filed legal papers with the Arizona Republicans for a judge to enforce a subpoena on the Maricopa County election material. The state’s Republicans are trying to enforce a legislative subpoena against Maricopa County which, if followed, will deliver, among other things, voting equipment and voter information. The two goals … Read more
On December 17, 2020, the Arizona Department of Health (“Department”) held an open session to provide comments on proposed state cannabis regulations. In this post, we share some of the participants’ comments and some of the department’s responses. The department stated that the purpose of the meeting was not to answer questions (although they did … Read more
On December 11, 2020, the Arizona Department of Health (the “Department”) published proposed regulations governing the use of marijuana by adults. Click HERE to review the proposed regulations. This post discusses some of the licensing and operational issues for adult marijuana facilities. Overall, we like what we’ve seen so far. Before diving in, it should … Read more
Posted on Monday December 14th, 2020 at 12:56 PM by Amy Howe The Supreme Court issued orders on Monday from the judges’ private conference last week. The judges had already approved a case from that conference on Friday that included a class certification in a securities fraud case. It was therefore not surprising that they … Read more
Last week, the Arizona Department of Health released a new website with information on the Smart and Safe Arizona Act – Arizona’s new adult marijuana law. The department is the marijuana regulator in Arizona. In addition to links to the full text of the law and current medical marijuana regulations (which will apply to adult … Read more