Legal Updates & Archives
The ABA Legal Notes are a courtesy publication for members of the Arizona Builders Alliance provided by the ABA’s Legal Council and Tucson’s ABA Advisory Board Legal Reports and members. The following articles are intended to provide general guidance but are not intended to constitute legal advice.
For specific questions, contact your attorney.
2024
Articles
Overtime Rules & Non-Competes 2024
Thom Cope, Mesch Clark Rothschild
May 8, 2024
Neal Eckel, Farhang & Medcoff
March 13, 2024
2023
Articles
Neal Eckel, Farhang & Medcoff
October 11, 2023
Thom Cope, Mesch Clark Rothschild
September 13, 2023
ADOSH to Emphasize on Heat Illness Prevention
Neal Eckel, Farhang & Medcoff
August 9, 2023
Robert Garcia, Farhang & Medcoff
April 12, 2023
Legal Update-Construction Contracts
Neal Eckel, Farhang & Medcoff
April 12, 2023
Liquidated Damages in Construction Contracts
Neal Eckel, Farhang & Medcoff
January 11, 2023
2022
Articles
Neal Eckel, Farhang & Medcoff
October 12, 2022
Preliminary Lien Notice Refresher
Bern Velasco, Mesch Clark Rothschild
September 7, 2022
Neal Eckel, Farhang & Medcoff
August 10, 2022
Legal Update: Arizona Prompt Pay Act
Neal Eckel, Farhang & Medcoff
May 4, 2022, 2022
2993776-2022.04.13 Legal Update
Bern Velasco, Mesch Clark Rothschild
April 13, 2022
ROC Discipline for Failure of Contractor to Pay Money
Neal Eckel, Farhang & Medcoff
March 9, 2022
SB 1136 – Changes to Sect. 34-221 (00849564xC01F0)
Proposed Changes to Public Prompt Pay Laws (00849684xC01F0)
Neal Eckel, Farhang & Medcoff
February 9, 2022
Mandatory Vaccination PROCEDURE form
Religious Accommodation Request Form
Thom K. Cope, Mesch Clark Rothschild
January 12, 2022
2021
Articles
Legal Alert-6th Circuit Lifts Stay Reinstating
Julie A. Pace, David A. Selden, Heidi Nunn-Gilman, Gammage & Burnham PLC
December 21, 2021
Legal Update on Claims Against the Government
Neal Eckel, Farhang & Medcoff
December 8, 2021
Kristen Wendler, Farhang & Medcoff
September October 13, 2021
Legal Alert – New COVID-19 Requirements and DOL Rule
Julie A. Pace, David A. Seldon, Heidi Nunn-Gilman, Gammage & Burnham, PLC
September 10, 2021
ABA Warranty Update 8-11-21 (00818276xC01F0)
Neal Eckel, Farhang & Medcoff
September 8, 2021
Bern Velasco, Mesch Clark Rothschild
June 16, 2021
ABA – Legal Report 5.12.2021 (00646823)
Kristen Wendler, Farhang & Medcoff
May 12, 2021
Governor ExecOrder Vaccines_2021-09
The Pitfalls of Incentivizing Employees to Get Vaccinated
Thom K. Cope, Mesch Clark Rothschild
April 14, 2021
Payment Issues Under the Prompt Pay Act
Neal Eckel, Farhang & Medcoff
March 10, 2021
The End of the Grace Period: Arizona’s Distracted Driving Law
Sandra Jonas, Snell & Wilmer
January 20, 2021
COVID-19 Vaccination Policies in the Workplace
Julie Pace, David Seldon, Heidi Nunn-Gilman, & Demetra Makris
January 13, 2021
2020
Articles
Congress Passes Second Major COVID-related Relief Package: How Will it Impact Employers?
Melanie Pate, Lewis & Roca
December 22, 2020
EEOC Issues New Guidance to Employers Regarding Mandatory Covid-19 Vaccinations
Labor and Employment Group
December 18, 2020
May you require your employees to take the COVID-19 Vaccine?
Thom K. Cope
December 9, 2020
A Blunt Analysis of Recreational Marijuana and Arizona Employment Law
Kristen Wendler, Farhang & Medcoff
November 18, 2020
Sweeping Changes to Rules Regarding Law Firm Ownership and Fee Sharing
Sandra Jonas, Snell & Wilmer
September 9, 2020
Managing the Workplace in A Pandemic: Tips for Employers to Survive the Era of COVID-19
Originally presented to the Tempe Chamber of Commerce by Mary Ellen Simonson, Melanie Pate, and Laura
Pasqualone.
August 25, 2020
Continuing COVID-19 Legal Issues for Contractors
Neal Eckel, Farhang & Medcoff
August 12, 2020
Force Majeure Clauses For Future Contracts and Returning to Work: A Check List to Help Reopen Safely
Kristen Wendler, Farhang & Medcoff
May 13, 2020
Arizona Unemployment Insurance Expanded in Light of COVID-19
Barney M Holtzman, Mesh, Clark Rothschild
March 23, 2020
Families First Coronavirus Response Act
Thom Cope, Partner Mesch Clark Rothschild PC
March 19, 2020
COVID-19, Force Majeure and Delay Notice
Robert Roos, Lewis & Roca
March 17, 2020
Forms I-9s, Privacy and Records Requests
Sandra Jonas, Snell & Wilmer
March 11, 2020
Kristen Wendler, Farhand & Medcoff, PLLC
January 8, 2020
2019
Articles
Thom Cope, Mesch Clark Rothschild PC
December 11, 2019
Sandra Jonas, Snell & Wilmer
November 13, 2019
Eric Hawkins, Farhang & Medcoff, PLLC
October 9, 2019
Recent Prompt Pay Act Case “Overruled Legislatively” as a Result of ABA’s Efforts
Michael, J. Holden, Holden Willits PLC
April 29, 2019
Arizona Legislators have Enacted Substantial Changes to Dwelling Actions
Greg Harris and Jared Sutton, Lewis Roca Rothberger Christie, LLP
April 11, 2019
Legal Report: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Overtime Update
Thom Cope, Mesch Clark Rothschild
March 13, 2019
Legal Report: Procedure Rules Governing Civil Litigation
Cindy Schmidt, Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie, LLP
January 9, 2019
2018
Articles
Legal Update: No Damages for Delay Clauses
Eric Hawkins, Durrazo, Eckel & Hawkins, PLLC
December 12, 2018
Neal Eckel & Eric Hawkins, Durazzo, Eckel & Hawkins PLLC
October 10, 2018
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Guidance on Handbook, June 2018
Thom Cope, Partner Mesch Clark Rothschild PC
August 8, 2018
2017
Articles
USCIS Issued New Form I-9 – Deadline September 18, 2017 to Use New Form
Julie A. Pace, The Cavanagh Law Firm
July 19, 2017
Instructions for New Form I-9 7-17-17
Julie A. Pace, The Cavanagh Law Firm
July 19, 2017
Court Blocks New White Collar Overtime Salary Level Regulations –Compensation to Remain Status Quo
Julie A. Pace, The Cavanagh Law Firm
November 23, 2016
2016
Articles
Prop 206 – Voters Approve Minimum Wage Increase and Paid Sick Leave
Julie A. Pace, The Cavanagh Law Firm
November 21, 2016
New I-9 Issued – Employers Must Use by January 22, 2017
Julie A. Pace, The Cavanagh Law Firm
November 21, 2016
Welcome to the New World of DOL Regulations
Helen Holden, Sacks Tierney, P.A.
October 10, 2016
New OSHA Rule May Impact Post-Accident Employee Drug Testing
Helen Holden & Sharon Moyer, Sacks Tierney P.A.
September 20, 2016
TPT Alert: Did the Legislature Change the Law Yet?
Matthew Meaker, Sacks Tierney P.A.
August 9, 2016
DOL Announces Final Regulations for the White Collar Minimum Wage and Overtime Exemptions
Julie Pace, The Cavanagh Law Firm
May 19, 2016
Thom Cope, Mesch Clark & Rothschild PC
February 3, 2016
2015
Articles
Employee Misclassification and the “Economic Realities” Test
Helen Holden, Sharon Moyer, Sack Tierney P.A.
September 22, 2015
Federal Contractors Must Increase Minimum Wage to $10.15 on January 1, 2016
Thomas P. Brady
September 18, 2015
Heather K. Seifert, Clark Hill PLC
August 28, 2015
Department of Labor Publishes New Interpretation Regarding Definition of Independent Contractors
Julie A. Pace& David A. Selden, The Cavanagh Law Firm
August 14,2015
Contractors: Prepare for Changes to Overtime Exemption Rules
Mike Thal, Lang & Klain, P.C.
July 31, 2015
Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the Cadillac Health Plan Tax
Douglas J. Ellis & Ethan M. Dennis, Clark Hill PLC.
July 27,2015
Julie A. Pace & David A. Selden, The Cavanagh Law Firm
July 1, 2015
New Construction Defect Law Changes
Greg Gillis, Nussbaum Gillis & Dinner, P.C. and Suzanne Diaz, Diaz Law Offices, PLLC.
May 27, 2015
LEGAL ALERT Preliminary 20‐Day Notices
D.Kim Lough, Jennings, Haug & Cunningham, LLP
May 5, 2015
Delay and Disruption Claims- Big Impacts on Your Bottom Line
James J. Sienicki & Jeffery M. Singletary, Snell & Wilmer L.LP