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MyFox Phoenix Arizona Immigration Law's Supreme Court Oral Argument Set For AprilHuffington PostThe Supreme Court announced Friday that it will hear oral arguments over Arizona's controversial immigration law on April 25, the Court's final day of hearings for the term. The case, Arizona vs. United States, tests states' abilities to pass their own …Supreme Court [...]

Arizona Court Rejects Legal Challenge Against Education Savings AccountsSacramento BeeBy American Federation for Children PHOENIX, Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A Maricopa County Superior Court judge last week rejected a lawsuit challenging Arizona's landmark Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Program, the first-of-its-kind …and more » View full post on legal – Google News

PHOENIX – The Division I Arizona Court of Appeals on Jan. 24 upheld a pair of trial court decisions in a medical malpractice case that ended in a defense verdict, finding no errors with the trial court blocking testimony from one of the defendant’s employees and denying a request for supplemental jury instructions (Allen Benkendorf, [...]

PHOENIX – In a case in which a plaintiff seeks to recover the remaining debt on a loan in default, a federal judge in Arizona on Jan. 19 denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss, rejecting their argument that Arizona’s anti-deficiency statutes bar recovery (Watson Communication Systems Inc. v. Thomas D. Adamson, Kathleen J. Adamson, No. [...]

PHOENIX – The Arizona Court of Appeals on Jan. 19 affirmed a trial court decision for the defendants in a construction defects case, ruling that the trial court did not err by finding that the defendants did not breach an agreement to construct a horse barn on the plaintiffs’ property (Generations Ranch LLC v. Richard [...]

PHOENIX – Finding that a corporation has not shown sufficient details regarding a special committee investigating certain allegations made by a shareholder against directors and officers of a corporation, a federal judge on Jan. 10 denied the corporation’s motion to stay a shareholder derivative lawsuit pending the committee’s findings (Darlene Smith, derivatively on behalf of [...]

Deseret News Arizona to issue licenses for medical marijuana dispensariesVerde IndependentBut Joe Yuhas, spokesman for the Arizona Medical Marijuana Association, said Friday's action is still a victory for those who convinced voters in 2010 to approve a medical marijuana law. That law allows those with certain specified medical conditions …Arizona's Brewer to Abandon Pot Suit, [...]

Arizona Capitol Times Arizona Democrats Plan to Repeal Immigration LawFox NewsDemocratic lawmakers in Arizona plan to file a bill that would repeal the state's controversial immigration law. The Arizona Republic reports that this week Democratic state Sen. Steve Gallardo, of Phoenix, plans to file the measure, which would mark …Mitt Romney Endorsed By Architect Of [...]

Mitt Romney Endorsed By Architect Of Arizona Immigration LawHuffington PostWASHINGTON — GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney announced on Wednesday an endorsement from Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state who helped write laws meant to drive immigrants out of states like Arizona and Alabama. The endorsement, which came …and more » View full post on law [...]

Another Legal Challenge to Arizona Immigration LawFox NewsThe Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, or MALDEF, along with the American Civil Liberties Union, among other groups, asked the federal court in Phoenix to block those elements of the law. "Judge Susan Bolton listened to our arguments …and more » View full post on legal – [...]