When a law touches nearly every corner of business, individuals and companies alike need clear, practical guidance to keep pace.

We share your frustration with the uncertainty over this requirement, but the enforceability of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) has been reinstated.

As we expect you are aware, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) required that certain "reporting companies" organized before January 1, 2024, have to file...

Cannabis dispensaries and cultivators Earth’s Healing, Inc. and Globe Farmacy, Inc. (operating as Earth’s Healing North), were sold for $31 million.

Yesterday, the Department of Justice issued an order that will be described everywhere as federal cannabis “rescheduling”. It is, and it is not.

After a series of developments in December where the Corporate Transparency Act ("CTA") Beneficial Ownership Information Report ("BOIR") filing requirements...

Good news for Geologic Hazard Abatement Districts (GHADs) across California—Blackhawk GHAD has won an important arbitration against FEMA.

Discover how secure enterprise ChatGPT models are transforming litigation practice by streamlining transcript analysis, deposition preparation, and financial data review. Learn practical applications that enhance efficiency while preserving the critical role of attorney judgment and strategic thinking in complex commercial disputes.

In a moment of consensus, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously decided to lower the legal hurdle for individuals in majority groups to file discrimination lawsuits.

As the great Oliver Wendall Holmes once said, "Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than the one that they sprung up." With Fennemore's unwavering focus on better serving clients at the core...

On March 24, 2025, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued letters declaring that the sale of products infused with tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)...

I support the recent marijuana ruling by the Arizona Court of Appeals, but I fear its unintended consequences.

On December 24, 2025 the Arizona Department of Health Services (the "Department"), the State's agency regulating medical and adult use marijuana in Arizona, issued notice on its website...

You may have seen the news about the newly announced $100,000 H-1B visa fee. At this point, we don't yet know how the fee will be implemented—or even if it will survive the legal challenges that are already being drafted.

The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that the one-year statute of limitations does not apply when a government entity sues another government entity, preserving the common-law doctrine of nullum tempus occurrit regi. This landmark decision in City of Chandler v. Roosevelt Water Conservation District provides public entities with greater flexibility to resolve intergovernmental disputes without the pressure of a strict one-year filing deadline.

As reported in last month's blog here, Ordinance 309 on Denver's November 2024 ballot could have prohibited the construction, maintenance, or use of meat production facilities within Denver city limits.

In September the world lost a voice-acting giant with the passing of James Earl Jones. Jones' regal and booming voice perfectly portrayed both villains, like Star Wars' Darth Vader, and kings, such as The Lion King's Mufasa.

On July 17, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a final rule replacing “duration of status,” commonly shown as “D/S,” with fixed periods of admission for F academic students, J exchange visitors, and I representatives of foreign information media.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's new final rule on critical habitat designation operates on a timeline measured in decades, not quarters. While procedural in nature and unlikely to immediately alter operations when it takes effect in August 2026, this rule will gradually reshape where critical habitat boundaries are drawn across Western forests, ultimately influencing both timber sale supply available to mills and habitat protection for threatened species over the next twenty years.

The California Supreme Court reviewed the denial of a coastal development permit to construct single family homes in a developed part of Los Osos, an unincorporated community in San Luis Obispo County...