Category: Arizona State Law Journal Blog

By Matt Lutz. Earlier this month, a new bill was introduced in the Arizona House of Representatives to restrict how and where people can film police activity in Arizona. HB 2319, sponsored by former police officer John Kavanagh, would make…

By Kylie Horne. On January 21, 2022, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey sued the Biden administration in an ongoing battle over Arizona’s use of American Rescue Plan funds for schools that do not mandate masks or utilize virtual learning, even in…

By Claire Newfeld. A Phoenix couple is considering divorce and wants to ensure the best outcome for their children. A criminal defendant in Tucson has been charged with a low-level misdemeanor, and paying the fine if convicted would burden them…

By Ben Martin. I suppose requiring all high school gym teachers to bench press 250 pounds might in some sense increase the quality, or at a minimum, the strength, of the average gym teacher. Requiring all high school English teachers…

By Sean Krieg. If you’ve traveled in the last decade, you have likely considered staying in a short-term rental.  Largely due to the success of peer-to-peer rental platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo—which digitally connect property owners with potential renters—short-term rentals…

By Spencer Shockness. Who can take a sunrise? Sprinkle it with dew? Add a taste of chocolate and make an e-cigarette or two? Not the Candy Man, nowadays, but the large vape brands can. The modern state of the tobacco…

By Sean Krieg. In October 2021, the Mayor, Councilmembers, and City Manager of Mesa received a threat. It was not sent by an anonymous troublemaker nor was it from a disgruntled citizen. Instead, it was sent by three members of…

By Gabriela Berigan. In 2019, Arizona Public Service (APS) filed a Rate Application with the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC), in which APS requested an increase to the  rate it can charge customers for usage. It requested an increase of around…

By Alicia Curti. Does copyright law apply to data stored by automobile dealers? The Ninth Circuit addressed this question in CDK Global v. Brnovich, which arose from a new state law requiring automobile dealerships to share certain data with third…

By Dewey Warner. On October 29, the Supreme Court agreed to hear West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency. The case, a consolidation of four cases brought by coal and energy companies and Republican-led states, will scrutinize the power of the…