The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that, if an architect or engineer is negligent in their work on a project, and if they do not have a direct contract with the project owner, they are not obligated to reimburse the…

Contractors in central and southern Arizona know all too well the work hazards that accompany Arizona’s notorious summers. OSHA’s recently launched

National Emphasis Program on Outdoor and Indoor Heat Hazards

(NEP) provides a useful reminder of the risks of heat…

If

OSHA

follows through on its threat to strip workplace safety enforcement from the state, Arizona employers should expect a much harsher regulatory environment.

On April 20, citing what it termed the State of Arizona’s “decade-long pattern of failures” in…

Unintended Consequences.

A contractor can be disciplined for, according to

A.R.S. § 32-1154(A)(20)

:

“having a person named on the license who is or was named on any other license in this state or in another state that is under…

Super Lawyers has named Lang & Klain partner Bill Klain as one of its “Top 50 Arizona” attorneys for 2022. It is the second such recognition for Bill, who also made the Top 50 Arizona list in 2018.

A $74,000 order issued by the Arizona Registrar of Contractors illustrates the potential consequences for contractors of restitution orders, as well as a possible shift toward more aggressive restitution orders in the future.

The contract required the contractor to get…