Arizona Law Archives - Page 21 of 32

Arizona Attorney General Sues Payday Lender

Phoenix Business Journal: “Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard is suing a national payday lender, accusing the operation of deceptive business practices. The state wants QC Holdings Inc. (which operates Quik Cash lending stores in the state) to pay $5 million in restitution and to have a Tucson court set aside debt collection judgments the lender has secured against defaulting borrowers. Goddard also wants the court to stop Quik Cash from operating.”

Arizona Independent Contractors can Sue for Employment Discrimination

Arizona Business Gazette: Independent “Contractors who believe they have been the victims of employment discrimination have as much right to sue as employees, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court has ruled. The three-judge panel rejected arguments by the attorney for Yuma Regional Medical Center that only its workers are protected by the federal Rehabilitation Act. That means independent contractors can bring claims against companies in federal court.”

Arizona Cosmetology Police Close Fishy Salon – Get Sued

Arizona Republic: The Arizona Board of Cosmetology closed a Gilbert salon because the salon offered its customers a foot bath in which Garra Rufa fish imported from China nibbled dead skin from the customer’s feet. It’s a popular procedure in China and other states. Not to worry, however. Because this is such an important issue, the Goldwater Institute filed a lawsuit on behalf of Cindy Vong, the owner, to re-open the salon.

Judge Backs City, Rules Scottsdale Chamber Ads Illegal

Arizona Republic: “A state administrative law judge has upheld Scottsdale’s assertion that the Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce should pay penalties for illegally attempting to influence city elections through a series of ads it financed last year. The judge agreed with the Scottsdale City Attorney’s Office decision to impose a civil penalty on the chamber for distributing mailers and airing television advertisements before the September 2008 city election without filing as a political action committee.”

Google Now Helps Legal Research

Ernie the Attorney: “I’ve long contended that the law should be available online for free. Seems fitting and proper, since ‘ignorance of the law is no excuse’ and all. If you can’t claim you didn’t know what the law is, then shouldn’t the government at least make the law available online for free? . . . Google has taken an important first step in making legal caselaw available online. For free. Google Scholar, which has heretofore been focused on scholarly literature, now provides access to state cases going back to 1950, and federal cases going back to 1924. So that’s at least 50 years of state and federal cases that have been reported. And you can search these databases by using text-based queries just as you would in Google.”