Arizona

Arizona’s Crackdown on Hiring Illegal Immigrants Faces Court Test

A federal judge on Tuesday will consider whether to block an Arizona law that threatens to pull the business licenses of companies that knowingly hire illegal immigrants. The law, scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, is one of the toughest measures enacted by states to battle illegal immigration, the New…

Dec 14, 2007 3:57 PM CST

Mike Tyson Gets 1-Day DUI Sentence

Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson will serve only one day in jail after his guilty plea in September to drug possession and driving under the influence. The 41-year-old Tyson was sentenced today to 10 days, but will only have to serve one day. He will also be required to perform…

Nov 19, 2007 5:30 PM CST

Media Execs Arrested for Revealing Grand Jury Subpoenas

Updated: Two executives who founded an alternative weekly newspaper were arrested last night for publishing a story in The Phoenix New Times that revealed grand jury secrets. They were released by 4 a.m. this morning, according to the Phoenix New Times blog, which continues to post updates. A lawyer for…

Oct 19, 2007 1:56 PM CDT

Once-Quarantined TB Patient Flies to Russia

A tuberculosis patient who was confined to a jail hospital ward in Arizona for failing to take his medications has left the country. Robert Daniels lived in the ward for almost a year but was recently released because he was no longer contagious, the Associated Press reports. He is a…

Oct 9, 2007 3:00 PM CDT

New Laws Seek to Ban Iraq T-Shirt Sales

“Bush Lied. They Died.” Those words, on a T-shirt, along with the names of U.S. soldiers who have been killed in the Iraq war, have sparked outrage—and legislation in five states. They now ban the use of names of soldiers killed in Iraq for commercial purposes unless surviving family members…

Sep 24, 2007 8:50 PM CDT

Meckler Raids Megafirm, Marches Into Texas and Arizona

A Chicago-based firm known for its insurance work will soon establish new offices in Dallas and Phoenix. The new Dallas office, which opens Sept. 1, will be staffed by six attorneys, including two partners, that Meckler Bulger & Tilson (which has 90 lawyers counting the new additions) is stealing from…

Aug 24, 2007 9:15 PM CDT

Polygamy Cases Fizzle; Religious Bias?

After two years, criminal cases brought in Arizona against eight men in the same polygamous sect for allegedly marrying underage girls are nearing an end. Three have been convicted—and sentenced to jail sentences ranging from one day to nine months. A fourth was acquitted, and charges were dropped against two…

Aug 17, 2007 9:33 PM CDT

Canada to Review Polygamy Ban?

In a case that could have an effect on United States law enforcement, a prominent Canadian criminal attorney serving as a special prosecutor has recommended that his country reconsider its ban on polygamy. Appointed in a British Columbia case involving a U.S.-based splinter Mormon group that has reportedly openly practiced…

Aug 1, 2007 11:47 PM CDT

Mortgage Foreclosures Rise 58 Percent

Mortgage foreclosures nationwide were up by 58 percent during the first half of 2007, compared to the first half of 2006. That translates to a total of 573,397 homes at some point in the foreclosure process between January and June 2007, from a notice of default to repossession, reports the…

Jul 31, 2007 3:30 PM CDT

Condit Defamation Suit Tossed

A Phoenix judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by former U.S. Rep. Gary Condit over a claim he lied to investigators about his relationship with an intern. The Sonoran News, an Arizona weekly newspaper, included the statement in a 2005 story, the Associated Press reports. The intern, Chandra Levy,…

Jul 23, 2007 4:48 PM CDT

Ballard’s New Phoenix Office Growing

When Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll’s plan to merge with a Phoenix powerhouse failed several years ago, the then-325-lawyer Philadelphia firm was not deterred. It waited a year, until a promise not to recruit from then-150-lawyer Fennemore Craig expired, and cherry-picked two of the Phoenix firm’s best-known attorneys. Last summer,…

Jul 5, 2007 8:32 PM CDT

A Matter Over Mind

The Supreme Court Is Poised to Review the Insanity Defense, an Issue That Has Confounded Courts, Psychiatrists and Lawyers

Apr 22, 2006 8:39 AM CDT

Flying Under the Radar

These Little-Notices Legal Developments Could be Making News This Year

Jan 8, 2006 7:48 PM CST