The Law and Your Business
Businesses now operate in a fast-changing world. Technology may get most of the “credit” for this, ...
It’s Risky Out There without Digital Policies
Almost every day, somebody makes headlines for a digital misstep: a data breach, an inappropriate comment ...
Legal Guide
A comprehensive guide to local firms & their areas of specialty for business Counsel for Business Specialized legal ...
The Housing Market: A window into our economy!
Taking housing as a barometer of the economy, Metro Phoenix is looking pretty good. Multifamily developments, ...
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The Law and Your Business
Businesses now operate in a fast-changing world. Technology may get most of the “credit” for this, but legal issues also … [More]
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Joshua Becker, Gallagher & Kennedy
Technology’s rapid evolution is changing every aspect of business operations — including legal compliance. A failure to … [More]
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Employee or Independent Contractor?
Imagine this: A business having difficulty attracting and retaining talent posts a job on its website and publicizes the opening on social media. Then, the post is viewed thousands of times, and hundreds of users comment. This sounds like a good outcome — except that the reason the post went viral was that the job was for a “full-time freelancer,” and users began … [More]
Businesses: Recruit Talent Amid Tight Labor Market
Over the past year, small-business owners have expressed record confidence in their local economies and many are looking for new talent as they grow. However, with the April 2019 jobs report showing the unemployment rate at a record low, and Arizona sitting at just 5 percent, it’s critical for entrepreneurs to stand out from the crowd in order to attract talent. Here … [More]
The Instagram Aesthetic: Is It In or Out?
Instagram is the one social media platform consistently creating engagement and sales. Businesses want to be part of this increased brand recognition that also offers active conversion but are often unsure of how to get into the Instagram game. To “win” on Instagram, pretty has always mattered. Presenting a beautifully curated feed of pictures and videos has … [More]
Live and Learn
Don’t Sign that Lease without Verified Ventilation Performance Defined
Did you know you breathe more than 11,000 liters of air a day? If you’re reading this, you will probably spend around 2,000 hours per year breathing the air in the office for which you are about to sign that lease. This year alone, you will bring into your lungs more than 900,000 liters of whatever is in the air of that cool new office space. Would you drink 900,000 … [More]
Taco Guild – Where Past Is Present
The wonderful thing about the adaptive reuse project that produced the Taco Guild is, it left much more intact than just the structure. The building’s previous lives as a Methodist Church — institutionalized in the cornerstone dated 1893 (before Arizona was even a state) and another from its renewal in 1955 after a few decades of disuse following a fire in 1911 — are … [More]
Tesla Model 3 Performance Edition
Tesla’s Model 3 Performance Edition comes with the option of dual motor all-wheel drive, 20-inch performance wheels, and brakes and lowered suspension for total control, in all weather conditions. And a carbon fiber spoiler improves stability at high speeds, all allowing the Model 3 to accelerate from zero to 60 miles per hour in as little as 3.2 seconds. Tesla … [More]
Gerrit Steenblik: Strengthening Ties with Important Foreign Trade Partner
With fluency in the French language and experience in international law, Gerrit Steenblik was pleased to accept the office of French Honorary Consul when the French Foreign Ministry offered it to him 19 years ago. France is an important source of foreign direct investment in Arizona and Metro Phoenix. Citing data from Anubhav Bagley at Maricopa Association of … [More]
Positions
Rachel Davis-Schultz Joins CopperPoint as Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer
Phoenix-based CopperPoint Insurance Companies, a regional multi-line commercial insurance company, announced Rachel Davis-Schultz has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer for the CopperPoint Family of Insurance Companies. “We are thrilled to welcome Rachel to CopperPoint where she will be responsible for leading all aspects of … [More]
Achievements
DWL Celebrates Seven Decades of Design
As DWL Architects + Planners marks its 70-year anniversary, the company hosted a celebration on March 28, 2019 to honor the clients, consultants and contractors who have contributed to their success. The event was held at the new Scottsdale Airport Business Center – a DWL designed facility. From the upstairs patio overlooking the runway and breathtaking views of … [More]
