It’s Time – for Arizona’s Paid Sick Time Law

The passage of Proposition 206 in November 2016 brought not just an increase in Arizona’s minimum wage, but also enactment of a new state law requiring all employers (with very narrow exceptions) to provide all employees, including part-time workers, with annual paid sick time (PST). With the July 1, 2017 effective date rapidly approaching, we want to make sure you have the important information you need to adopt or revise policies, provide notice, and update your payroll and recordkeeping practices before the law takes effect. Here’s what you need to know: How much PST must be provided? Employees must accrue a minimum of one hour of PST for every 30 hours worked. (Thus, part-time employees will accrue PST at a slower rate than full-time employees.) Employees...

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Jill Chasson Shares Employment Law Expertise with Phoenix Business Journal Ahead of New Paid Sick Time Law

Coppersmith Brockelman attorney Jill Chasson was featured among leading labor and employment attorneys in a Phoenix Business Journal story covering tips for employers ahead of the new paid sick time law. The law, which takes effect July 1, requires employers to offer a certain amount of paid sick time to employees, including part-time employees, and has specific criteria for notifying employees and tracking paid sick time. Jill shared some of the law’s key provisions that may be challenging to implement or confusing for employers. Jill is an employment law expert—she provides practical advice to employers regarding compliance with the many federal and state laws that govern the workplace and regularly provides training for supervisors and human resource professionals. Read the full story here....

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Chambers USA Recognizes Coppersmith Brockelman in National Rankings

Six Coppersmith Brockelman attorneys were recognized in the 2017 edition of Chambers USA, an annual guide to the nation’s leading attorneys and law firms. Individual attorneys were named Leaders in their Field in three areas: Keith Beauchamp: Litigation: General Commercial John DeWulf: Litigation: General Commercial Kent Brockelman: Labor & Employment Kimberly Fatica: Labor & Employment Karen Owens: Health Care Kristen Rosati: Health Care The firm also earned national rankings in the Labor & Employment and Health Care practice areas. The Chambers Guides have ranked top law firms and lawyers since 1990 and cover 185 jurisdictions worldwide. A team of 170 full-time editors and researchers performs independent research and conducts in-depth interviews with clients and lawyers to develop each annual directory. The rankings of Coppersmith Brockelman and the firm’s attorneys...

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Andy Gordon Featured in Cyber Security Panel at ASU Law Conference

Coppersmith Brockelman Founding Partner Andy Gordon shared his expertise in international cyber security at the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law Governance of Emerging Technologies (GET) program’s annual conference. Andy was a member of a panel discussion about “The relevance of the irrelevancy of International Law” and was featured among other cyber security experts. Andy served as Counsel to the General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from 2009 to 2010. He focused primarily on national security issues relating to Guantanamo and the Southwestern border. He has also worked as an adjunct professor at ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, where he taught courses on national security law and foreign relations law. The annual GET conference focuses on law, policy and ethics...

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Kristen Rosati on Planning Committee for National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Workshop on Data Sharing

Kristen Rosati Shares Big Data Expertise at ASU Health Futures Council Spring Meeting

Coppersmith Brockelman Partner Kristen Rosati shared her expertise on Big Data at the spring meeting for Arizona State University’s Health Futures Council. She spoke about data sharing and research collaborations related to Precision Medicine, and the tensions developing from competing public policies encouraging Big Data research versus providing individual control over data and biospecimens for research. Kristen is a sought-after speaker on health care topics and has been active in national healthcare policy. She is considered one of the nation’s leading HIPAA compliance attorneys and has extensive experience in health information exchanges, large data breaches, data sharing, clinical research, biobanking, and Big Data. She is also a past president of the American Health Lawyers Association, the nation’s largest health care law organization....

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Super Lawyers Honors Ten Coppersmith Brockelman Attorneys

Coppersmith Brockelman, a prominent business law firm in Phoenix, announced today that 10 of its 20 attorneys have been recognized as 2017 Southwest Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers is a rating service honoring accomplished attorneys from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations.  Attorneys from Coppersmith Brockelman who received the 2017 honor are: Keith Beauchamp – Business Litigation (recognized since 2007) Kent Brockelman – Employment & Labor Law (recognized since 2007) Jill Chasson – Employment & Labor Law (recognized since 2016) John DeWulf – Business Litigation (recognized since 2007); Top 50 Arizona Super Lawyers (recognized since 2011) Kimberly Fatica – Employment & Labor Law (recognized since...

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