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Mar 30 2018

Melissa Soliz Shares Expertise in Changes to 42 C.F.R. Part 2 with Phoenix Business Journal

Melissa Soliz discussed the impact of changes to the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records regulations at 42 C.F.R. Part 2 in a Q&A with the Phoenix Business Journal. Melissa explained how healthcare organizations and their third-party vendors are affected, noting that the changes provide organizations with more freedom to track trends and share data about opioid abuse and treatment in order to combat the national opioid epidemic. On the business and community levels, Melissa stated that tracking opioid abuse patterns and successful treatment protocols will help break the cycle of abuse that causes lost productivity and absenteeism. Read the full Q&A here....

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Feb 12 2018

Andy Gordon Discusses the Fate of Trump’s Border Wall with Fox News

Naomi Jorgensen

Andy Gordon discussed the potential outcomes of a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s border wall project with Fox News. The state of California filed the suit, claiming that the border wall would cause significant harm to the state, noting that the administration must follow up to 30 different regulations before constructing the wall. The Trump administration argues that a 1996 law allows the federal government complete authority to install border barriers as necessary. Andy notes that while Judge Gonzalo Curiel’s decision could be a major victory for either side of the issue, it will not end the whole debate on the wall. It will determine how broad the federal government’s authority is in relation to the 1996 law. Andy served as counsel to the general counsel at the U.S....

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Feb 07 2018

Andy Gordon Shares Insight on Border Wall Lawsuit with McClatchy

Naomi Jorgensen

Coppersmith Brockelman’s Andy Gordon shared insight on a high-profile case dealing with the environmental implications of President Trump’s planned border wall in a story for McClatchy’s DC Bureau. A lawsuit claims Congress issued waivers in 1996 and 2005 that allowed the federal branch of government to bypass environmental statutes and other federal and state laws for border security projects. The suit challenges the Trump administration’s use of these waivers to construct the border wall. Andy provided background into the issue and detailed what could happen if U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel rules in favor of or against the Trump administration. Andy served as counsel to the general counsel at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from April 2009 to October 2010, where he worked on national security issues...

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Roopali represents four initiative campaigns who filed a Petition for Special Action with the Arizona Supreme Court to seek an order permitting them to use the E-Qual system to obtain online signatures

Feb 01 2018

Roopali Desai Helps Secure Arizonans’ Right to Vote on State School Voucher Program Expansion

Naomi Jorgensen

A Maricopa County Superior Court judge threw out a lawsuit challenging a citizens’ referendum on Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program and ruled that the referendum – now known as Proposition 305 – may go to the voters at the November 2018 election. Coppersmith Brockelman’s Roopali Desai and the firm’s election law group worked with Save Our Schools Arizona to fight for Arizonans’ right to refer Senate Bill 1431, which expands Arizona’s ESA program to all public-school students who want to apply for public money to pay for private and religious school tuition and educational therapies. Under the original ESA program, only special needs students, students at low-performing schools, and students in foster care or military families were eligible. Thousands of Arizonans signed Save Our Schools...

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Dec 28 2017

Andy Gordon Shares Expertise on Border Wall with Channel 3

Naomi Jorgensen

Coppersmith Brockelman’s Andy Gordon shared his take on President Trump’s controversial border wall in a segment for Channel 3. Andy discussed the feasibility of the eight wall prototypes built in the San Diego desert, noting that the United States shouldn’t build a solid wall across our borders because we should be able to see what is on the other side. He also questioned whether the Trump administration will be able to secure funding for the project. Andy served as counsel to the general counsel at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from April 2009 to October 2010, where he worked on national security issues related to Guantanamo and the Southwestern border. He is noted among the nation’s leading experts on these issues. Watch the full segment here....

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Nov 17 2017

Andy Gordon Shares Views on Guantanamo Detention Center with ASU Now

Naomi Jorgensen

Andy Gordon shared his views on issues related to Guantanamo Detention Center (GTMO) in a recent Q&A with ASU Now. Andy discussed GTMO’s role and why it is still in operation, explaining that the George W. Bush administration chose to place the detention center in Guantanamo in 2001 in order to interrogate potential enemy combatants outside of the Middle East and U.S. jurisdiction. He talks through what it would take to shut down the facility, which the Obama administration promised to close. The facility hasn’t taken a new prisoner since June 2008. Andy served as counsel to the general counsel at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from April 2009 to October 2010, where he worked on national security issues related to Guantanamo and the Southwestern border. He...

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Melissa Soliz Shares Expertise in Changes to 42 C.F.R. Part 2 with Phoenix Business Journal

Andy Gordon Discusses the Fate of Trump’s Border Wall with Fox News

Andy Gordon Shares Insight on Border Wall Lawsuit with McClatchy

Roopali Desai Helps Secure Arizonans’ Right to Vote on State School Voucher Program Expansion

Andy Gordon Shares Expertise on Border Wall with Channel 3

Andy Gordon Shares Views on Guantanamo Detention Center with ASU Now

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