Posted January 19, 2016 MC Attorneys
Murphy Cordier PLC named two new partners effective January 1, 2016. Attorney and Partner Alicia Casale heads the firm’s hospitality practice. Ms. Casale represents restaurant and bar owners, operators and investors in all aspects of the restaurant and bar business, including liquor board, health and labor compliance issues. See Ms. Casale’s full bio. Attorney and Partner… Read more
Posted March 20, 2015 MC Attorneys
Arizona lien law continues to grow, this time regarding A.R.S. 33-1002(B), the owner-occupant exception. In Marco Crane & Rigging, Co. v. Masaryk, the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One, explained that § 33-1002(B) excludes mechanic’s liens from attaching to properties “of a person who became an owner-occupant prior to the construction, alteration, repair or improvement, except… Read more
Posted March 19, 2015 MC Attorneys
A fair market valuation is a statutory right under Arizona law after property is sold at a trustee’s sale. Banks have long included language in their loan documents that prospectively waives those rights — but no longer under a new ruling. During the depths of the Great Recession (2008 – 2010) many borrowers found themselves on the… Read more
Posted March 11, 2015 MC Attorneys
The recent Great Recession continues to produce decisions by Arizona courts. In January, the Arizona Supreme Court held that Arizona’s anti-deficiency statute does not protect borrowers that default if the home was never built. In BMO Harris Bank v. Wildwood Creek Ranch, LLC, the Court held that protections under ARS § 33-814(G) against deficiency judgments… Read more