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Beginning August 4, 2025, Arizona will implement new protection for groundwater, its primary source of drinking water. The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) approved modifications to the Aquifer Water Quality Standards (AWQS) and a new implementing rule. The rule will impose specific limits on groundwater pollutants that directly affect […]

             On January 23, 2025, the United States Supreme Court granted the government’s motion to stay the injunction issued by a Texas federal court. In granting this motion, it appeared that the enforcement of the Beneficial Ownership Information (“BOI”) reporting requirements of the Corporate Transparency […]

            On January 9, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky vacated the 2024 Title IX rules (“2024 Rules”) issued by the U.S. Department of Education (the “Department”). State of Tennessee v. Cardona, No. 2:24-00072 (Jan. 9, 2025). The court found that the 2024 Rules violated the First […]

On December 3, 2024, a Texas federal court issued a preliminary injunction that halts the beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) reporting requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). The CTA requires companies to report BOI to the United States Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) or risk severe […]

On November 15, 2024, a Texas federal judge found that the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) did not have authority to raise the minimum salary thresholds for the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) overtime exemption. (Click here to view the decision) The effect of this ruling in Texas vs. the […]

(Phoenix, AZ) – Over thirty Gust Rosenfeld attorneys are included in The Best Lawyers in America 2025®, and many new attorneys were named Best Lawyers: “Ones to Watch” in America, 2025®. All nominees in every category are recommended by and voted on by their peers. A comprehensive peer-review survey determines […]

Federal regulations interpreting Title IX of the Education Act (the “Regulations”) are currently scheduled to go into effect on August 1, 2024. The Arizona School Boards Association and the Arizona School Risk Retention Trust have issued recommended policy updates with proposed changes to their respective Title IX policies to align […]