In the first week of May, attorneys Daniel Struck and Rachel Love presented at the 2018 Training Conference for the North American Association of Wardens & Superintendents (NAAWS).  Proactive litigation defense and evidence preservation strategies for high exposure and costly lawsuits  was the focus of “Legal Liability and Evidence Preservation”. […]

On June 27th, the Appellate Practice Section of the State Bar of Arizona is hosting First Mondays Live Podcast – A Recap of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2017 Term and Its Most Anticipated Opinions. Attorney Nicholas Acedo, co-chair of the Appellate Practice Section, notes the program closely follows the end […]

Commercial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs”) or drones are providing access to valuable technology, which in turn is being used by public agencies ranging from natural disaster management to law enforcement . “Managing the Risk of Unmanned Air Vehicles”, co-authored by Struck Love attorneys Dana Giallonardo and Daniel Struck, was published […]

Struck Love participates in the 100 Club of Arizona’s 911 Tower Challenge to honor those First Responders who lost their lives on September 11, 2011. There were 110 floors and 2,071 steps in the Twin Towers. On September 8th in Phoenix, Team Struck Love, along with hundreds of people, remember […]

Rachel Love presents at the 2017 Utah Sheriffs’ Association 22nd Annual Law Enforcement and Corrections Training Conference in St. George, Utah: Transgender Inmate Populations; and Answering and Lowering Your Grievances.  September 2017.

In Yahweh v. City of Phoenix, No. 1 CA-CV 16-0270, __ WL __ (Ariz. App. July 11, 2017), the court held that A.R.S. § 12-821.01’s sum-certain requirement requires a claimant to include in a notice of claim “a particular and certain amount of money that, if agreed to by the […]

On June 14, 2017, the Appellate Practice Section of the Arizona State Bar will be presenting this seminar at this year’s Bar Convention in Tucson, Arizona.  Following a live (and real) oral argument before the Arizona Court of Appeals, there will be analysis by expert commentators sharing their insights, highlighting […]

In Lowry v. City of San Diego, 13-56141, 2017 WL 2434715 (9th Cir. June 6, 2017), officers responded to an office building to investigate a triggered burglar alarm. Upon seeing an opened door to a darkened suite and suspecting a burglary might be in progress, one of the officers released […]

In County of Los Angeles v. Mendez, 16-369, 2017 WL 2322832 (U.S. May 30, 2017), the Supreme Court rejected the Ninth Circuit’s provocation rule, see Billington v. Smith, 292 F.3d 1177, 1189 (9th Cir. 2002).  Under that rule, an officer was liable for injuries resulting from a use of force—even […]

In Glazer v. State, 1 CA-CV 16-0416, 2017 WL 2125720 (Ariz. App. May 16, 2017), the court held that the lower interest rate applicable to judgments against the State during an appeal does not apply to any portion of a judgment that is not being paid out of the State’s […]