Julia S. Acken Member Jennings, Strouss & Salmon Background: Julia S. Acken focuses her practice in labor and employment law. She has defended numerous companies in gender, race and disability…
The median projected percentage change for total salary budgets from 2020 to 2021 is an increase of 3.0%, according to XpertHR’s 2021 Salary Budget Survey of 460 US employers. This increase matches…
WESTMARC is set to launch West Valley Hot Topics series sponsored by Salt River Project (SRP). The series will launch in January 2021 with a focus on key issues that drive business…
United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona announced today that it has received a $10 million gift from MacKenzie Scott, American novelist, billionaire, and venture philanthropist. While the gift is unrestricted, a strategic plan is in place…
Today, Delta Dental announced its COVID-19 relief efforts are expected to reach $1.1 billion by early 2021, including more than $10 million in Arizona alone. This significant financial commitment builds…
The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, has identified a specific genetic target that could help explain the tremendous variation in how sick those infected with COVID-19…
Running a medium-sized enterprise is already as tough and challenging as it is. The last thing you’d want is being in a legal fix that might jeopardize the credibility of…
As the promise of 2021 looms on the horizon, most people are anxious to close the books on what is likely the most unsettling year — from the pandemic to politics to…
Phoenix-based Alpine 4 Technologies, Ltd., a leading operator and owner of small market businesses, announced that Alpine 4 and Impossible Aerospace (IA) have met all closing conditions of the merger and…
We say living things are the only beings in this world who age with time, is it so? Interestingly, everything around you, be it your tech gadget where you must…
The Arizona Technology Council, in partnership with The Western Way, released a report today detailing how policymakers can incorporate energy innovation into Arizona’s plan for recovering from the economic downturn caused by…
The Phoenix craft beer scene is bustling today, but two decades ago it was still sleepy. “Arizona had always been an underserved market by local breweries until this latest boom,”…
