Entries by ernest

Use of Social Media in the Courtroom

A couple of weeks ago, we posted a blog entitled “Courts Adjust to Social Media,” which dealt with the admissibility of social media evidence in the courtroom. In that post, we told you about a Connecticut Appellate Court ruling which upheld a trial judge’s decision that some Facebook postings were inadmissible as evidence in a […]

Construction Employment Rises in 45 States and D.C. from July 2017 to July 2018 while 29 States and D.C. Add Construction Jobs for the Month

Arizona General Contractors Association https://www.agc.org/news/2018/08/17/construction-employment-rises-45-states-and-dc-july-2017-july-2018-while-29-states (Originally posted on August 17, 2018) Texas and Nevada Have Biggest Annual Job Increases While New Jersey and South Carolina Trail; Texas, New Hampshire and New Mexico Have Largest Monthly Gains as Mississippi and Utah Lag Forty-five states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between July 2017 and […]

New York investor Blackstone snatches up $898 million in metro Phoenix real estate

Citation: Catherine Reagor, Arizona Republic https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/real-estate/catherine-reagor/2018/08/08/blackstone-group-goes-metro-phoenix-real-estate-spree-new-york-apartments/928639002/ (Originally Posted on AZCentral August 20, 2018) One of world’s largest real estate investors just went on an apartment-buying spree in metro Phoenix, purchasing six apartment complexes for almost $311 million. New York-based Blackstone Group closed on the apartments spanning from Surprise to Chandler on Monday, according to public real estate […]

John McCain’s real-estate legacy in metro Phoenix and beyond

**Catherine Reagor, Arizona Republic https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/real-estate/catherine-reagor/2018/08/30/john-mccains-metro-phoenix-real-estate-legacy/1123434002 (originally posted on www. AZCentral.com August 30, 2018) Sen. John McCain was a trailblazer in many ways, including where he lived in metro Phoenix and his vision for the Valley’s growth. The six-term U.S. senator and longtime Arizona leader moved from the suburbs to central Phoenix in the 1980s, opposite […]

Eighty Percent of Contractors Report Difficulty Finding Qualified Craft Workers to Hire as Association Calls for Measures to Rebuild Workforce

Arizona General Contractors Association https://www.agc.org/news/2018/08/29/eighty-percent-contractors-report-difficulty-finding-qualified-craft-workers-hire (Originally posted August 27, 2018) Eighty percent of construction firms report they are having a hard time filling hourly craft positions that represent the bulk of the construction workforce, according to the results of an industry-wide survey released today by Autodesk and the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). Association […]