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By

Christian Lestinsky

Receiving a citation from Arizona’s OSHA equivalent – the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (ADOSH) – can be stressful, disruptive, and costly.

Beyond potential penalties, an ADOSH citation can affect employee morale, operations, insurance, and your company’s reputation. How your company responds, particularly in the first days after receiving a citation, can have lasting consequences.

Below are practical, real-world steps you should take if you receive an ADOSH citation.

1. Immediately Abate the Alleged Safety Risk.

Employee safety is the top priority.

Whether or not you agree with the citation, the first step should always be

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Continue Reading What to do if you receive an ADOSH citation: Practical steps for Arizona employers

The 2026 edition of

The Best Lawyers in America

®

 , released Thursday, recognizes nearly half of our firms attorneys.

Selected for the coming year are 


Kent Lang


,


Mike Thal


, and


Rick Friedlander


, plus “Ones to Watch” honorees


Jamie Hanson


 and 


Erika Johnsen


.

In addition,


Mike Thal


was named

Construction Law “Lawyer of the Year”

(Scottsdale) — his third Lawyer of the Year selection since 2019.

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Continue Reading Best Lawyers honors five Lang Thal King & Hanson attorneys for 2026

Lang Thal King & Hanson ranked #5 in the category of construction litigation in Ranking Arizona in 2025. Thank you for your support!

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Inconsistency among Arizona’s trial courts in how the 2021 statutory revisions are to be applied make legal strategies difficult for contractors to employ statewide.

By

Jamie Hanson

In September 2021, the Arizona legislature amended

A.R.S. § 12-910

, which governs appeals of administrative decisions by the Registrar of Contractors and allows for a

trial de novo

after an ROC hearing.

We discussed the effects of those amendments in two previous articles:

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Continue Reading ROC cases and the “trial de novo” statute: After three years, uncertainty endures

Announcement of the new rule has triggered multiple legal challenges that could delay its enforcement.

Going forward, employers are prohibited from entering into new non-competes, even for executives, and must notify workers bound by existing agreements that the non-compete provisions will not be enforced. The FTC is of the opinion that this rule will alleviate burdens on workers and foster a more dynamic and competitive labor market.

The rule includes a few exceptions, such as existing agreements with senior executives and non-competes that exist as part of the sale of a business. 

Legal Challenges.

The FTC announcement triggered immediate legal

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Continue Reading FTC: Non-compete agreements are no longer enforceable

Lang Thal King & Hanson ranked #8 in the categories of construction litigation and commercial litigation in Ranking Arizona in 2024. Thank you for your support!

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Continue Reading Lang Thal King & Hanson Make the Top 10 in Two Categories in Ranking Arizona 2024

We are pleased to announce that

Jason Clark

has been elected as a partner at Lang Thal King & Hanson PC.

A Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” and

Best Lawyers®

“Ones to Watch” honoree who joined our firm in 2015, Jason offers national law firm experience and an extensive track record of successful outcomes for his clients in all aspects of construction disputes and

Registrar of Contractors proceedings

. 

Jason’s recent construction law experience includes matters involving:

He also represents

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Continue Reading Jason Clark Elected as a Partner

The expanded “economic realities” test increases the government’s presumption that a worker is an employee entitled to overtime and minimum wage protection.

The new rule expands, from three factors to six, the government’s “economic realities” test, which seeks to determine whether independent contractors are truly in business for themselves or are actually employees who should be afforded full wage-and-hour and other FLSA protections.

The economic realities factors are non-exhaustive – i.e., a Wage and Hour Division auditor is free to consider additional factors – and, in contrast to the old rule, no single factor is more important than any other.

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Continue Reading New independent contractor rule aims at paying more workers as employees