Professional Services Sector

Music Fests Like Coachella Drive Concert Sales to New Heights

Attorney Mark Hummels Dies From Phoenix Shooting

Attorney Mark Hummels was taken off life support last night, and he became the second person to be killed as a result of Wednesday's office-building shooting in Phoenix.The attorney for the Osborn Maledon law firm and businessman Steve Singer were shot by 70-year-old Arthur Harmon, after they were a ... More >>

Social Studies

Jason Dubin, Sports Agent, Gets Probation for Failed Threesome Attempt With Teen Girls

Jason Dubin, the Valley sports agent who attempted to get two girls under the age of 18 over to his place for sex, was sentenced today to two years of probation.Dubin worked for Gaylord Sports Management before that incident went down -- the joint that porn star/jersey-chaser Bibi Jones claimed hook ... More >>

Top Five Must-See Shows This Weekend

Curious about what's going on around town this weekend? Need some suggestions where to rock, dance, or krump in the Valley of the Sun? Don't fret: These are our Five Shows to See This Weekend.

Private Prison Murder Down In Eloy Leads To Civil Suit Filed Yesterday

The family of a Hawaii inmate who was brutally murdered at a private prison in Eloy in 2010 filed a lawsuit yesterday against the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) yesterday in Honolulu.​Bronson Nunuha, who was 26, died in February 2010 after being beaten stabbed more than 100 times by two ... More >>

Immigrants Who Fight Deportation Are Packed Into Federal Gulags for Months or Years Before Their Cases Are Heard

The Black Keys File Lawsuits Against Ad Agency

​The Black Keys have sued ad advertising agency for using their hit single in a commercial without getting permission or paying royalties, according to Pitchfork.The blues rock duo has filed two lawsuits against Della Femina Rothschild Jeary and Partners for using The Black Keys' song "Tighten Up" ... More >>

Junk Bonds

Cricket Pavilion is Now Desert Sky Pavilion Again (For Now)

​The 20-year-old outdoor amphitheater on the west side of Phoenix which switched its name from Desert Sky Pavilion to Cricket Wireless Pavilion a few years ago is now back to square one.This is no victory over corporate America. The low-cost cell provider's naming rights recently expired ... More >>

Barnett Lotstein, Former Shill for Ex-County Attorney Andrew Thomas, Finds Work at Scottsdale Law Firm

Image: Ray Stern Barnett Lotstein watched his boss, Andrew Thomas, lose the election in September's primary. Now Lotstein's working for a Scottsdale law firm​ Barnett Lotstein, the face of ex-Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas' legal baloney, has been hired at a Scottsdale law firm. Bef ... More >>

Russell Pearce Fundraiser To Be Protested Friday

Pearce builds his own trough and goes hog-wild FridayAnti-Russell Pearce activists are set to protest both a Friday, January 7 fundraiser for the state Senate President-elect, and the opening day of business for the Arizona Legislature on Monday, January 10, when Pearce will take his seat as the Dar ... More >>

Jeffrey Phillips Not Allowed to Chase Ambulances for Six Months; Court Suspends "Tough" Attorney's License

"Need a tough, experienced attorney to protect your future and your freedom?" We'll, your gonna have to wait six months -- Jeffrey Phillips' law license has been suspended.​It's official: Jeffrey Phillips, the flashy frontman for the Phillips and Associates personal injury law firm, will not be al ... More >>

Arizona Prison Escapees: Mohave County Bills Prison for Capture Efforts

Tracy Province (left) and John McCluskey​When inmates escape from prison, mobilizing thousands of people to track down the escapees costs money, and Mohave County, apparently, doesn't want to pick up the tab for its part in fixing the prison's blunder.You may recall, three inmates escaped from the ... More >>

Grinding Justice: Operation Streamline Costs Millions, Tramples the Constitution, Treats Migrants Like Cattle, and Doesn't Work

Dodge Theatre is Now Called Comerica Theatre

​Phoenix's biggest theater has a new name.Live Nation, the concert promoter who owns the building at 400 West Washington Street formerly known as Dodge Theatre, issued a press release today saying we are henceforth to refer to the 5,000 seat venue as Comerica Theatre.In keeping with longstanding P ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Spent More Than $500K on His Boy Bill Montgomery, According to Invoices

Bill Montgomery: The half-million dollar man, and then some According to records provided to special counsel Jeffrey Messing by Sheriff Joe Arpaio's political guru Chad Willems of Summit Consulting Group, Arpaio's re-election campaign committee spent more than $500,000 in media buys for TV ads ... More >>

Arizona Inmate Housed in Oklahoma Prison Dead in Apparent Suicide

AZDOCPatrick Ross​An Arizona prison inmate, being housed in a private prison in Hinton, Oklahoma, is dead after apparently taking the easy way out, rather than completing his sentence.Officials at the Arizona Department of Corrections tell New Times inmate Patrick Ross was found dead in his cell a ... More >>

Mesa Community College Beefs Up Music Biz Program: You Can Now Learn To Be Puff Daddy or Ian MacKaye

​Ever wanted to learn a ton of shit about the music biz without going to Brooklyn to get P. Diddy a cookie or riding in a van with Ian MacKaye as he talks about not eating animals or drinking beer? Mesa Community College has you covered.MCC has been beefing up it's Music Business program for a cou ... More >>

Augustus Shaw Considers Dropping Out of Legislative Race After Residency Complaint

​ HOA lawyer Augustus Shaw tells New Times today that he's "strongly considering" dropping his run for the State House following an official complaint that he doesn't live in the right Legislative district. Shaw, a Republican, wants to represent District 17 in Tempe, but the complaint alleges ... More >>

Augustus Shaw in Trouble Part Two: Complaint Alleges He's Lying About Living in Tempe

Augustus Shaw​ Following our post today about Augustus Shaw, who's running for the State Legislature, a reader pointed us to an Arizona Guardian article published today that spells even more trouble for the ethically challenged HOA lawyer. Shaw lied about where he lives in official election ... More >>

The Gringo Mask: Latest Form of "Protection for Latinos" in AZ

​SB 1070 is all the rage in the news biz these days, and now its effects have made the jump into the fashion world, as well.An advertising agency, in the wake of 1070, is offering a new form of "protection for Latinos" in a mask that can transform even the brownest Mexican into a stereoty ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Pricey Lawyers Have Billed County $122,000 -- and Counting -- on Records Case

Sheriff Joe Arpaio likes expensive attorneys.​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has spared no expense in his quest to read emails penned by court administrators -- filing a lawsuit, an appeal after he lost the lawsuit, and finally a special action after he lost the appeal.But Arpaio isn't d ... More >>

Ticketmaster/Live Nation Merger Approved By The Brits

The just announced approval of the Ticketmaster/Live Nation merger across the pond does not bode well for any American plans​In a move that many feared would happen, British regulators approved a merger of Ticketmaster and Live Nation, the number one and two biggest ticket selling agencies in the ... More >>

Live Nation Offers 2-for-1 Deal on Rodney Carrington, Loggins and Messina, Grease and More

​ Live Nation says it's 2-for-1 ticket deal is a hit, and will expand it. "After seeing sales increase by 300% over the previous weeks' promotions, with fans saving more than $350,000, Live Nation announced today that fan response has been so positive, the company's popular 2-for-1 concert ticket ... More >>

David Leibowitz, Radio/News Guy, Leaving Moses Anshell

​Not an actual picture of marketing guru David Leibowitz.​We're not suggesting he's off to a galaxy far, far away or anything, but we can report that David Leibowitz is on the move.Leibowitz, a former Arizona Republic columnist and KTAR talk show host, has limited his journalism lately to freela ... More >>

Greenberg Traurig Law Firm, Which Earns Big Bucks From Maricopa County, Tapped by County to Review Mystery Donation to Republicans

Moses Anshell as Refugee Central

Something New Under the Sun

Elegant DBG construct offers shelter from the firestorm

A Hard Day's Day

Head Rolls Finally

A Valley Metro Rail manager's fired after New Times confronts the agency about ignoring complaints that she'd pressured contractors to hire a particular firm

Doubting Thomas

The Maricopa County Attorney's Office has approved lucrative contracts to Andy Thomas' old law firm

Doubting Thomas

The Maricopa County Attorney's Office has approved lucrative contracts to Andy Thomas' old law firm

S#&t Storm

Phoenix's sewer crisis has gone unnoticed by most toilet users, but it's the talk of sewage experts nationwide

Illusions of Grandeur

He's done with art. Now Bill Tonnesen wants to build a Holocaust memorial in Phoenix

Designing Arizona

Constructing outside of the lines

Indian Ruin

The Zuni tribe's plans for Phoenix billboards were abruptly canceled by Clear Channel

Turning the Tide

Letters from the week of January 2, 2003

Liar, Lawyer

How a state bar seminar on ethics turned into a liars' club

Best Post-Court Retort

Former beauty queen Jill Scott

Poring a Foundation

State prosecutors, regulators scrutinize the Baptist Foundation of Arizona

Slick Transit

Scottsdale's Loloma transportation station goes against the flows

Barrister Behind Bars

Former "King of Probate" faces long prison term for ripping off elderly

Bar Honors New Times Writer Rubin

Upon Further Review

Auditors claim attorney general violated procurement law, overpaid outside lawyers

Class Reaction

Legal aid to farmworkers and Indians slashed as Congress seeks end to mass lawsuits

Owe You DON'T!

The shoestring law firm of Bybee andShaw makes money by hounding debt collectors who make mistakes

THE LIFE BEHIND A RACIAL MISTAKE

PROMOTING FROM WITHIN

THE WINDMILLS OF JACK LEVINE

THIS LAWYER'S TAKEN ON ALL THE POWERS THAT BE. NOW HE'S ABOUT TO LOSE HIS LICENSE.