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Philip (Phil) R. Higdon Of Counsel

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PHigdon@perkinscoie.com

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Publications

05.31.2017

Arizona’s New Sick Pay Requirements: Are You Ready?
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Beginning on July 1, 2017, virtually all Arizona employees will be entitled to accrue paid sick leave.
05.31.2016

New Arizona Legislation May Affect the Interests of Arizona Businesses and Employers
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Two new statutes, signed into law by Arizona Governor Doug Ducey this legislative session, attempt to set new standards on defining the employment relationship and how wages are regulated.
2011

A Quarter Century Later: Revisiting Defamation in New Mexico

40 New Mexico Law Review 197

This article analyzes the evolution of New Mexico's defamation law over the last twenty-five years.
2010

Restrictive Covenants and Trade Secret Protection

1 Arizona Employment Law Handbook, Article 1.5 (Thomas M. Rogers ed., 2010 Supp.), State Bar of Arizona
1984

Defamation in New Mexico

14 New Mexico Law Review 321

1981

The 1980 Arizona Groundwater Management Code

1980 Arizona State Law Journal 621
1980

The Burger Court and the Media

2 Western New England Law Review 593

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Practices

Oregon
Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

University of Texas School of Law, J.D., with honors, Order of the Coif, 1972, Associate Editor, Texas Law Review
University of Kansas, M.A., 1970
University of Kansas, B.S., 1969