The Office of Arizona Attorney General filed a motion in Maricopa County Superior Court to consolidate 1,289 open lawsuits targeting Arizona small businesses. The Arizona Attorney General’s Office had filed a motion to intervene on behalf of the State in Maricopa County Superior Court inthe matter of Advocates for Individuals with Disabilities, LLC.
The motion asks the judge to consolidate the cases for the following limited purposes:
(1) considering whether the complaints filed by these Plaintiffs should be dismissed on the basis of common issues of law and fact, and
(2) considering whether the Court should issue any sanctions or other remedial orders.
If the judge agrees to allow the State to intervene as a limited purpose defendant, the State intends to file a motion seeking dismissal of all consolidated cases on the basis of threshold questions of law and fact common to all consolidated cases, including, but not limited to, Plaintiffs’ lack of standing.