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K&L Gates LLP

Working Wise: New Jersey's Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act

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In this episode, Meghan Meade discusses employer obligations towards disabled employees in light of New Jersey's recent amendments to the Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act, finishing off with a brief update on what's...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

NJ Supreme Court To Rule On Medical Marijuana Protections

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The New Jersey Supreme Court announced it will review the Appellate Division’s decision in Wild v. Carriage Funeral Holdings, Inc., which extended protections under the New Jersey Law against Discrimination (NJLAD) to medical...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Cannabis in California: High Time to Smoke Out the Issues

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In a simpler time, courts reviewing medical cannabis laws issued employer-friendly decisions, generally finding no duty to accommodate medical cannabis even when state laws allowed its use for medical...more

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Will Employers in Ohio Have to Accommodate Their Workers’ Medical Marijuana Use?

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A March 27, 2019, ruling in a New Jersey case, Wild v. Carriage Funeral Holdings, Inc. et al., provides some interesting insights and continues the recent trend among courts in other states Delaware (2018), Connecticut...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

What Employers Need To Know: New Jersey’s Appellate Division Issues Historic Ruling On Medical Marijuana Users’ Rights in the...

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Ever since the use of properly prescribed medical marijuana became legal in New Jersey, Courts have grappled with reconciling state and federal laws protecting employees from disability discrimination, and employers’ rights...more

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