Meredith Lopez

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

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Missouri Goes Green: What Employers Need to Know About the State’s New Medical Marijuana Law

Missouri residents recently voted in favor of legalizing medical marijuana. Amendment 2, the Medical Marijuana and Veteran Healthcare Services Initiative, overwhelmingly passed on November 6, 2018, amending the Missouri...more

11/28/2018 / Constitutional Amendment , Decriminalization of Marijuana , Employment Policies , Marijuana , Medical Marijuana , New Legislation , State Constitutions

Attorney General Jeff Sessions Reverses Course on Marijuana Enforcement

On January 4, 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions reversed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) position on enforcement of federal marijuana laws. Under the Obama administration, the DOJ adopted a hands-off approach to...more

1/22/2018 / Cole Memorandum , Controlled Substances Act , Criminal Prosecution , Decriminalization of Marijuana , Department of Justice (DOJ) , Marijuana , Marijuana Related Businesses , State and Local Government

Missouri School Boards, Cities, and Counties: Consider Enacting Ordinance Providing for Secret Ballot Union Elections for Certain...

Article I, Section 29 of the Missouri Constitution gives employees “the right to organize and to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing.” For most public sector employees, Chapter 105 of the...more

8/20/2015 / Collective Bargaining , Law Enforcement , Municipalities , NLRB , Public Employees , Public Employers , Union Elections , Union Representatives

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