Welcome back to the buzz, our monthly cannabis news and policy update. Your at-a-glance source for regulatory developments, agency announcements, and trends impacting the cannabis industry.
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/ Administrative Law, Agriculture, Business Organizations
Mediation is often guided by predictions made by each side, as well as by the mediator: if this case went to trial and faced a jury, what would that jury likely do with it? Naturally, each of these three actors will have a…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure
On September 4, 2024, the New Mexico Environment Department’s Air Quality Bureau (AQB) updated its Civil Penalty Policy, making several key changes to its assessment of civil penalties and administrative compliance costs in…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law
Cross-examination is a big deal for a key witness. I’ve noticed in trial that it gets some added attentiveness from the jury. Knowing that they’re now seeing one side pitted directly against the other, jurors will sit forward a…
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/ Civil Procedure
by Becky Achten New guidance from the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) affirms that both sides—retirement plans and welfare plans—must take steps to secure participant data from cybercrime.
In 2021 the…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Privacy
Every trial lawyer I know believes that they are adapting their communication in order to get the jury — or, for that matter, the judge — to understand. At the same time, they will still try to be concise, correct, and specific…
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/ Civil Procedure, Law Practice Products & Services
Idaho’s new crisis hold statute takes effect October 1, 2024, and allows hospitals to temporarily detain “persons with a neurocognitive disorder who are in acute crisis due to an unidentified underlying medical condition [so…
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/ Administrative Law, Health
On August 13, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and its Center for Clinical Standards and Quality / Quality, Safety & Oversight Group issued its memorandum QSO-24-17-EMTALA (the “Memorandum”), providing…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Health, Labor & Employment Law
Idaho’s new crisis hold statute takes effect October 1, 2024, and allows hospitals to temporarily detain “persons with a neurocognitive disorder who are in acute crisis due to an unidentified underlying medical condition [so…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Insurance
In Colorado, beginning on January 1, 2024, eligible employees can take paid leave for a variety of circumstances under Colorado’s Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) program. Given that the FAMLI program is still in its…
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/ Insurance, Labor & Employment Law
Welcome to the buzz, our monthly cannabis news and policy update. Your at-a-glance source for regulatory developments, agency announcements, and trends impacting the cannabis industry.
This month's highlights include:
• IRS…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Taxation
Artificial intelligence (or AI) technology is rapidly transforming industry norms and creating new possibilities along with moral, ethical, and legal implications. The Society for Human Resource Management has recently observed…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Labor & Employment Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
Employers finally have the answer they’ve been waiting for: they don’t need to comply with the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) Rule banning noncompete agreements—for now…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
As a general rule, healthcare employers are required to pay employed physicians and other contracted providers fair market value (FMV) for their services, but many employers do not understand relevant regulatory standards. In…
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/ Business Organizations, Health, Insurance, Labor & Employment Law
Sometimes in civil cases, the plaintiff’s liability claim is opportunistic, wishful, or factually weak. Other times, it is real. Someone didn’t do their job, a danger was missed, or — in that Olympic champion of passive-voice…
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/ Civil Procedure
