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Cannabis Legal Report – September 2022

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Second Circuit Rules That Cannabis As a Schedule I Under CSA Is Constitutional - This August, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the government’s classification of...more

Butler Snow LLP

Saving Time and Money: Preemption of Direct Negligence Claims Against Employers in Tennessee

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Although Tennessee courts recognize claims asserted against an employer such as negligent hiring, training, supervision, and entrustment, recent case law suggests that those claims may no longer viable after an employer...more

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The Stay is Lifted – NJ Medical Cannabis Expands

As many are well-aware, the cannabis industry has been plagued by litigation, and New Jersey’s recent experience is no different. Indeed, New Jersey has taken great strides to expand its medical marketplace, with the patient...more

Butler Snow LLP

Update: Supreme Court of Virginia Vacates Recently Adopted Legal Ethics Opinion Regarding “No-Contact” Rule - Butler Snow

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Earlier this year, we covered the Supreme Court of Virginia’s adoption of Legal Ethics Opinion (“LEO”) 1890 concerning Rule 4.2 of the Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct. Rule 4.2, the so-called “no-contact rule,”...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Judge Vacates Exemptions for Health Care Workers in Families First Coronavirus Response Act

A Southern District of New York federal judge in Manhattan vacated a final rule by the Department of Labor (“DOL”) that exempted certain workers from accessing emergency benefits under the temporary federal pandemic-related...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

First Circuit Vacates Air Permit: Natural Gas Pricing and Supply in New England Potentially Impacted

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit recently vacated an air permit issued by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for the construction of a new compressor station proposed by Algonquin...more

Franczek P.C.

Appellate Court Sheds Light on Murky Tax Sale Process Under Property Tax Code

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A large and growing source of property tax refunds in Cook County are generated when a Court reverses or vacates the sale of delinquent taxes.  A recent Appellate Court decision provides a good overview of the tax sale...more

Carlton Fields

Court Vacates Arbitration Award on Grounds of Evident Partiality

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City Beverages LLC, doing business as Olympic Eagle Distributing, and Monster Energy Co. entered into an agreement under which Monster had exclusive distribution rights for its products in a certain territory for 20 years....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Take Two: Alabama’s City Versus State Minimum Wage Dispute to Get Full Appellate Review

Minimum wage laws invite controversy, and Alabama’s latest tug-of-war between the state and its largest city is going to get another wider review. You may recall that back in 2015, Birmingham, Alabama, passed a local minimum...more

Carlton Fields

Don’t Count Your Chickens – Or State Citizens For CAFA Exceptions – Before They Hatch

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The Ninth Circuit vacated a remand order implicating the local and home-state controversy exceptions to CAFA jurisdiction in a putative class action by former California resident employees of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) for...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

What's New In Washington - September 2018

Following a truncated August recess, the House and the Senate returned to Washington after Labor Day with a full plate of legislative items to address prior to the end of the fiscal year on September 30. That list includes...more

Holland & Knight LLP

New Decisions Offer Important Guidance on California Ballot Box Planning - Rulings Help Reconcile Local Land Use Decisions with...

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• Two recent decisions by California courts offer important judicial guidance on the longstanding issue of reconciling local government land use decisions with the referendum and initiative powers reserved to the people by...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Supreme Court Remands Berkeley Cell Phone Case to Ninth Circuit

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The Supreme Court has vacated the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s decision upholding a Berkeley, California ordinance requiring cell phone retailers to warn customers about potential radiofrequency (RF) safety...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - June 2018

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the Eleventh Circuit's decision to vacate an order against LabMD regarding FTC cease-and-desist orders, new data breach notification laws in three U.S....more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update | February 2018

Cooke Aquaculture Fined $332,000 For Puget Sound Salmon Pen Collapse - The Washington Department of Ecology has reportedly fined Cooke Aquaculture $332,000 for violations of state water quality laws related to a net pen...more

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