Higher Law: Cannabis Lobbying & Campaign Donations | Weed in the Workplace | Plus: Who Got the Work
What first-quarter California lobbying registrations reveal about legislative and campaign advocacy. Plus: Insurance regulators approve California's first policy for landlords renting to cannabis businesses.
May 03, 2018 at 04:00 PM
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Welcome to Higher Law a liberal opponent This week, we're looking at the big dollars behind pot lobbying and campaign donations in California. Plus, the perplexing problem of legal weed in the workplace. Scroll down to see who got the work. Thanks, always, for reading Higher Law.
|The Lobbying Buzz in California
First quarter lobbying reports are now filed the biggest marijuana industry spenders Eaze Solutions Inc Governmental Advocates Online dispensary locator Weedmaps California Strategies & Advocacy Lang, Hansen, O'Malley & Miller have exchanged terse letters Leafly recently reported Lori Ajax SB 1302
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Workplace Weed Worries
Weed in the Workplace Associated Press Michael Clarkson Ogletree Deakins Society for Human Resource Management AB 2069 Walter Prince
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Who Got the Work
➤➤ The National Cannabis Industry Association Steve Fox VS Strategies Vicente Sederberg Federal Advocates Inc. ➤➤ The neighbors of Cambridge, Massachusetts, dispensary Health Pharms are suing under federal anti-racketeering laws. Scott Schlager Nathanson & Goldberg Emma Quinn-Judge Zalkind, Duncan & Bernstein Masslive
|In the Weeds
- Insurance regulators have approved California's first insurance policy for landlords renting to cannabis businesses. California Mutual Insurance Co. will offer lessor's risk coverage to property owners "who are exposed to specific risks resulting from cannabis-related business activities of their commercial tenants," the Department of Insurance said. [California Department of Insurance]
- Marijuana-legal states are tracking and collecting a whole lot of data from the industry. But at least two states have had technical problems with all that data collection. And Oregon doesn't have enough staffing to check for compliance issues in all those numbers. [Associated Press]
- Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says he's tried pot "once or twice." He confesses he's "never been a marijuana guy," according to the AP. Meanwhile, the firm Flaster Greenberg says it's launching a cannabis practice group in response to proposed legislation to expand marijuana business opportunities in New Jersey.
- More than 100,000 Florida residents have registered in the state's medical marijuana system. Thirteen companies operate 34 dispensaries despite heavy local restrictions and ongoing fights about what business can locate where. “We are looking at Florida as the biggest medical marijuana market in the United States,” said Randy Maslow, president of iAnthus Capital Holdings. [Orlando Sentinel]
- The National Rifle Association is meeting in Dallas this week, and sure, the Second Amendment lawyers there are talking about guns. But they're also talking about marijuana. "Think potheads don't have rights?" asks columnist Jacquielynn Floyd. "Try taking their guns away." [Dallas News]
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Mark Your Calendars
May 8-9 the Cannabis Law Sessions MJBizCon NEXT May 14 Nominations May 16 People United for Medical Marijuana Inc. v. Florida Department of Health
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Who Got The Work
Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct. 2 in Massachusetts District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Stephen Austen, accuses certain officers and directors of misleading investors in regard to Symbotic's potential for margin growth by failing to disclose that the company was not equipped to timely deploy its systems or manage expenses through project delays. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, is 1:24-cv-12522, Austen v. Cohen et al.
Who Got The Work
Edmund Polubinski and Marie Killmond of Davis Polk & Wardwell have entered appearances for data platform software development company MongoDB and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Oct. 7 in New York Southern District Court by the Brown Law Firm, accuses the company's directors and/or officers of falsely expressing confidence in the company’s restructuring of its sales incentive plan and downplaying the severity of decreases in its upfront commitments. The case is 1:24-cv-07594, Roy v. Ittycheria et al.
Who Got The Work
Amy O. Bruchs and Kurt F. Ellison of Michael Best & Friedrich have entered appearances for Epic Systems Corp. in a pending employment discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed Sept. 7 in Wisconsin Western District Court by Levine Eisberner LLC and Siri & Glimstad on behalf of a project manager who claims that he was wrongfully terminated after applying for a religious exemption to the defendant's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The case, assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor, is 3:24-cv-00630, Secker, Nathan v. Epic Systems Corporation.
Who Got The Work
David X. Sullivan, Thomas J. Finn and Gregory A. Hall from McCarter & English have entered appearances for Sunrun Installation Services in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint was filed Sept. 4 in Connecticut District Court by attorney Robert M. Berke on behalf of former employee George Edward Steins, who was arrested and charged with employing an unregistered home improvement salesperson. The complaint alleges that had Sunrun informed the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection that the plaintiff's employment had ended in 2017 and that he no longer held Sunrun's home improvement contractor license, he would not have been hit with charges, which were dismissed in May 2024. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, is 3:24-cv-01423, Steins v. Sunrun, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Greenberg Traurig shareholder Joshua L. Raskin has entered an appearance for boohoo.com UK Ltd. in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The suit, filed Sept. 3 in Texas Eastern District Court by Rozier Hardt McDonough on behalf of Alto Dynamics, asserts five patents related to an online shopping platform. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, is 2:24-cv-00719, Alto Dynamics, LLC v. boohoo.com UK Limited.
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