Higher Law: Workers & Weed | Cole Memo Redux | Plus: Who Got the Work
California scrapped a bill that pushed for workplace protections for employees who consume medical marijuana. Sacramento's new U.S. attorney outlines his cannabis enforcement priorities. Plus: the latest federal lobbying disclosures. Thanks for checking out Higher Law! And please sign up and forward to colleagues.
May 31, 2018 at 07:00 AM
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Welcome back to Higher Law Cheryl Miller [email protected] @capitalaccounts 
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Workplace Protections for Medical Marijuana
quietly sank legislation Assemblyman Rob Bonta Jonathan Mraunac Ogletree Deakins here The bottom line:
|That Sounds a Lot Like the 'Cole Memo'
It's been almost five months tossed out the Cole memo Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe his focus is on "historic" law-enforcement priorities Billy Williams recently outlined similar prosecution targets
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Who Got the Work
Surterra Holdings Inc. The Smith-Free Group according reported New Federalism Fund Jochum Shore & Trossevin according Privateer Holdings Dixie Brands Native Roots Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
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In the Weeds...
Oregon has stopped processing AP This week's newsletter started with a look at Illinois' laws Denise Elliott McNees Wallace & Nurick The Legal Intelligencer ➤➤ You can't tell the federal cannabis bills without a program Rolling Stone ➤➤ Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer filed misdemeanor charges Los Angeles City Attorney's office ➤➤ A Florida judge struck down the state's ban on smoking medical marijuana Tampa Bay Times ➤➤ A Santa Rosa, Calif. dispensary will pay $40,000 to settle charges have been a target of Prop 65 complaints The Press Democrat 
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Calendar Call: Upcoming Events
June 4-6: Board of Pharmacy received 376 applications June 7: Arkansas Department of Finance & Administration v. Naturalis Health June 10: Cannabis Business and Technology Symposium The Mary Janes - Women of Weed
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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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