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Kavanaugh on Cannabis

 Brett Kavanaugh per curiam order denying an en banc rehearing Americans for Safe Access v. Drug Enforcement Administration Joseph Elford

Cannabis Bar Elects New Leaders

National Cannabis Bar Association Matthew Abel Christopher Davis Omar Figueroa Shelli Williams Hayes, Joanna Hossack Cátia Kossovsky, Shabnam Malek Amy McDougal Courtney Moran Lauren Ruddick Richard "Tick" Segerblom Mary Shapiro Katy Young Cannabis Law Institute

Who Got the Work

  • Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has named Dominique Mendiola as the state's director of marijuana coordination. An alumna of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Mendiola was deputy director of the state Department of Revenue's marijuana enforcement division. She replaces Mark Bolton, who returned to the Denver office of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck in the spring.
  • Los Angeles-based cannabis firm Margolin & Lawrence has opened a new office in Oakland, Calif., which will be led by of counsel Mia Mitchell. Mitchell previously worked as a corporate counsel for Wedbush Securities Inc. and as an associate at Jones Walker.

In the Weeds

>> A New Jersey workers' compensation judge ordered Freehold Township to foot the bill for an injured worker's medical marijuana New Jersey Law Journal >> The U.S. attorney for Massachusetts repeated assurances he's focused on combating opioids, Andrew Lelling some of those enforcement priorities U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts >> Philadelphia attorney Richard Hark says Pennsylvania licensed professionals should 'just say no' to legal marijuana Hark & Hark The Legal Intelligencer] >> A federal judge in New York says he'll stop sending defendants on supervised release to jail for smoking pot New York Law Journal >> Attorneys for the city of Newport Beach, California, have asked a court to stop the Church of the Holy Grail from dispensing marijuana Daily Pilot >> Could marijuana politics turn the U.S. Senate blue in November? Politico

Calendar: What's Going On?

July 18: Global Hemp Trade Symposium July 19: quarterly cannabis caucuses July 25-27: Cannabis Business Summit & Expo National Cannabis Bar Association
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