Higher Law: Marijuana Lobbying by the Numbers | California's Public Bank Study | Who Got the Work, And More
Here's a snapshot of some of the latest marijuana lobbying numbers—who's getting the work, and for what. Also: California teams up with a consultant to study a public cannabis bank. And scroll down to get in the weeds. Thanks for reading Higher Law.
August 02, 2018 at 04:00 PM
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➤➤ Marijuana Lobbying by the Numbers
• Weedmaps Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough • Eaze Solutions Inc Holland & Knight Governmental Advocates Inc., • New Federalism Fund Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck National Cannabis Industry Association VS Strategies. >>> Here's my story in The Recorder about the surge in spending on marijuana lobbying in California.➤➤Meet the Oklahoma Lawyer Fighting for Medical Marijuana
adopted new medical marijuana regulations Rachel Bussett Bussett Legal Group Attorney General Mike Hunter overstepped their authority Oklahoma Bar Association she's running for a judgeship➤➤Does California Need a Public Marijuana Bank?
California Treasurer John Chiang Level 4 Ventures Inc. recommendations Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board have failed bill➤➤Who Got the Work
Norris McLaughlin & Marcus Keya Denner Legally Grown
➤➤In the Weeds...
>> A cannabis patent fight is headed to federal court in Colorado Cooley Orion Armon a United Cannabis-held patent Denver Post >> The state of Washington wants pot business operators to come clean. Harris Bricken Robert McVay Canna Law Blog >> Florida's medical marijuana czar, Christian Bax, has resigned John Morgan Jeff Sharkey, Daily Business Review >> State-legal weed and workers' compensation are a thorny mix CBS News >> Can you launch a state-legal marijuana operation without giving all sorts of personal info to the government? Duane Morris Dan Terzian Marchetti v. United States The Recorder >> Another politician has hopped on the marijuana industry bandwagon Jim Florio Florio Perrucci Steinhardt & Capelli NJ Advance Media
➤➤What's Next: All the Things for Your Calendar
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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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