Cheryl Miller

March 28, 2019 | Law.com

What's next after today's big US House committee vote on marijuana banking? Plus: inside Fox Rothschild's SEC engagement on a mutual fund investing in the cannabis industry. There's a new medical marijuana court ruling in New Jersey. Thanks for reading!

By Cheryl Miller

7 minute read

March 28, 2019 | National Law Journal

The bill, approved by the House Committee on Financial Services, is a top priority for a marijuana industry largely shut out of mainstream banking.

By Cheryl Miller

4 minute read

March 28, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The bill backed by the House Financial Services Committee is a top priority for the marijuana industry, which has been largely shut out of mainstream banking.

By Mike Scarcella

4 minute read

March 21, 2019 | Law.com

We're closely following the big hemp case in the Ninth Circuit, where a Hogan Lovells team—including Neal Katyal—just made their appearances. Plus: Squire Patton Boggs has a new cannabis lobbying client. Scroll down for Who Got the Work, and more. Thanks for reading Higher Law!

By Cheryl Miller

10 minute read

March 21, 2019 | The Recorder

Hogan Lovells partners Neal Katyal and Sean Marotta have signed on to represent a Colorado company trying to recover industrial hemp that Idaho police seized as contraband in January.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

March 19, 2019 | The Recorder

Cantil-Sakauye's reference to courthouse harassment follows the disclosure last summer that courts paid more than $645,000 to settle sexual harassment and gender discrimination claims.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

March 18, 2019 | The Recorder

The fee hike and add-ons would raise an active lawyer's 2020 bill to $860. The Legislature has not approved an increase in fees, previously called dues, since 1998.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

March 15, 2019 | The Recorder

Second District Court of Appeal Justice Jeffrey Johnson has denied grabbing a fellow justice's breasts and soliciting a security officer for sex.

By Cheryl Miller

3 minute read

March 14, 2019 | Law.com

Davis Wright is suing the U.S. customs agency over policy docs about stopping cannabis-tied executives at the border. Plus: We've got an update on a trademark spat in California, and scroll down for Who Got the Work. Thanks for reading Higher Law!

By Cheryl Miller

9 minute read

March 13, 2019 | The Recorder

"I can't be party to that. I wouldn't be able to sleep at night," the governor said Wednesday, explaining his decision to impose a moratorium on the death penalty in California.

By Cheryl Miller

6 minute read