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The Legal Intelligencer

How States Are Regulating the Environmental Impacts of a Newly Legalized Industry

This column surveys some of the ways states have chosen to regulate the environmental impacts of cannabis legalization in an effort to understand which issues have been prime targets for regulation, where some regulatory inconsistencies between the states exist, and what may be growing targets for regulation in the future.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Rubio Calls on DeSantis to Disburse Citrus Disaster-Relief Aid

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio said in a letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis that money in a $343 million block grant needs to be disbursed to citrus growers.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Chhabria Blesses Monsanto's Move to Bifurcate Upcoming Roundup Trials

In an unusual move, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco bifurcated the first bellwether trials in the multidistrict litigation over the herbicide Roundup, the first of which starts next month.
5 minute read

Law.com

Judge Signs Off on Fees in $1.5B Syngenta Corn Settlement

Plaintiffs' attorney Mikal Watts plans to appeal U.S. District Judge John Lungstrum's order, which largely approved a special master's recommendation on how to dole out $503 million in legal fees.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Cannabis Comes In-House

As the cannabis industry lights up, more companies are growing in-house legal teams to meet changing regulatory challenges and mergers and acquisitions needs.
9 minute read

Daily Business Review

State Fights Constitutionality Ruling on Medical Marijuana Law

The closely watched case centers on whether a law passed during a 2017 special legislative session violated a constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Municipal Regulation of Agricultural Operations in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania municipalities are “creatures of the state” and thus may only exercise those powers expressly and implicitly delegated to them by the General Assembly. One area in which municipalities have been delegated authority is the regulation of land uses.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Farm Owner Hit With $3.5M Default Judgment After Snubbing $10K Deal

The owner of commercial farming and fertilizer operations in Coffee County was sued after he reneged on a deal to pay an injured employee $10,000 to settle his claims.
4 minute read

Law.com

Lawyers Duel Over $503M Fee Award in Syngenta Corn Settlement

Lawyers from 15 law firms, including Texas plaintiffs attorney Mikal Watts, tussled in court Monday over who should get what in the GMO corn settlement with Syngenta.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Juror Bias Raised in Upcoming SF Trial Over Monsanto's Roundup

A federal judge said he would break out prospective jurors during voir dire who knew about this year's $289 million verdict, according to a lawyer familiar with the decision.
6 minute read

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