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The Legal Intelligencer

Medical Marijuana and Its Impact On the Workplace

As a labor and employment law attorney, when it comes to medical marijuana, the question I am most asked is “what does medical marijuana mean for our workplace and/or our drug-testing policies?”
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Marijuana Program to Double in Size; Neighboring States Look to Compete

On April 5, the Pennsylvania Department of Health (PADOH), Office of Medical Marijuana (OMM), which oversees the commonwealth's medical marijuana program, initiated phase II of its licensing process.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

'PharmaCann' Tests Delicate Balance Between Federal, State Marijuana Laws

More than 30,000 patients have signed up for the program and are now receiving medical marijuana from 12 grower/processors at the 14 dispensaries that have been approved and have opened across the commonwealth.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Medical Marijuana and Workers' Compensation: Burning Questions That Need Answers

Medical marijuana has come to Pennsylvania and by extension to the commonwealth's injured workers. What image comes to mind?
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Cannabis and Banks: What Qualifies as Illegal Activity?

Many legal issues arise out of financing cannabis activities, not the least of which is whether a target property for a cannabis venture is mortgaged by a bank. The standard institutional mortgage contains language that allows the mortgagee to “call” the loan if the property is being used to conduct “illegal activity.”
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

So, Where Is the Promised Disclosure Program for Household Cleaning Products?

Charlotte A. Biblow discusses state environmental regulation, pointing out that the NYSDEC has not yet finalized its program or disclosure form, after releasing an initial draft over a year ago.
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

How Mexichem's GC Brought His Team Together by Building a Global Compliance Program

Francisco Hernandez of Mexichem took a group of disparate lawyers spread throughout the world and shaped them into a global legal function using a rather surprising tool--ethics and compliance.
1 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Here's the Skinny: Plaintiffs on Losing Streak in Diet Soda Class Actions

Drinking diet soda will not make you skinny—and may actually do the opposite. But that's not enough to sustain would-be class actions against Diet Pepsi, Diet Coke and Diet Dr. Pepper.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Cannabis Banking Is a Matter of Public Safety

Let's say ABC LLC applied for and was granted permits to grow, process and dispense cannabis pursuant to its state's medical marijuana regulations. ABC now operates a 120,000-square-foot cultivation facility and sells its cannabis-related products, which include THC and CBD vape oils, tinctures and pills, through three dispensaries.
10 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Monsanto and Husch Blackwell's Case Assessment Mastery Made Them ACC Value Champions

As a result of implementing a new algorithm to assess asbestos cases early, the number of active cases has declined by 53 percent and settlement costs were reduced by 30 percent for Monsanto. Spend on outside counsel on these matters is down by 10 percent.
5 minute read

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