Paul Hastings: California Expands Employee Protections: A Dozen New Employment Laws Impacting Employers
California’s Legislature recently ended another busy session, sending a slew of new employee-friendly bills to Governor Gavin Newsom, who was not stingy with his pen. As a result, many California employees will wake up on January 1, 2023, with novel and enhanced...
Troutman Pepper: FDA Hires Cannabis Policy Expert: Is a New CBD Regulatory Framework Around the Corner?
By Michael Jordan & Agustin Rodriguez on October 7, 2022 FDA has hired Norman Birenbaum, an experienced cannabis policy expert, as a senior public health advisor at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER). The move signals the agency may soon develop a...
Arent Fox Schiff: California Bans Employment Discrimination For Marijuana Use
California has enacted legislation broadly protecting employees from discrimination for the use of marijuana, which has been legal in the state since 2016. Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1288 into law. It generally prohibits employers from discriminating...
Prince Lobel: Biden’s Pardon and its Impact October 7, 2022
On October 6, 2022, President Biden announced that he will issue pardons for all prior federal simple marijuana possession offenses, clearing these charges from the criminal records of over 6,500 people convicted of the offense from 1991 to 2021. President Biden’s...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers: Australia: Let’s Legalise It: Senator Shoebridge on Legislating Lawful Cannabis Nationwide
Since Australian Greens Senator David Shoebridge announced he’ll be introducing legislation into federal parliament with the aim of legalising cannabis for recreational use, there’s been a distinct feeling in the air that this is going to come to fruition. And there’s...Top 200 Cannabis Lawyers
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