The legalization of medical marijuana use in 33 states and recreational marijuana use in 11 states has led to hazy implications for the hospitality industry. Many employers are unsure of their rights when it comes to limiting and/or prohibiting employee marijuana use....
By Marshall Custer on August 22, 2022 The debate surrounding delta-8 THC and the proper regulation of intoxicating hemp products has accelerated greatly over the last several months, fueled by multiple court decisions, federal policy actions, and new state laws. Not...
First Circuit Says Dormant Commerce Clause Applies To Medical Marijuana By Steve Levine on August 18, 2022 A split First Circuit panel affirmed yesterday that the US Constitution’s dormant commerce clause applies to the federally...
Magdalen Blessey Bickford Chase Stoecker Heidi Urness On its face it appears to be counterintuitive: United States federal courts recognizing and enforcing workplace rights for employees working in an illegal industry. After all, we would not expect a...
M. Tae Phillips Birmingham Zachary V. Zagger New York Legalization of medical and recreational marijuana use continues to spread across the United States despite the drug remaining a Schedule I controlled substance under federal law. This comes as respondents to...
By Keith Paul Bishop on August 12, 2022 Nevada’s voters decriminalized adult recreational use of marijuana by voter initiative. See Secretary of State, Statewide Ballot Initiative Question No. 2, 14 (Nov. 8, 2016, effective Jan. 1, 2017). Marijuana nonetheless...