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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, the House of Representatives moves closer to voting on the MORE Act.  Meanwhile, in the Senate, a bill on cannabis research makes its way through the process.  In state news, New Jersey’s dispensary licenses...

Earlier this month, plaintiff Bright Side, LLC dba Herbal Edibles, a manufacturer of cannabis edibles, filed a lawsuit in New Mexico state court to enforce a 3-year non-compete and enjoin the misappropriation of its trade secret cannabis recipes by one its former bakers, Christina Johnson. Based on the complaint, Ms. Johnson had been employed by...

Earlier this month, Plaintiff Bright Side, LLC dba Herbal Edibles, a manufacturer of cannabis edibles, filed a lawsuit in New Mexico state court to enforce a 3-year non-compete and enjoin the misappropriation of its trade secret cannabis recipes by one its former bakers, Christina Johnson. Based on the complaint, Ms. Johnson had been employed by...

Seyfarth Synopsis: In the first six months of 2021, several states legalized marijuana for recreational and medicinal purposes, including New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and New Mexico. States show no signs of slowing down. On June 22, 2021, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed a bill that legalized recreational marijuana use by adults 21 years and...

Following closely on the heels of both New York and New Jersey enacting recreational cannabis laws, New Mexico and Virginia have enacted their own laws allowing adults to use cannabis for recreational purposes. Virginia went further by enacting the first law providing employment protections to individuals using cannabis oil. Although not immediately effective, New Mexico...

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. The big news this week is that New Mexico legalized adult-use marijuana.  Mississippi’s medical cannabis program faces a state Supreme Court challenge.  And South Dakota’s program is also having its day in court.  Idaho may legalize...

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. It’s been a big week. New York legalized cannabis. New Mexico legalized cannabis. Virginia may speed up legalizing cannabis. The Biden administration is getting pushback on how it treats staffers who used cannabis. North Dakota won’t...

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week’s news provides further proof of how difficult it can be to legalize marijuana. New York may be on the verge of legalizing, or it may not. New Mexico’s cannabis bills are coming down to...

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. The new federal hemp rules take effect March 22.  The Idaho House voted in favor of industrial hemp.  Rhode Island Senators introduced a bill to legalize cannabis.  Support for adult-use marijuana grows in Maryland.  The situation...

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Virginia legalized adult-use cannabis.  Could marijuana sales come to D.C.?  A legalization bill moved forward in New Mexico.  Pennsylvania and Connecticut are also considering permitting an adult-use market.  And finally, a Canadian marijuana company has created...

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. We have updates on the situations in New Jersey and Virginia. Many things happened in South Dakota this week. New Mexico starts the legalization process. A wide array of governors express support for cannabis. And finally,...

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. We bring you an update on Virginia and New Jersey. New bills appear in New Mexico and Minnesota. Lawsuits hover over the rollout of legalized marijuana in South Dakota and Mississippi. Will an amendment banning future...

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. The USDA issued a final hemp rule.  Virginia began the process of legalizing cannabis.  New Mexico faces a lawsuit over medical marijuana plant limits.  Governor Cuomo offers support for legalization.  The road to legal marijuana in...

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. What will Democratic control of the Senate mean for legalizing on the federal level? How much do we know about Merrick Garland’s views on cannabis? What did the FDA say about CBD? How are things progressing...

Welcome back to the Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. The Senate passed a marijuana research bill.  Weedmaps went public.  New Jersey worked on legalization legislation.  Mexico stopped working on legalization.  Ole Miss retained its cannabis monopoly.  Arizona crafted marijuana rules.  Lawmakers introduced a medical cannabis...

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. The House passed both the MORE Act and a bill on medical marijuana research. New Jersey gets to work on cannabis legislation. Lawsuits abound in states that just legalized. Mexico’s move to allow marijuana hits a...

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. The House will vote on the MORE Act today. The United Nations voted to reschedule cannabis. You can now get marijuana delivered in Massachusetts. A group in Virginia released a report on how to legalize. Mexico...

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. New Jersey is working its way through decriminalization and tax bills.  Virginia’s governor comes out in favor of legalization.  Other states showed some interest in getting on the bandwagon.  State cannabis regulators formed a group.  Mexico...

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. From the “if at first you don’t succeed” files, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy stated recently that he would support a bill to legalize marijuana, rather than awaiting a ballot initiative in 2020.  States that may see ballot...

By Jennifer Mora Seyfarth Synopsis: Given this recent New Mexico medical marijuana law change discussed here, employers in all jurisdictions should review their current policies and practices addressing “weed at work” and continue to monitor developments in this evolving area of law. Although New Mexico has had a medical marijuana law in place since 2007,...

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Mexico to legalize marijuana-based product sales next year (Reuters: Health, 21 December 2017) Mexico will legalize sales of marijuana-based medicines, foods, drinks, cosmetics and other products early next year, its health regulator said on Wednesday, bringing...

By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Alex W. Karasik Seyfarth Synopsis:  In an ADEA action brought by the EEOC alleging that the New Mexico Department of Corrections failed to promote correctional officers over the age of 40, a federal district court in New Mexico denied the employer’s motion to dismiss but ordered the EEOC to...

By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Alex W. Karasik Seyfarth Synopsis:  In an ADEA action brought by the EEOC alleging that the New Mexico Department of Corrections failed to promote correctional officers over the age of 40, a federal district court in New Mexico denied the employer’s motion to dismiss but ordered the EEOC to...

Transport of marijuana in states where it is legal to islands located within the state is complicated by the fact that transportation by air generally violates federal law.  Rule 91.19 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 91.19) generally prohibits civil aircraft from knowingly transporting marijuana and other types of illicit drugs within the US. ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: Our mission here at Cal-Pecs is to illuminate how California employment law differs from the law that employers generally experience throughout America. In this back-to-basics piece, we provide some background and a brief catalog of stark contrasts. In 1846, American settlers in Mexican Alta California staged the Bear Flag Revolt. They declared an...

The Institute of Access to Information and Data Protection (“IFAI”) has made it known that it is going to be aggressive in enforcing the Mexican data protection law. While some commentators warn about the willingness to “show its teeth”, the basic question is still how to avoid being bitten. Considering the allowable penalties can be...

Summary:  Tatum, an employee of ProBuild, purportedly blew the whistle on her subordinate for allegedly stealing from ProBuild.  Shortly thereafter, she was fired, but alleged similarly situated male employees were not.  She filed a gender discrimination suit in a New Mexico state court. ProBuild removed the case to federal court and then moved to compel...

By Jessica Mendelson and Robert Milligan Social media legislation restricting access to personal social media accounts has been a hot topic in recent months, and as 2013 progresses, more and more states seem poised to pass such legislation.  Here’s a roundup of some of the more recent social media legislation passed in Utah, New Mexico, and Arkansas:...

By Christopher DeGroff and Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. This past week the Tenth Circuit affirmed another fee sanction against the EEOC, and struck down the EEOC’s attempt to litigate questionable (at best) issues under the Americans With Disabilities Act in EEOC v. TriCore Reference Laboratories, No. 11-CV-2096 (10th Cir. 2012). The Tenth Circuit affirmed the...

By Christopher DeGroff and Brian Wong On the heels of its early 2011 decision imposing fee sanctions against the EEOC for continuing to litigate a case after it should have known it could not prove its claims, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico in EEOC v. TriCore Reference Laboratories, Case No....