A customer service representative employed for 20 years in Washington was awarded more than $1.8 million in damages for the employer’s failure to...
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Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act (Act), effective May 17, 2016, makes the use, possession and distribution of marijuana lawful in the...
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The Montana Supreme Court has upheld against a state constitutional challenge the State’s 2011 Montana Marijuana Act, a new statutory framework...
MoreIllinois Medical Marijuana Law: What Employers Should Know
In November 2015, medical marijuana dispensaries in Illinois began treating patients under Illinois? Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot...
MoreDon’t Get Lost in the Weeds: Medical Marijuana is Now Legal in New York
The Compassionate Care Act, which was signed into law in July 2014, legalizes and regulates the manufacture, sale and use of medical marijuana in...
MoreWhen Must Companies Accommodate Employee Medical Marijuana Use? How About Never?
Grilling a medical marijuana user about her disability, just before firing the employee, could give rise to a viable disability-discrimination...
MoreWashington Court Dismisses Medical Marijuana Claims Asserted by Employee
Another Washington court has held that an employer lawfully may terminate an employee for using marijuana, even when the employee had a...
MoreMedical Marijuana in the Arizona Workplace
With the enactment of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act (AMMA) in 2010, the number of medical marijuana card holders in Arizona is over 65,000 and...
MoreMedical Marijuana Update
With state legislative sessions winding down, it’s been pretty quiet on the medical marijuana front, except for California, where both...
MoreMedical Marijuana and Employment Discrimination in New Mexico
Although medical marijuana is now legal in twenty-three states, including New Mexico, it remains illegal under federal law. This creates a...
MoreNew Hawaii Medical Marijuana Law Bars Use in Workplace; Zero Tolerance Policies Still Enforceable
Closing a gap in Hawaii’s medical marijuana law, a new law sets up a regime of vertically integrated grow facilities and retail dispensing...
MoreFederal Law Trumps Colorado Medical Marijuana Protections
Colorado workers who use medical marijuana and engage in other activities permitted by state law but not federal law are not protected by the...
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