Higher Law: Cannabis Lobbying & Campaign Donations | Weed in the Workplace | Plus: Who Got the Work
What first-quarter California lobbying registrations reveal about legislative and campaign advocacy. Plus: Insurance regulators approve California's first policy for landlords renting to cannabis businesses.
May 03, 2018 at 04:00 PM
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The Lobbying Buzz in California
First quarter lobbying reports are now filed the biggest marijuana industry spenders Eaze Solutions Inc Governmental Advocates Online dispensary locator Weedmaps California Strategies & Advocacy Lang, Hansen, O'Malley & Miller have exchanged terse letters Leafly recently reported Lori Ajax SB 1302Got a tip? A marijuana M&A deal to crow about? Drop me a line at [email protected] or call me at 916-448-2935. I'm also tweeting @CapitalAccounts.
Workplace Weed Worries
Weed in the Workplace Associated Press Michael Clarkson Ogletree Deakins Society for Human Resource Management AB 2069 Walter PrinceWho Got the Work
➤➤ The National Cannabis Industry Association Steve Fox VS Strategies Vicente Sederberg Federal Advocates Inc. ➤➤ The neighbors of Cambridge, Massachusetts, dispensary Health Pharms are suing under federal anti-racketeering laws. Scott Schlager Nathanson & Goldberg Emma Quinn-Judge Zalkind, Duncan & Bernstein Masslive
In the Weeds
- Insurance regulators have approved California's first insurance policy for landlords renting to cannabis businesses. California Mutual Insurance Co. will offer lessor's risk coverage to property owners "who are exposed to specific risks resulting from cannabis-related business activities of their commercial tenants," the Department of Insurance said. [California Department of Insurance]
- Marijuana-legal states are tracking and collecting a whole lot of data from the industry. But at least two states have had technical problems with all that data collection. And Oregon doesn't have enough staffing to check for compliance issues in all those numbers. [Associated Press]
- Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says he's tried pot "once or twice." He confesses he's "never been a marijuana guy," according to the AP. Meanwhile, the firm Flaster Greenberg says it's launching a cannabis practice group in response to proposed legislation to expand marijuana business opportunities in New Jersey.
- More than 100,000 Florida residents have registered in the state's medical marijuana system. Thirteen companies operate 34 dispensaries despite heavy local restrictions and ongoing fights about what business can locate where. “We are looking at Florida as the biggest medical marijuana market in the United States,” said Randy Maslow, president of iAnthus Capital Holdings. [Orlando Sentinel]
- The National Rifle Association is meeting in Dallas this week, and sure, the Second Amendment lawyers there are talking about guns. But they're also talking about marijuana. "Think potheads don't have rights?" asks columnist Jacquielynn Floyd. "Try taking their guns away." [Dallas News]
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Who Got The Work
J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Who Got The Work
Rebecca Maller-Stein and Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have entered their appearances for Hanaco Venture Capital and its executives, Lior Prosor and David Frankel, in a pending securities lawsuit. The action, filed on Dec. 24 in New York Southern District Court by Zell, Aron & Co. on behalf of Goldeneye Advisors, accuses the defendants of negligently and fraudulently managing the plaintiff's $1 million investment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick, is 1:24-cv-09918, Goldeneye Advisors, LLC v. Hanaco Venture Capital, Ltd. et al.
Who Got The Work
Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
Who Got The Work
Crown Castle International, a Pennsylvania company providing shared communications infrastructure, has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 25 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hooper Hathaway PC on behalf of The Town Residences LLC, accuses Crown Castle of failing to transfer approximately $30,000 in utility payments from T-Mobile in breach of a roof-top lease and assignment agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Susan K. Declercq, is 2:24-cv-13131, The Town Residences LLC v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Wilfred P. Coronato and Daniel M. Schwartz of McCarter & English have stepped in as defense counsel to Electrolux Home Products Inc. in a pending product liability lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 26 in New York Eastern District Court by Poulos Lopiccolo PC and Nagel Rice LLP on behalf of David Stern, alleges that the defendant's refrigerators’ drawers and shelving repeatedly break and fall apart within months after purchase. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack, is 2:24-cv-08204, Stern v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
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