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By Emily Cousins | March 18, 2024
"The plain import of that provision confirms that, while the palliative use of marijuana is authorized under Connecticut law, employers nonetheless may prohibit qualifying patients from being under hits influence in the workplace," the Appellate Court concluded.
By Allison Dunn | March 18, 2024
Associate Justice Gregory I. Massing said that Fairfield Inn's alleged knowledge about the plaintiffs' business stay and its "failure to tell them in advance that they could not do business there was unlike neglecting to warn that an elliptical machine in the hotel gym was out of order, and more akin to neglecting to tell arriving guests that rooms are not furnished with beds."
By Brian Lee | March 18, 2024
In one of a number of key lawsuits to watch against Waste Management of New York, the Appellate Division, Fourth Department issued an unsigned memorandum decision in favor of the trash collector on March 15, reversing a lower court judge's ruling.
By Avalon Zoppo | March 18, 2024
"I think there's going to be a huge number of reverse discrimination type cases filed this year and in subsequent years," said employment lawyer Jason Schwartz.
By Emily Saul | March 18, 2024
The former president needs to post a bond covering the entire judgment by next week, or the New York Attorney General can begin seizing his assets. His lawyers want an appeals court to stay execution.
By Alan B. Morrison | March 18, 2024
The decision of the Alabama Supreme Court in LaPage v. Center for Reproductive Medicine, allowing the parents whose embryos were kept in a cryogenic nursery and were negligently destroyed to sue the company that had control of them, is a fair result. Although there is language in the opinion for the court, as well as in the concurring opinions, that has caused considerable and justified concern.
By Riley Brennan | March 18, 2024
While voting in the 2020 general election, Alison Kareem took a photograph with her marked ballot, or a "ballot selfie," which she said she wished to post online to mobilize support for her preferred candidates. However, she did not display the photograph or any other ballot photographs in subsequent elections due to Ohio laws prohibiting the display of marked ballots, Ohio law Sections 3501.35(A)(4) and 3599.20, which the court noted carry potential terms of imprisonment.
By Alex Anteau | March 15, 2024
The defendant-appellees' takeaway? Become familiar with the terms of a business's operating agreement before you invest.
By Avalon Zoppo | March 15, 2024
"This exercise of jurisdiction has grave consequences for regulated entities' settled expectations," Fifth Circuit Judge Stephen Higginson wrote in dissent.
By Alex Anteau | March 15, 2024
The plaintiff-appellant is the mother of a child who was shot by another boy who lived in the apartment complex. She argued that if the landlord took action to remove the gun from the child's apartment unit after receiving reports that he was carrying it in the common areas, her son wouldn't have died.
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