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Cheryl Miller, based in Sacramento, covers the state legislature and emerging industries, including autonomous vehicles and marijuana. She authors the weekly cannabis newsletter Higher Law. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @CapitalAccounts
July 27, 2017 | The Recorder
More than 150 attorneys, including many from the Bay Area, will be in Denver on Friday for the National Cannabis Bar Association's first-ever Cannabis Law Institute. The two-day event at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law will put a spotlight on the business of marijuana law, a reflection of new client opportunities for firms that want a piece of the legalized recreational and medical industry.
By Cheryl Miller
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July 13, 2017 | The Recorder
An Airbnb host who refused to rent her Southern California house to a woman because she is Asian will pay $5,000 in damages and take a college-level course in Asian-American studies, the state Department of Fair Employment and Housing said Thursday in announcing the agreement.
By Cheryl Miller
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July 11, 2017 | The Recorder
Facebook Inc. has taken down the pages of marijuana businesses operating legally in Alaska, continuing a practice that has targeted dispensaries in California, Arizona, Colorado and New Jersey.
By Cheryl Miller
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July 6, 2017 | The Recorder
California and seven other states on Thursday moved to defend Obama-era ozone pollution standards that Attorney General Xavier Becerra said may be left to die under Scott Pruitt's leadership of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
By Cheryl Miller
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June 19, 2017 | The Recorder
California on Monday joined more than a dozen other states that have introduced internet privacy legislation after Republicans in Washington and the Trump administration repealed Obama-era rules limiting what AT&T, Comcast and other broadband providers can disclose about their customers' online habits.
By Cheryl Miller
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June 13, 2017 | The Recorder
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions wants congressional leaders to drop a budget rider that effectively bars him from pursuing medical marijuana providers under federal anti-drug laws. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, appearing at a Public Policy of California event Tuesday, said Sessions "should worry about his own problems before he goes after people who use marijuana for medical purposes or recreational purposes."
By Cheryl Miller
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June 7, 2017 | National Law Journal
A federal appellate panel on Wednesday blocked the states of Nebraska and Oklahoma from challenging Colorado's marijuana legalization law, saying their claims should be directed to the U.S. Supreme Court—a venue that has already refused to hear their fight.
By Cheryl Miller and Marcia Coyle
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June 1, 2017 | The Recorder
California's Assembly on Thursday ended its contract with Covington & Burling for guidance on fighting Trump administration policies—even as the state Senate pledged to continue working with the firm.
By Cheryl Miller
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May 25, 2017 | The Recorder
California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said the state Supreme Court chambers were flooded with calls from "profane and very angry people" after she asked federal officials in March to stop ar
By Cheryl Miller
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May 25, 2017 | The Recorder
California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said the state Supreme Court chambers were flooded with calls from "profane and very angry people" after she asked federal officials in March to stop arresting undocumented immigrants in state courthouses. "If I couldn't speak out as chief justice, I don't know who could," she said Thursday.
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