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February 09, 2022

Marijuana in the Workplace: Uncertainty and Risks for Employers - JD Supra

Employers continue to grapple with New Jersey’s marijuana laws. First enacted in 2010, and amended in 2019, the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act (CUMCA) legalized the medicinal use of marijuana. More recently, the state legalized the recreational use of cannabis when it enacted the Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act (CREAMMA). Toget...
February 09, 2022

Opinion: San Diego vendors flout state law to create pop-up swap meets in streets, parks - The San Diego Union-Tribune

On a recent weekend, vendors filled Balboa Park’s Prado from the Bea Evenson Fountain to Museum of Art. Re “San Diego unveils street vendor law proposal after merchant outcry” (Feb. 4): Written into the law regarding sidewalk vendors (Senate Bill 946) is a statement saying “sidewalk vending increases access to desired goods such as culturally significant food or merchandise” and gives an o...
February 09, 2022

Big Law Firms Target February, March for Office Reopenings - Bloomberg Law

At least seven firms plan to reopen offices in February and March A quarter of AmLaw 100 firms have adjusted RTO plans due to omicron Lawyers from at least seven firms are headed back to the office—again—in February and March, months after Covid-19 variants delayed initial reopening plans. Davis Wright Tremaine, Wilmer Cutler Hale, and Dorsey & Whitney are targeting office return dates ...
February 09, 2022

Russian Law Enforcement Take Down Several Cybercrime Forums - SecurityWeek

Russian authorities this week announced that they have seized Ferum Shop, Sky-Fraud, and Trump’s Dumps, three well-known online shops for stolen payment card data. On February 7, the domains were seized by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation’s Department “K” division, which left a message on the sites’ homepages to warn of the illegality of stealing funds from bank card...
February 09, 2022

Mitch McConnell Urges Governors To Ignore Infrastructure Law Guidance - HuffPost

Congress may have passed a historic infrastructure overhaul into law, but the fight over how it is implemented is only beginning. On Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) wrote a letter to the nation’s governors urging them to ignore the Biden administration’s guidance for how states can use federal funding for construction of highwa...
February 09, 2022

Law Firms Should Give Employees An Actual Choice About Returning To Offices - Above the Law

It must be hard for law firm administrators to handle all of the decisions they need to make during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Conditions keep changing as variants, vaccination availability, and other factors influence decisions about remote work and when offices will reopen. Due to the contagious nature of the omicron wave, many law firms stalled and then reversed reopening plans. Some l...
February 09, 2022

Law enforcement involved in standoff situation in southwest Oklahoma City - KOCO Oklahoma City

OKLAHOMA CITY — Law enforcement is involved in a standoff situation Wednesday morning in southwest Oklahoma City. Authorities said the standoff is near Southwest 86th Street and South Hillcrest Drive, near South Pennsylvania Avenue. People are asked to avoid the area. KOCO 5 will provide more details when they become available. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find th...
February 09, 2022

Vans Says Injunction is "Necessary" in Walmart Trademark Lawsuit - The Fashion Law

A preliminary injunction to block Walmart from continuing to sell “copycat” versions of “virtually all of [its] bestselling shoes” is necessary, Vans and its parent company VF Corp. assert in a recent filing in the lawsuit that they waged against the retail titan in November. On the heels of Walmart pushing back against Vans’ quest to secure an injunction to bar Walmart from further escalatin...
February 09, 2022

Jarchow Campaign: Announces law enforcement endorsements - WisPolitics.com

[Balsam Lake, Wis.] – Today, Adam Jarchow announced that nearly two dozen law enforcement leaders from across Wisconsin have endorsed his campaign just three weeks since its launch. The leaders cited the need for an attorney general who will stand with law enforcement amidst a rise in violent crime across the state. The announcement comes as law enforcement personnel continue to find themselv...
February 09, 2022

ASU Law forms Center for Constitutional Design - PRNewswire

PHOENIX, Feb. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Recent history has amply demonstrated that questions of constitutional design and interpretation remain at the center of U.S. politics. Universities and law schools can serve the nation by promoting a robust dialogue about the strengths and weaknesses of our constitutional system. In that spirit, the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State Uni...