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Flaws in proposed federal marijuana legislation threaten the legal cannabis market, especially failure to pause the Dormant Commerce Clause, say Shaleen Title, the distinguished cannabis policy practitioner in residence at the Ohio State University Drug Enforcement and Policy Center, and Andrew Kline, who co-leads the cannabis practice at Perkins Coie. They suggest some changes. Cannabis is g...

Top judge uses new judicial year speech to tell Hongkongers courts remain fair, uninfluenced by ‘political or other personal considerations’ Chief Justice Andrew Cheung. Photo: May Tse Hong Kong’s chief justice on Monday defended the arrangement which allows the city leader to handpick judges hearing national security cases and dismissed what he described as “unsubstantiated doubts” over jud...

On 10 December 2021, President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law Republic Act No. 11595 (“RA 11595“), otherwise known as “An Act amending Republic Act No. 8762 or the Retail Trade Liberalization Act of 2000 (RTLA), by lowering the paid-up capital requirement for foreign retail enterprises and other purposes.” RA 11595 removes the requirement for a Certificate of Prequalification and the need to...

General trends in life sciences M&A Although the COVID-19 pandemic that defined 2020 continued to shape much of the life sciences industry in 2021, the way that it did was markedly different. While 2020's M&A landscape was characterized by whiplash volatility from choppy deal activity in the first half of the year to a surge in volume in the second half, that momentum accelerated in 2...

Space technology has had a profound impact on International Relations and International Law. In this sense, since the beginning of the Cold War, the exploration of outer space has become the object of military and geopolitical confrontations, writes Luis Castillo Argañarás, Research Fellow at the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research of Argentina (CONICET). Manfred Lachs, form...

California's first Lemon Law passed in 1970 under Gov. Ronald Reagan. (Lunamaria/Adobestock) Consumer advocates are speaking out against a proposed ballot initiative that would reform California's so-called "Lemon Law." Current law allows people who have been defrauded or sold a defective product to sue for damages plus attorney's fees. The ballot initiativeThe ballot initiative would limit t...

Amy Dickinson writes the syndicated Ask Amy column. Dear Amy: In 2019, after a five-year-long process to make up his mind, my son married a young woman who is the only child of an Indian couple whose own marriage was arranged. Our daughter-in-law has not embraced our family and doesn’t seem interested in interacting with us. This past Christmas, she mostly kept to herself, doing things on her...

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Annual Securities Regulation Institute Thank you. It’s good to be with the Annual Securities Regulation Institute. As is customary, I’d like to note that my remarks are my own, and I’m not speaking on behalf of the Commission or SEC staff. As some of you may know, I often like to talk about the founding of our nation’s securities laws in the 1930s. So ag...

We know that Biglaw is in the midst of a talent war, with associates reaping the benefits. The response from Biglaw has been pretty generous with the money, but they know that it’s going to take more than cold, hard cash to keep the associates they need. Some of the creative perks Biglaw has bestowed on hardworking associates include: Peloton, a selection of high-end gifts, billable hours for...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Structure Law Group, LLP is proud to welcome the newest member of their San Jose business law team, Jared M. Amory. "We are pleased to add Jared and his strong, diverse set of skills to the SLG team. Our transactional practice has grown considerably over recent years and sustained such growth as a result of our continued efforts to work wi...