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In a conversational 30-minute forum over Zoom, Saul Ewing attorneys will host a monthly series discussing emerging industry developments and common issues that cannabis businesses face today. Interested in the full series? Find additional dates and topics. For questions, please contact Mary...
Saul Ewing attorneys hosted a timely discussion on topics relating to Minnesota’s new adult-use cannabis law. During this one-hour program, we examined the implications of the law for all Minnesota employers, including those relating to drug testing and drug-free workplace policies. We also...
Cannabis Legal & Business Issues for Employers & Employees There is no shortage of legal issues and regulations about which employers and employees must be aware. And with the introduction of state-legalized cannabis products for both medicinal and adult use, the legal landscape governing these...
Live Wire? The Use of Workplace Impairment Recognition Experts and Other Methods to Determine Cannabis Impairment in the Workplace On April 21, 2022, New Jersey licensed dispensaries began sales of legalized adult-use Cannabis. Coupled with the longer-standing Medicinal Cannabis Program, New Jersey...
This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to augmentation of the administrative record following new rationales, attempted alternative ERISA causes of action, untimely ERISA claims, plans governed by ERISA even in the absence of a written plan document, and the limited weight given to residual...
Ruth Rauls, a Partner in the firm's Cannabis Practice, will participate as a speaker during the 2022 Rowan University Cannabis Forum: Assessing the Legalization of Cannabis in New Jersey on its Two-year Anniversary. Ruth's session will cover the implications of cannabis legislation on businesses and...
Ruth Rauls, a Partner in the firm's Cannabis Practice, will participate as a speaker during the Rowan University Cannabis Forum 2022: Assessing the Legalization of Cannabis in New Jersey on its Two-year Anniversary. Ruth's session is entitled "Implications of Cannabis Legislation on Businesses...
This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to the interpretation of time periods for claims under life insurance and disability plans, a situation where three separate administrators handled a disability benefits claim (but came to different decisions), the Eleventh Circuit’s parsing of...
This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to interpretation of ambiguous policy terms, evaluation of claimant’s expert witness, inclusion of law firms as appropriate parties from whom plan administrators may seek equitable relief, transfer of cases from the claimant’s choice of venue, and...
This month’s Friday Five addresses cases considering: (1) whether monetary relief in the amount of lost benefits is an available remedy for breach of fiduciary duty; (2) the validity of an ex-spouse’s beneficiary designation that contradicts a subsequent divorce decree; (3) if waiver of a pre...
This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to interpretation of regulatory deadlines, the enforceability of discretionary clauses, circuit courts going both ways on appeals from summary judgment rulings in favor of plans, and a benefits award for a former professional football player where the...
This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to an award of attorney’s fees (but not) costs, class certification in an ERISA benefits case, a court finding that a physician claimant was disabled from his own occupation, a claimant paying into insurance he thinks he has, and an insurance company...