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How a long-shot weed shop beat the odds: Crain's Daily Gist podcast Crain's reporter John Pletz talks with host Amy Guth about the marijuana industry, including a local company that beat long odds in a pot-shop license lottery and a court challenge.
Jonathan Havens, Co-Chair of Saul Ewing's Cannabis Law Practice, will speak at The Cannabis and Psychedelics Investment Summit in London on September 20, 2022. Jonathan will be joining a panel entitled "A Legal Overview: The Future of Cannabis and Psychedelic Policy."
Saul Ewing LLP represented High Haven, an Illinois-based cannabis company, in its challenge of the Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation’s (“IDFPR”) decision to reject High Haven’s social equity application for cannabis dispensary licenses. As a result of IDFPR’s denial, High...
Property insurers faced with COVID-19 related claims for business income losses can take comfort in the recent trend of most appellate courts to find in favor of insurers that have denied coverage based on policy language requiring direct physical loss or damage. What You Need to Know: Many...
ENERGY INNOVATION: HOW NATURAL GAS AND NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES ARE SHAPING THE FUTURE OF PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (NON-CLE) Jeffrey Letwin, a Counsel in the firm's Energy practice, will be speaking at the 13th Appalachia Energy Law Conference. His panel will consist of representatives from...
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...
Background On August 25, 2022, after weeks of promotion by the New York Office of Cannabis Management (OCM), the application window has finally opened for adult-use cannabis dispensary licenses in the Empire State. These retail privileges, known as Conditional Adult-use Retail Dispensary (CAURD)...
Saul Ewing added Michael Metz-Topodas as a new construction practice partner, working out of its Philadelphia office. Metz-Topodas was previously with Cohen Seglias. (Saul Ewing)
On July 27, 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced legislative proposals and initiatives that would prevent State Board of Administration (SBA) fund managers from considering environmental social and governance (ESG) factors when investing the state’s money. Instead, the proposed legislation...
On August 4, 2022, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”) filed suit against Monsanto Co., Pharmacia LLC and Solutia, Inc., seeking to hold them liable for PCB contamination throughout New Jersey. ( Complaint). While the suit also addresses contamination at Monsanto’s...
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...
Partner Zachary Kobrin authored an article in Cannabis Business Times that outlined 11 considerations for cannabis operators when applying for a license. The article explains that without millions of dollars to acquire a cannabis license from an existing holder, businesses are required to submit a...
Wake Up Call: Austrian Spyware Hits Law Firms, Microsoft Says Saul Ewing hired veteran cannabis attorney Peter Murphy, recently chief legal officer at cannabis operator American Fiber Company, as Wilmington, Delaware-based partner.
Saul Ewing brought on Peter Murphy as a cannabis industry partner based in the firm’s Wilmington, Delaware, office. He arrives at the firm from cannabis company American Fiber. (Saul Ewing)