New California law legalizing marijuana for medicinal use creates many conflicts, questions.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)Reed, Dan
California legally joined the nine other states - including Washington, D.C. - in demonstrating the social and political momentum behind marijuana reform. Now, fully
Daugherty even admitted using marijuana the day of the accident. According to a probation report, he said he was "a 'habitual' cannabis user," and disclosed "he had smoked a 'couple of bowls' of cannabis earlier in the day" of the accident -- but he claimed it would not cause him to...
some prosecutors do not fully understand the expungement law and will make objections that have little or no legal merit. We file formal replies to such objections so that the court knows the most recent law regarding expungement. Depending upon the court there may or may not be a formal he...
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and would be protected by the limited immunity. On the other hand, I would argue that he had no reasonable basis for believing that the employee was smoking marijuana, and therefore reporting the act to a prospective employer is itself and act of ill-will. But what if he once found her ...
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation that will prevent doctors and hospitals from denying organ transplants to medical marijuana users just because of their pot use.
“Vergara v. California”cited “Brown v. Board of Education” among many other cases and concluded that strict rules limiting how teachers are hired and fired disproportionately impact the state’s poor and minority students, thereby depriving the students of their right under state law to an ...
With more than 25 years of experience in law firms—including large, medium, and small firms, and running his own law firm for years—Mr. O’Rielly counsels and advises California law firms on critical issues at every stage of law firm life. He provides insight, analysis, and judgment to...
Edgar Cisneros, the former city manager of Commerce, also pleaded guilty in the plot in which local officials allegedly took bribes to hand out permits for marijuana businesses. According to his unsealed plea agreement, Tafoya alleges that an unnamed Baldwin Park official requested $30,000 in ...