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Cannabis in the Nation's Capital: The Current Landscape in D.C. and the Road Ahead
Adult use of cannabis is currently authorized in Washington D.C. (D.C. or the District), 1 but due to a congressional rider preventing the District from using any funds to enact and regulate a legal market, an unregulated marketplace has thrived,…
Finally! New Jersey Adult-Use Cannabis Sales to Begin on April 21, 2022
On Thursday, April 14th, New Jersey’s Cannabis Regulatory Commission (“CRC” or the “Commission”) announced that adult-use ( i.e. , recreational) cannabis sales can begin in the Garden State at certain dispensaries on April 21, 2022. The announcement came days after…
Maryland Enacts Legislation Requiring Paid Family and Medical Leave for All Employers
Earlier this month, Maryland joined nine other states and the District of Columbia in establishing a right to paid family and medical leave for employees in the state. Senate Bill 275, or the Time to Care Act of 2022, entitles…
NLRB's Top Attorney Takes Aim at "Captive Audience" Meetings Amid Union Surge
Earlier this month, the top attorney for the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo (“Abruzzo”), issued Memorandum 22-04 urging the Board to depart from significant and longstanding precedent concerning an employer’s ability to compel employee attendance at…
Philadelphia Employers Must Now Offer Paid COVID Sick Leave Through December 2023
On March 10, 2022, Mayor Jim Kenney signed bill 220051-A expanding COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (SPSL) until December 31, 2023. The law requires covered employers to give eligible employees up to 40 hours of additional paid time off for…
CFPB's Use of its UDAAP Authority to Address Illegal Discrimination
CFPB’s intended use of its UDAAP authority to investigate, and regulate and enforce against illegal “discrimination” in financial products and services breaks open the proverbial damn, with such authority washing over every consumer financial product/service, as well as those that…
Appellate Court Invalidates Application of New Jersey LAD Amendment
In a matter of first impression, the New Jersey Appellate Division issued a decision invalidating a recently enacted provision of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“LAD”) which prohibited arbitration of LAD claims. The Appellate Division determined this provision of…
Legislature Passes Bill Barring Arbitration of Workplace Sexual Harassment Claims
On Thursday, February 10, 2022, the United States Senate passed a bill amending the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) to prohibit compulsory arbitration for individual, joint, class or collective action claims based on workplace sexual harassment and/or sexual assault. The House…
Delaware Court Shows Importance of Order of Priority Clauses
A recent bench trial in Delaware State Court ruled that a subcontractor was entitled to payment from a general contractor because an order of priority clause gave priority to a bid proposal contract term that barred a pay-when-paid clause from…