Joseph Gross

Jan 6, 2025 | jdsupra.com | Cheryl Burchard |N. Victor Goodman |Joseph Gross

Marijuana and Delta-8 THC RegulationLawmakers spent much of 2024 negotiating changes to Ohio’s recreational marijuana laws, with little progress. Efforts to ban delta-8 THC, an unregulated derivative sometimes called “diet weed,” also stalled. Senate President Matt Huffman, who will take over as House Speaker in 2025, has expressed a desire to address flaws in the state’s marijuana initiative passed by voters, which is also a priority for Gov. DeWine.

Nov 27, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Cheryl Burchard |N. Victor Goodman |Joseph Gross

The items below underscore the variety of topics the General Assembly takes up during the lame duck session. Many may not be of interest beyond the sponsoring legislator and those with a particular stake in the subject matter. But it is still worthwhile to keep an eye on Statehouse activities and the priorities of Ohio leaders during the busy period between the November election and when the new General Assembly is seated in January.

Nov 27, 2024 | mondaq.com | Joseph Gross

The United States District Court for the District of Columbia, applying Virginia law, denied an insured's motion for partial judgment on the pleadings in part, finding that an insured person's receipt of a subpoena does not automatically establish that a governmental agency is investigating both the insured entity and the insured person. Fed. Home Loan Mortg. Corp. v. Twin City Fire Ins. Co., 2024 WL 4722148 (D.D.C. Nov. 8 2024).

Nov 26, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Joseph Gross

The United States District Court for the District of Columbia, applying Virginia law, denied an insured’s motion for partial judgment on the pleadings in part, finding that an insured person’s receipt of a subpoena does not automatically establish that a governmental agency is investigating both the insured entity and the insured person. Fed. Home Loan Mortg. Corp. v. Twin City Fire Ins. Co., 2024 WL 4722148 (D.D.C. Nov. 8 2024).

Oct 30, 2024 | beneschlaw.com | Rick Hepp |Joseph Gross

NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo recently declared that forcing employees to choose between reimbursing their employers or working at jobs they want to leave is unlawful under the National Labor Relations Act (the “NLRA”), except in limited circumstances.