California District Court Dismisses Disability Claims Based on Failed...
Recently, when dismissing a job-applicant’s disability discrimination claims brought under California state law, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California issued two welcome...
View ArticleSha’Carri Richardson, Olympic Hopeful, Suspended after Testing Positive for...
Seyfarth Synopsis: An American athlete has been suspended for one month for testing positive for marijuana and violating the Anti-Doping Rule, putting her ability to represent the United States in the...
View ArticleIowa Supreme Court Takes on Employer Drug Testing Practices
Seyfarth Synopsis: On June 25, 2021, concluding that Iowa’s comprehensive drug testing statute requires employers to “substantially” comply with its mandates, the Iowa Supreme Court issued two separate...
View ArticleConnecticut Becomes the 20th Jurisdiction to Legalize Recreational Marijuana
Seyfarth Synopsis: In the first six months of 2021, several states legalized marijuana for recreational and medicinal purposes, including New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and New Mexico. States show no...
View ArticlePhiladelphia’s Restrictions on Pre-Employment Marijuana Tests Become...
Effective January 1, 2022, most Philadelphia employers will be prohibited from requiring prospective employees to undergo testing for the presence of marijuana as a condition of employment. Currently,...
View ArticleTo Test or Not to Test: Considerations for Employers Pondering the Future of...
The latest Gallup poll shows that 68% of Americans support cannabis legalization. Further, the rate of positive cannabis test results has jumped in the last decade. And according to recent news...
View ArticleNew Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission Issues Guidance on “Workplace...
As previously reported here, on February 22, 2021, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed the “New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act” (CREAMMA),...
View ArticleCalifornia Employers See Most Cannabis Testing Go Up in Smoke
On September 18, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2188, which will make it unlawful for California employers to rely on cannabis test results for employment purposes, unless in very...
View ArticleMinnesota’s New Recreational Cannabis Law Results in First-Of-Its-Kind Drug...
Since 2014, Minnesota has provided applicants and employees with protections if they lawfully use cannabis for medicinal purposes. Starting August 1, 2023, Minnesota will provide protections to...
View ArticlePuff-Puff-Pass the Ball? NCAA Ponders a Different Kind of High Standard for...
College athletes around the country may soon be in for an unexpected change in drug testing requirements. The NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports (CSMAS) recently...
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