August 18, 2022
A medical marijuana patient and food services company Compass Group USA Inc. have agreed to settle a discrimination lawsuit in New York federal court that accused Compass of denying the man employment following a drug test.
July 13, 2022
A medical marijuana user's disability discrimination lawsuit against a catering company that refused to hire him is headed to trial on only his New York state law claim after a federal judge ruled Wednesday that New York City code doesn't apply.
April 15, 2022
In the coming week, a New York federal judge will hear arguments in a catering company's bid to trim a worker's lawsuit claiming he was unlawfully denied a job due to his medical marijuana use. Here, Law360 looks at that case as well as other major labor and employment cases on the docket in the Empire State.
March 05, 2021
Food services company Compass Group USA Inc. has told a federal judge that a prospective hire who was denied employment over a positive drug test cannot claim disability discrimination under New York City's Administrative Code because the city does not recognize being a patient as a disability.
January 03, 2020
Counsel for a New York medical marijuana activist told a federal judge Friday that his client is unwilling to settle a suit claiming food services giant Compass Group USA Inc. unlawfully denied him employment after he tested positive for the drug.