The California Supreme Court has ruled that the mere presence of loose cannabis in a vehicle doesn't trigger the state's "open container" law, but instead it must be in a usable quantity and readily accessible to the driver to create probable cause that justifies a search.
The California Supreme Court has ruled that the mere presence of loose cannabis in a vehicle doesn't trigger the state's "open container" law, but instead it must be in a usable quantity and readily accessible to the driver to create probable cause that justifies a search.
A California cannabis entrepreneur has urged the Fourth Circuit to revive her constitutional challenge to Maryland's social equity marijuana licensure program, saying the U.S. Constitution's dormant commerce clause must apply to federally unlawful marijuana.
A clinical trial services company is suing Definium Therapeutics Inc. in Delaware federal court, alleging that it stole trade secrets during Phase 2 trials of LSD treatments for psychiatric disorders, then passed those secrets on to a rival services company for Phase 3 trials.
BBK Tobacco & Foods LLP is asking an Arizona federal court for a new trial on its trademark infringement claims against Central Coast Agriculture Inc., saying the court wrongly created a "time bubble" that excluded all evidence from May 2021 on.
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has hired the former legal advisor to the National Security Council, who is joining the team in Nashville, Tennessee, and Washington, D.C., to work with the firm's Government Enforcement & Investigations and Defense & National Security teams, the firm announced Tuesday.
Latham & Watkins LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired two partners to help the firm meet evolving capital and growth demands — a Los Angeles-based emerging companies attorney from Cooley LLP and a New York-based capital markets attorney from Ropes & Gray LLP.
A dispute over who is liable for a former Wachtel Missry LLP partner's alleged exploitation of an elderly client has been settled on the eve of trial, while the Brooklyn federal judge declined to consider recusing himself despite "inadvertently" meeting with the firm's founding partner before the matter was fully put to rest.
A Florida judicial ethics panel has pushed back on an appellate judge's effort to dismiss ethics charges over her purported attempt to influence postconviction litigation in a death penalty case via text messages with a state attorney, rejecting her argument that the charges violate her First Amendment rights.
Allegations that an ex-DLA Piper partner raped a former Boston-based associate in Delaware in 2022 should be tossed since the Massachusetts state court the case was filed in has no jurisdiction over the Delaware claim, according to the accused former partner.
Baker McKenzie, which has a legal services hub in Tampa, Florida, is in the process of downsizing business professionals' jobs, a firm spokesperson confirmed to Law360 Pulse on Wednesday.
The former chief public corruption prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice has returned to King & Spalding LLP, where he worked early in his career, the firm announced Wednesday.
Litigation firm Hecker Fink LLP is expanding its appellate team, announcing Wednesday that an O'Melveny & Myers LLP Supreme Court expert is joining as of counsel.
A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday repeatedly aired doubts that President Donald Trump can upend the pending New York state appeal of his hush-money conviction by moving the case to federal court.
Gretchen Carlson, a former Fox News anchor and a leading advocate for ending forced arbitration of sexual harassment and assault in the workplace, has come out against a federal judicial nominee for Louisiana for her past comments on the issue.
President Donald Trump has transformed what has historically been a bureaucratic process for seeking federal pardons and commutations into a more freewheeling affair with few clear rules — and no easy solutions for reform, experts say.
DiCello Levitt has acquired a boutique practice that represents U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission whistleblowers, bringing on a pair of former SEC attorneys whose clients have helped the government secure more than $2 billion in monetary sanctions, according to the firm.
