As you may know, I represent students in education matters (as well as educators in some employment matters.) I help elementary and secondary students with everything from attaining special education services, accommodations, and payment for private schools when public schools aren’t serving students’ needs, provide bullying help to victims, and I defend disciplinary matters such […]
Author: Howard K. Kurman
by Jon Wachs Existing Maryland law prohibits any person, including a qualifying medical patient or caregiver registered with the Maryland Cannabis Commission (“MMCC”), from growing cannabis in a private residence or possessing cannabis from any source other than a licensed dispensary. Last November, voters approved the referendum to legalize recreational use of cannabis. Beginning on […]
Government Contractors’ Data May Be Disclosed Publicly: What to Know
Documenting correctly is critical in business. This principle is particularly true for government contractors and subcontractors – as the failure to correctly submit a document could result in the loss of an entire revenue stream for a company and their teams. Government contractors with 50 or more employees regularly submit Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) data […]
Into the Haze: What Is a Social Equity Applicant and How Do You Qualify?
by Jon Wachs According to Section 36-101 of Maryland House Bill 556 (the “Bill”), the term “social equity applicant” means an applicant for a cannabis license or cannabis registration that has at least 65% ownership and control held by one or more individuals who: (i) have lived in a disproportionately impacted area for at least […]
Is an Individual with a Workers’ Compensation Injury Protected Under the ADA?
Companies operating in the logistics industry, whether it be as contractors for DHL, FedEx, Amazon, or the like, are all too familiar with the challenges of having a workforce that relies primarily on physical ability and the challenges associated with employees who suffer from injuries on the job that impact their ability to perform their […]
Business emergencies rarely come at a convenient time and can be scary and time-consuming. Getting counsel and other experts involved in assessing and addressing the issues at hand is the key to recovering quickly and limiting the damage. On this week’s OK at Work, Sarah Sawyer and Russell Berger discuss how companies can best utilize their subject matter experts […]
On February 3, 2023, Delegates C.T. Wilson and Vanessa E. Atterbeary introduced House Bill 556 (“Bill”) for the purpose of establishing a regulatory and licensing framework for the expanded adult-use market. Highlights of this Bill include:
Background InformationThe 2018 Farm Bill defined hemp as “the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of the plant, including all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol concentration that does not exceed 0.3% on a dry weight basis”. This narrow definition of hemp created […]
The legalization of adult-use cannabis has raised concerns about the potential impact that such a policy change may have. Under recent legislation, the MMCC was required to provide the Maryland legislature with recommendations on methods used in adult-use markets to reduce youth consumption and appeal to cannabis products. The MMCC’s recommendations reflect best practices from […]
OK at Work: Employers’ Obligations to Prevent Sexual Harassment
On this week’s OK at Work, Sarah Sawyer and Russell Berger discuss employers’ obligations to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace, whether that harassment comes from other employees, or third parties not employed by the company. Though it can be challenging for companies to take action when a key vendor or client is the source of unacceptable behaviour, anti-harassment […]
For some families, the search for the right Christmas tree is an annual event. For large shares of Americans and Brits, though, this search may have ended a long time ago – the perfect tree already sitting safely in the attic or garage, ready for its glorious but fleeting return to the living room. As […]
Read Delete: U.S. Stocks on Track for Worst Year Since 2008?
U.S. Stocks on Track for Worst Year Since 2008 Coming off the worst month since March 2020 and the third consecutive quarterly decline, the U.S. stock market started October on a high note. The S&P 500 rallied 2.6 percent on Monday and 3.1 percent on Tuesday to make up some of the losses incurred in September, which […]