Marijuana Law

Worker Use of Medical Marijuana Poses Challenges for Employers (Part 2) 150 150 Walsh Pizzi O'Reilly Falanga LLP

Worker Use of Medical Marijuana Poses Challenges for Employers (Part 2)

Walsh attorney Joseph L. Linares authored an article in Noticias, the official publication of the Hispanic National Bar Association. In the article Linares states, “The past decade has seen most…

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Worker Use of Medical Marijuana Poses Challenges for Employers 150 150 Walsh Pizzi O'Reilly Falanga LLP

Worker Use of Medical Marijuana Poses Challenges for Employers

By: Joseph L. Linares and Selina M. Ellis Marijuana laws are changing at a rapid pace across all 50 states. Currently, 40 states permit some form of medical access to…

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Update on Marijuana Legislation in New Jersey 150 150 Walsh Pizzi O'Reilly Falanga LLP

Update on Marijuana Legislation in New Jersey

By: Joseph L. Linares and Selina M. Ellis New Jersey lawmakers and citizens appear to favor marijuana legalization for recreational use, and approval of recreational cannabis in the Garden State…

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FDA Approves First Cannabis-Derived Drug 150 150 Walsh Pizzi O'Reilly Falanga LLP

FDA Approves First Cannabis-Derived Drug

On June 25, 2018, the FDA approved marijuana based Epidiolex, a drug targeting severe forms of epilepsy. Whereas other synthetic marijuana drugs are already on the market, Epidiolex marks the…

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Murphy Administration to Hold Public Hearing on Marijuana Reclassification in Response to Kadonsky Ruling 150 150 Walsh Pizzi O'Reilly Falanga LLP

Murphy Administration to Hold Public Hearing on Marijuana Reclassification in Response to Kadonsky Ruling

By: Marc D. Haefner In response to Walsh’s successful challenge to the prior administration’s 2017 refusal to reconsider the classification of marijuana, New Jersey’s Division of Consumer Affairs has announced…

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Appellate Division Opinion in Favor of Walsh Lawyers to Reclassify Schedule I Drug 150 150 Walsh Pizzi O'Reilly Falanga LLP

Appellate Division Opinion in Favor of Walsh Lawyers to Reclassify Schedule I Drug

Almost one year after arguing for the reclassification of marijuana as a Schedule I drug, the New Jersey Appellate Division ruled in favor of Walsh attorneys on Tuesday, opining that…

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Walsh Lawyers Argue to Reclassify Schedule I Drug 150 150 Walsh Pizzi O'Reilly Falanga LLP

Walsh Lawyers Argue to Reclassify Schedule I Drug

A three-judge panel of the New Jersey Appellate Division heard arguments from Walsh’s Joseph L. Linares on Tuesday, November 30th in Kadonsky v. Lee.  Mr. Linare, as well as Walsh’s…

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