Publications
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U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Medical Cannabis Workers’ Compensation Case
U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Medical Cannabis Workers’ Compensation Case
June 22, 2022
Before denying two petitions arising out of Minnesota cases in which injured workers sought reimbursement for medical marijuana to treat their work-related injuries, the U.S. Supreme Court invited the U.S. Department of Justice to weigh in. Although the DOJ’s brief took the position that the CSA does preempt state law, it also argued that the states did not meaningfully address this issue, and urged the Supreme Court to stay out of this area of emerging law.
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Law360 Publishes Buchalski and Heck on Workers’ Compensation Claims on Federal Lands
Law360
April 26, 2022
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Cannabis: A Primer for New York Employers
Cannabis: A Primer for New York Employers
December 6, 2021
The Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act effectively requires employers to engage in a wholesale reassessment of their current policies around use and testing, codifies certain judicial holdings around medical use, and folds New York’s medical use law, the Compassionate Care Act, into the auspices of the Office of Cannabis Management governed by the Cannabis Control Board.
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Workers’ Compensation Liability & COVID-19: A Comparative Law Review
September 24, 2020
Wilson Elser attorneys present the current statutory framework, recent changes to the law in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic.