We would like to extend a warm welcome to our summer student intern Kentish Ramasawmy.

Kentish recently completed his first year of law school at City, University of London. During his time at City Law School, he participated in several moots, including the City Scholar’s Moot and the…

We would like to extend a warm welcome to our summer student intern Mitch Newtown.

Mitch is a second-year student at Queens Law. He completed his Bachelor of Arts (Hons. Spec.) degree in History from Western University. His law school education includes a summer semester at the Bader International Study Centre studying Public International Law, and…

Barbuto v. Advantage Sales and Marketing 477 Mass. 456 (2017) 78 N.E.3d 37, 33 A.D. Cases 967

Summary

Under Massachusetts law, an accommodation for an employee’s medical marijuana use is not per se unreasonable – despite possession of marijuana being illegal under Federal law. The employer thus has the burden to prove that a medical marijuana accommodation…

United States District Court, D. Connecticut. Katelin NOFFSINGER, Plaintiff, v. SSC NIANTIC OPERATING COMPANY LLC, d/b/a Bride Brook Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Defendant.

Noffsinger v. SSC Niantic Operating Company LLC 273 F.Supp.3d 326 (2017) - U.S. District Court, D. Connecticut

Issues:

Does the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA) 21 U.S.C. §801-971, which categorically prohibits the use of marijuana even…