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When Alabama’s Legislature convenes for its annual session on February 2, lawmakers will once again be asked to consider a bill that would provide certain Alabamians with access to medical cannabis. And this time, supporters of the legislation will look west towards neighboring Mississippi, where last November voters overwhelmingly approved a medical cannabis initiative that will provide for a state regime to regulate the cultivation, production and sale of medical cannabis to patients with qualifying conditions.
Our regular readers know that Alabama surprised the cannabis world first in 2019 and then again last year when the state Legislature very nearly passed medical cannabis legislation. Here we’ll discuss the substance of the current legislation and our view on its chance of passage.
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Do you need a social media policy or are the legal obstacles just too much? Now more than ever, people are exercising their First Amendment right to free speech, which, not surprisingly, can cause heartburn at the workplace. In times of contention, stress, and uncertainty, speech often multiplies, and, in an era where someone’s speech is accessible to the world with just a few clicks, an employee’s online speech is often cast as the speech or opinions of the employer. Additionally, the National Labor Rights Act (NLRA) presents another hurdle, as it protects employees’ rights to discuss the terms and conditions of their employment. What can and should a responsible employer do?
Following the
Hosanna-Tabor opinion, the principal question left unanswered regarding the Ministerial Exception was how far this exception extends, in terms of which individuals and which positions qualify for it. The United States Supreme Court addressed this question in July of last year, in two companion cases involving employment discrimination claims brought by elementary school teachers against Catholic schools.
The teachers, Agnes Morrissey-Berru and Kristen Biel, taught religion to their students most schooldays. However, most of their time during the school day was spent teaching secular subjects. Unlike Perich, neither Morrissey-Berru nor Biel held the title of “minister.” Neither of them received the amount of religious training Perich received. Biel attended only a half-day conference that included training on how to incorporate religious themes into lesson plans; Morrissey-Berru attended one catechist course on the history of the Catholic Church. Further, neither
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Over the last several years, banks of all sizes have successfully partnered with emerging fintech companies to offer innovative loan products to a broader range of customers. Under a typical form of this partnership, a fintech, which is subject to the policies of the partner bank, will market loan products, take and process loan applications, and will service those loans once they are funded. The bank will determine customer eligibility standards, underwrite and fund the loan, and will often sell a controlling interest back to the fintech or a third-party investor.
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The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council recently issued a final rule that implements the requirements of the Maximizing Use of American-Made Goods, Products, and Materials Executive Order. As discussed below, the final rule – which largely adopts the proposed revisions set forth in the FAR Council’s September 14, 2020, proposed rule contains important amendments concerning domestic component thresholds and domestic pricing preferences, as well as reintroduces the domestic content test for commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) items as it relates to certain steel and iron products.
Domestic Content Cost Threshold Changes