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Description: CANNABIS LAW 2021 Series
Episode #4 Cannabis Legal & Business Issues for Employers & Employees
April 7, 2021 at 1:00 PM CST
There is no shortage of legal issues and regulations about which employers and employees must be aware. And with the introduction of state-legalized cannabis products for both medicinal and adult use, the legal landscape governing these relationships has become even more complicated.
Thankfully, you have our panel of experts to help you navigate some of the key issues surrounding cannabis from the perspectives of both employers and employees. In this episode, we’ll address numerous issues, including recent changes to state laws regarding medical and adult-use cannabis; best practices for drug testing (and being tested); dealing with employees who are registered users of medical marijuana; and navigating “drug-free workplace” rules for federal contractors, among others.
This webinar is delivered in Plain English, understandable to you even if you do not have a background in the subject. It brings you into an engaging, even sometimes humorous, conversation designed to entertain as it teaches. And, it is specifically designed to be viewed as a stand-alone webinar, meaning that you do not have to view the other webinars in the series to get a lot out of it.
Speaker Information
Moderator:
Jack O’Connor, Partner, Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Helsinger LLP
Jack O’Connor is a partner in the Bankruptcy, Reorganization and Creditors’ Rights practice group. Jack’s practice focuses on the representation of corporate clients in complex reorganization proceedings across the country, including unsecured creditors’ committees, debtors, and chapter 11 liquidation trusts.
Jack is skilled in negotiating complex business transactions in chapter 11 proceedings as well as structuring non-bankruptcy workouts in a historically weak credit market. In 2011, Jack successfully steered his first chapter 11 plan of reorganization to confirmation before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois in In re Mangia Mangia, Inc. Jack is committed to finding creative and practical solutions for his clients, and works to provide them with the highest level of legal service. In addition to his experience as a restructuring and insolvency professional, Jack has worked on appellate matters in state and federal courts.
Panelist #1:
Chelsie Spencer, Principal, Ritter Spencer PLLC
Chelsie Spencer’s practice focuses on transactional and litigation work in intellectual property and complex commercial matters. Chelsie has secured registration of numerous federal trademarks and copyrights for her clients. She has negotiated and drafted trademark and copyright licensing, consent, coexistence, and assignment agreements for a variety of industries, including record labels, publishing companies, authors, and other content owners.
Chelsie also practices in the areas of medical marijuana, cannabidiol, and industrial hemp and represents clients within those industries for business law and compliance issues. She represents many businesses in the industrial hemp industry for their trademark registrations and trademark portfolios containing goods including cannabidiol as an ingredient. She is very active in lobbying and legislative activity in these fields and frequently writes, speaks, and presents on issues affecting these industries across the United States.
Chelsie’s litigation experience includes enforcing and defending claims of copyright infringement, trademark infringement, patent infringement, false designation of origin, trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract, and tortious interference with contract, among others. She is licensed in both Texas and Florida and has represented clients in federal and state litigation throughout the nation, at both the trial and appellate level. She has tried numerous cases to verdict in both state and federal courts.
Panelist #2
Ruth Rauls, Partner, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP
Ruth concentrates her practice on complex commercial litigation, employment litigation, real estate litigation and litigation involving closely-held corporations. She has extensive experience litigating matters at the trial and appellate levels in state and federal court in New Jersey and New York, as well as in private mediations and arbitrations. She has litigated claims arising under the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act, the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, and various other federal and state statutory and common law causes of action.
To read more about Ruth, please visit: https://www.saul.com/attorneys/ruth-rauls
Panelist #3
David Michael, Partner, Gould & Ratner
David Michael is a partner at Gould & Ratner LLP where he serves as the Chair of the firm’s Human Resources and Employment Law Practice. David draws upon an extensive 28-year background in human resources management and counseling and limits his practice to management-side human resources, employment and labor law. David helps employers solve their complex employee problems, the issues that often leave companies wondering, what should we do? He works closely with employers by providing proactive advice on a wide variety of employment-related topics, representing employers in employment-related litigation and agency charges, and helping employers draft employment and restrictive covenant agreements, compensation and bonus policies and employee handbooks.
David has an AV Preeminent rating by Martindale Hubbell and is recognized as both an Illinois Leading Lawyer and Illinois Super Lawyer in the area of Employment Law: Management.
 | | Practice Areas: | | Administrative Law & Regulation, Business Organizations & Contracts | | | Online Media Type: | | Audio | | | Production Date: | | 04/07/2021 2:00 PM EDT | | | Level: | | Intermediate | | | Category: | | Standard | | | Duration: | | 1 Hours, 0 Minutes | | | Online Format: | | Live | | | Course Type: | | Public |
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| | • | Jack O'Connor - Partner, Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Helsinger LLP | | • | Chelsie Spencer - Ritter Spencer, PLLC, Dallas | | • | Ruth Rauls - Partner, Saul Ewing LLP | | • | David N. Michael - Gould & Ratner, Chicago |
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