By Adam Trenk and Jonathan Udell | Arizona Cannabis News “I only feel angry when I see waste,” Mother Teresa once said. While fondness for cannabis sativa L. may not have been one of the Saint’s known proclivities, an analysis of the USDA’s Interim Final Rule shows it will undoubtedly cause the widespread waste she disdained. Meanwhile, Arizona and other …
By Adam Trenk and Jonathan Udell | Arizona Cannabis News “I only feel angry when I see waste,” Mother Teresa once said. While fondness for cannabis sativa L. may not have been one of the Saint’s known proclivities, an analysis of the USDA’s Interim Final Rule shows it will undoubtedly cause the widespread waste she disdained. Meanwhile, Arizona and other …
By Tom Angell | Forbes Payments processor Square announced on Thursday that it is making its payment processing services available to more businesses that sell CBD products. The lack of financial services has been a key problem for companies in the cannabis industry, including those that only deal with cannabidiol, a non-intoxicating component of the plant. “We believe everyone should …
By Adam Trenk, partner and Director of Rose Law Group cannabis and hemp department and Jonathan Udell who focuses on cannabis and hemp law. Hemp farmers and businesses across the country are eagerly awaiting the release of new regulations that will govern their crops, products, and services. The regulatory saga began last year when Congress adopted the 2018 Farm Bill. Under …
By Jonathan Udell, Rose Law Group attorney | ABA In this podcast, Jonathan Udell explores the potential for companies to discretely disclose information in places where it is unlikely to be seen, and provides several tips for responding to such disclosure theories in California consumer fraud actions. Click here to listen:
By Dom Cosentino | Deadspin In what plaintiffs’ attorneys view as a total disaster, the federal judge overseeing the NFL concussion settlement on Thursday denied a motion to reconsider rules changes for physicians she had approved last month. Those changes, as noted earlier, stand to make it even more difficult for players to get paid and represent an enormous victory …
Tracking the genesis of California’s choice-of-law analysis, the current state of the law, and how that analysis ought to apply in the relatively new realm of e-commerce cases. By Jonathan Udell | ABA The ancient Roman author Publius Syrus once wrote, “Divide the fire, and you will the sooner put it out.” As all class-action practitioners know, strength comes in …
Next time you’re presented with a potential multi-state case, consider using one or more of these strategies. By Jonathan Udell | ABA Many people think a class including consumers from multiple states all pursuing claims under California’s consumer-protection laws is not certifiable followingMazza v. American Honda Motor Company, 666 F.3d 581 (9th Cir. 2012). But that may not be true. …
Kathryn Honecker, chair of Rose Law Group Class Action Department, co-authored the “Class Action and Discovery” chapter in the coming Class Action Strategy & Practice Guide from the American Bar Association (ABA), along with associates Jonathan Udell and Clark Wu.
ABA: Jonathan Udell discusses when plaintiffs in class actions can bring claims involving products that they did not purchase. In general, some courts examine the similarities between the product that the plaintiff purchased and the other products at issue, while other courts consider if the claims will be resolved identically. LISTEN HERE: