Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has signed into law a measure that attempts to curtail the number of unlicensed cannabis grow facilities by hitting property owners with penalties and jail time, restoring wiretap and surveillance powers to police, and creating a new marijuana cultivation felony.
The Second Circuit has revived a former PGA Tour golfer's trip-and-fall suit against New York City's Department of Transportation, remanding the case to the trial court, where the ex-athlete's attorney faces possible sanctions over "inconsistent" claims made in the follow-up lawsuit after securing a $2.5 million settlement from another defendant.
A Ninth Circuit panel on Friday refused to revive a consumer lawsuit that accused Procter & Gamble Co. of using deceptive labeling on its Pantene Pro-V Nature Fusion shampoo and conditioner, but the majority found the company's practice "concerning" and drew comparisons to "misleading or false" labeling practices identified by federal regulators.
A Chinese maker of e-cigarette products has declared itself the "senior user" of the "Elf" trademark, in a counterclaim seeking to upend any right Florida-based VPR Brand LP has asserted in its ongoing legal fight with foreign companies that produced the popular "Elfbar" disposable vapes.
The estate of a Los Angeles cannabis entrepreneur is urging a California state judge to reject a management company's bid to send to arbitration claims that it pushed through an "unconscionable" deal "rife with illegal provisions," noting that the same company has tried and failed to force arbitration on similar claims.