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177 ABA Journal Healthcare & Pharmaceutics articles.

Paxil suit by widow of Reed Smith partner heads to trial without summary judgment ruling

A lawsuit filed by the widow of a Reed Smith partner against the makers of Paxil is headed to trial after a federal judge indicated he won’t rule on summary…

Attorney takes plea deal in marijuana ‘grow house’ case

A Raleigh, North Carolina, attorney accused of playing a role in a marijuana “grow house” operation and using his law office to help prepare fraudulent applications for bank loans has…

Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking federal approval for credit union serving marijuana businesses

A credit union formed to serve Colorado’s legal marijuana industry has lost its bid for approval by the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, the Associated Press reported Wednesday.

Fourth…

Obama commutes sentences of 95 federal prisoners, grants 2 pardons

Updated: More than doubling the number of federal prison sentences he has commuted during his entire time in office, President Barack Obama on Friday granted clemency to 95 inmates and…

Despite Holder’s call for clemency to free over 10,000, actual number so far is much lower

Updated: In a 2013 speech delivered at the American Bar Association’s annual meeting, then-U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced a new “Smart on Crime” initiative and called for a…

How blogging can help you carve a niche for your practice (podcast with transcript)

Can a commitment to blogging help develop a practice area and turn you into an expert? In this month's Asked and Answered, the ABA Journal's Stephanie Francis Ward speaks with Hilary Bricken, a Seattle lawyer and one of the authors of Canna Law Blog. Ward speaks with Bricken to find out how her firm decided to launch a blog on the topic of marijuana law; how the blog has performed as a client-development tool; and how writing for the blog has helped her expand her own knowledge and expertise.

Employers and workers grapple with laws allowing marijuana use

On June 15, 2015, the Colorado Supreme Court was the ultimate buzzkill.

When the state's residents passed a referendum in 2012 legalizing recreational marijuana use—long after the…

Can marijuana ads be shown on TV in states where it’s legal? Broadcasters aren’t so sure

If the recent spate of states repealing marijuana prohibitions could be likened to a revolution, it's one that won't be televised—at least not as a commercial.

That's…

Suit claims birth-control pill packaging errors led to 113 pregnancies

A lawsuit filed last week in Philadelphia seeks millions of dollars of damages for 113 women who say they became pregnant after taking birth control pills that were improperly packaged.

Lawyer charged in marijuana operation case says state and federal laws ban prosecution

Arrested last year at his Denver law office, a Colorado attorney facing federal charges in connection with an alleged illegal marijuana operation says he shouldn’t be prosecuted.

That’s because state…

Arizona asks FDA to return seized shipment of illegal execution drugs

Arizona’s attempt to import a lethal injection drug not approved for use in the U.S. was thwarted in July by federal agents who caught the shipment at the Phoenix airport,…

Parishioners at Church of Cannabis avoid criminal charges, plan civil suit

Parishioners at the First Church of Cannabis in Indianapolis left their pot at home when they gathered for a service on Wednesday, the same day that Indiana’s new religious freedom…

Meet a lawyer trying to guide the all-cash cannabis industry into the federal banking system

South Carolina litigator Mark Mason knew as much about the marijuana industry as any other middle-aged, law-abiding lawyer. That is, until his son called from Denver asking for help. Now…

SCOTUS upholds use of lethal-injection drug; two justices want death penalty re-examined

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an Eighth Amendment claim by Oklahoma death-row inmates who challenged the use of the sedative midazolam in executions.

The court ruled 5-4 (PDF)…

SCOTUS justices are ‘unusually antagonistic’ in arguments on lethal injection drug

Justices considering the constitutionality of the lethal injection drug midazolam spent so much time talking on Wednesday that Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. gave lawyers additional time to make…

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