Voters in five states in the general election approved have legalized marijuana usage. Husch Blackwell LLP attorneys say employers need to understand the new laws and workplace obligations and use caution when drug testing employees for marijuana in states that have legalized medical or off-duty use of the drug. Continue reading “As More States Legalize Marijuana, Employers Need These Guidelines”
Two law enforcement officers want the courts to overturn legislation passed by 225,260 voters earlier this year legalizing marijuana in South Dakota. Continue reading “Officers ask courts to stop legalizing marijuana”
More than a dozen states, including South Dakota, don’t require a judge to factor in a child’s custody preference when making custody decisions, according to a new analysis of these laws. Continue reading “SD Among States that Limit Child’s Custody Preference”
Less than two months after Iowa began gradually resuming jury trials amid COVID-19, the state Supreme Court is once again delays jury trials. Continue reading “Iowa delays jury trials until February as COVID surges”
There are still many questions surrounding what marijuana regulations will look like in South Dakota. It’s something law enforcement is keeping an especially close eye on. Continue reading “Law enforcement keeping an eye on marijuana regulations in SD”
Sexual assault victims in Iowa can now track the location and testing status of their rape evidence kits as the state works to offer more transparency to an investigative process riddled by backlogs in the past. Continue reading “Iowa victims can now track rape evidence kits”
Marsy’s Law – In January 2019, a Dollar Tree employee in Masaryktown, Florida, called 911 after a homeless man stole $70 of beer, wine, candy and cookies. A sheriff’s deputy had little trouble finding him – the man had passed out drunk in a nearby ditch with an open box of Reese’s Pieces. Continue reading “Marsy’s Law was meant to protect crime victims. It now hides the identities of cops.”
COVID-19 – Stories are emerging about how thousands of people who thought they were protected from being evicted from their rental homes until January were not protected at all. Those who are protected have to win a legal fight first. The Washington Post reports:
Continue reading “The CDC’s COVID-19 eviction ban doesn’t seem to have stopped many evictions”
In September, the Trump administration announced a national moratorium on evictions, via an order by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention aimed at reducing the spread of coronavirus. The four-month temporary suspension applies to any tenant who can’t make rent due to economic conditions and who presents a written declaration about their circumstances to their landlord. Continue reading “Landlords Challenge U.S. Eviction Ban and Continue to Oust Renters”
Republicans scored two election legal victories on Wednesday, when a Supreme Court ruling allowed Alabama to ban curbside voting and an Iowa court upheld a law that makes it harder to fix problems with absentee ballot requests. Continue reading “Iowa court upholds law on absentee ballot”