Top 10 in Law Blogs: Cannabis, PokemonGo, and Bitcoin.
July 29, 2016
Happy Friday! On this day in 1958 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act (NASA), and just earlier today NASA’s Commercial Crew Program announced it had ordered a second mission from SpaceX to fly astronauts to the International Space Station.
- Does the Future of Bitcoin Lie with Its Classification? – Once again our own Zosha Millman looks into whether the recent Bitcoin case will be limited to Floridian laws or if it will change the entire landscape of digital currency.
- Fitness for Duty Exams: Better Safe Than Sorry – Fox Rothschild’s Thomas R. Basta of the Employment Discrimination report reviews a case from this past week where an employee was fired over a fitness for duty exam.
- Home Grown Marijuana: Washington and Oregon – The Canna Law Blog explains how one can “make” homegrown marijuana legally in Washington and Oregon.
- Sex on TV: Final FAQs for employers about the Roger Ailes case – Robin Shea of the Employment & Labor Insider Blog is here to answer your sexual harassment questions your employer is dying to know.
- Bongs and Busts – the Danger of State Cannabis Laws to Non-U.S. Citizens – The Cross Border Business Law Blog brings to light a very important question, can non U.S. citizens purchase, possess and/or use cannabis?
- The Do-It-Yourself Surgery Genie Is About to Escape the Bottle – Mihai Vrasmasu of the Clinical Robotics Law Journal talks about downsides of having a robot built from the instructions off of a you tube video.
- Pokémon Gone – when social media stops being a game – Squire Patton Boggs Employment Law Worldview brings up the curious case where an employee working in Singapore was fired for criticizing the country for not having the new Pokemon mobile game.
- Pokemon GO or Pokemon No? – Brent Lorentz of the Duets Blog hands out his list of “top 5” potential legal issues arising from Pokemon Go.
- Upcoming European Chemical Restrictions in Apparel Raise Concerns – Covington’s Insider Energy & Environment blog reviews the latest european apparel restrictions.
- Massachusetts Church Alleges Solar Panel Denial Violates Religious Freedom – RLUIPA Defense – Religious Land Uses, Zoning, and the Courts blog checks out the crazy story of a Massachusetts church being denied the installation of solar polar due to historic preservation.
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