Investing in Cannabis: Five Due Diligence Red Flags
Our cannabis team has performed due diligence on countless business purchases, investments, loans, and just about every other kind of transaction you can imagine. As you can imagine, we’ve seen some pretty bad and even sketchy things over the years. With rescheduling on the horizon (see here and here), we expect to see an increase in loans, investments, […]
The 2024 State Of The Union Drinking (Or Not) Game
Tonight, we gather yet again for America’s solemn civic ritual: the annual Above the Law State of the Union Drinking Game. For over a decade, we’ve offered a lawyerly parlor game for State of the Union observers to salve the steady decline of the Republic. Traditionally this is a drinking game, but obviously it doesn’t […]
The morning read for Thursday, March 7
WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Mar 7, 2024 at 10:39 am Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Recommended Citation: Ellena Erskine, The morning read for Thursday, March 7, SCOTUSblog (Mar. 7, 2024, 10:39 AM), […]
N.C. Court of Appeals (March 5, 2024) – North Carolina Criminal Law
This post summarizes the published criminal opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals released on March 5, 2024. These summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a free and searchable database of case summaries from 2008 to the present. Testimony by lead detective vouching for victim’s credibility was improperly admitted, justifying new […]
Recent Report Warns of Concerning Climate Change Health Effects –
The negative effects of climate change are usually discussed on a macro level, but studies show it also impacts personal health and well-being. It seems that no part of life is going untouched by climate change. Of course, it is already well-known that the climate is rapidly changing around the world, and as a result, […]
The New York Times Faces Claims of Hypocrisy Over Coverage of the Deployment of Troops – JONATHAN TURLEY
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., has a right to be a tad confused. The senator noted the matter-of-fact coverage by The New York Times that Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to send troops to New York City to crack down on crime. Cotton posted a “hmmm” note that simply read: “Sending in the troops […]
Mother’s Milk of the Revolution –
The signers of the Declaration of Independence pledged their “lives,” their “fortunes,” and their “sacred honor” to advance the revolutionary cause. Their lives have been the subject of innumerable biographies. Their sense of honor has been often explicated in terms of the philosophies of both collective and individual self-governance that they espoused. But much less […]