In 1938, Congress enacted the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which created a federal minimum wage and required employers to pay overtime. Now, 29 states…
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“Pennsylvania State Capitol” (CC BY-SA 2.0) by Kumar Appaiah The demand for legalized medical marijuana in Pennsylvania came from varied, but equally admirable, sources. Parents of children with…
The complicated legal status of marijuana production and sale can make it difficult for cannabis businesses to insure certain risks. Despite the participation of several…
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is a federal law that forbids disclosure of protected health information (PHI), and requires entities…
Contraband defense deemed improper for insurance denial By Marshall Gilinsky and John Leonard A recent decision by a federal judge in Colorado has reignited discussions…
Fire and theft pose the most significant threats By Brenda Wells When analyzing loss exposures, there are two things you have to consider: frequency and…
If you build it, will they come? Limited fire service in rural areas makes it tough to insure greenhouses and other commercial buildings By Doug…
Insurance complications By Garrett Rudolph and Patrick Wagner Colorado Leaf continues to inch ever closer to putting product on the shelves of cannabis retailers throughout…
Four months later, industry adapting to Lloyd’s back-out Increasing competition opens doors to lower rates, extended coverage By Jim Shirreff Lloyd’s of London dropped a…
Initiative 502, passed by Washington voters in November 2012, removed state law prohibitions against the production, processing and sale of marijuana. With state-level legalization, however,…