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Looking at “Legal” Marijuana and CBD Advertising – A Presentation on the Issues

Broadcast Law Blog

While many states claim to have legalized marijuana, either for medical or recreational purposes, the Federal government still considers its possession a felony , and has specific laws that criminalize the use of radio frequencies, the Internet, and publications to promote its use.

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Will the Real Hunter Biden Now Step Forward?

JonathanTurley

Below is my Fox.com column on the upcoming deposition of Hunter Biden and the speculation on which Hunter will appear: the business genius, the blacked-out junkie, or the hunted son. The Justice Department has allowed felonies to lapse against Hunter, but these would be new potential charges with new dates under the statute of limitation.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The court ordered Exxon to produce four witnesses to testify about their compliance with the attorney general’s earlier document requests, to produce an employee of a federal subsidiary for a deposition, and to update production of documents in accordance with the attorney general’s requests through 2016.

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25 Years After Court Ruling, Released Sex Offenders Endure ‘Shadow Prisons’

The Crime Report

Susan Keenan Nayda, Vice President of Operations at Liberty Behavioral Health Corporation, testified during a deposition her thoughts on the Florida Civil Commitment Center in Arcadia, Fla.: Between 1999 and 2015, Texas Health and Safety Code §made minor program rules violations a felony offense. Is it a prison?

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Several civil grant-and-holds at the Supreme Court’s conference

At the Lectern

The appellate court held the Commissioner didn’t have the statutory authority to issue a deposition subpoena once she had issued a wage citation because a subpoena is among the “powers that exist solely during the investigatory phase,” not during “an adjudicatory one.” Nor-Cal Venture Group, Inc.

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Raskin Denounces Closed-Door Depositions Despite Conducting Closed-Door Depositions

JonathanTurley

slammed the Oversight Committee Republicans for refusing a demand from Hunter Biden that he be allowed to skip a closed-door deposition and only testify in public. The use of a close-door deposition is used for obvious reasons. There is also obvious tactical benefits from such depositions. Jamie Raskin, D-Md.,

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Eric Swalwell and the Politics of Contempt

JonathanTurley

All Hunter had to do was walk into the building behind him to appear in the deposition and plead the 5th Amendment to refuse to testify, as others have done. Swalwell insisted that it was the fault of the House for insisting on a closed-door deposition, which he portrayed as outrageous. 6th committee. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.)