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Smoke and Mirrors? An Update on Sessions, Federal Enforcement Priorities, and State-Legal Cannabis
On January 4, 2018, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions single-handedly demolished the federal government’s former cannabis enforcement framework under the 2013 Cole Memo (“Cole Memo”).
Read ArticleAn Interview With Our Newest Judge, Hon. Leonard Marquez
On February 27, 2018, California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. announced the appointment of 25 California Superior Court Judges, including one in Contra Costa County: Leonard E. Marquez. Judge Marquez was officially sworn in by Presiding Judge Jill Fannin on April 5, 2018, and he began his assignment in Department 34 in the Pittsburg Courthouse....
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