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Washington’s legal landscape for noncompetition agreements is changing again. Beginning June 30, 2027, nearly all noncompetition covenants will be void and unenforceable in the state. Washington will join at least four other states in near-total bans of such agreements. On March 23, 2026, the governor signed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1155, …

Tucson, Arizona — [April 27, 2026] —Cannabis dispensaries and cultivators Earth’s Healing, Inc. and Globe Farmacy, Inc. (operating as Earth’s Healing North), were sold for $31 million. The sale included transfers of ownership in the dispensary corporations and conveyance of the dispensaries’ retail real estate for cash and carryback loans…

Yesterday, the Department of Justice issued an order that will be described everywhere as federal cannabis “rescheduling”. It is, and it is not. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche signed an order removing two narrow categories of marijuana from the highly-regulated Schedule I classification of controlled substances (e.g., heroin) and reassign…

For many experienced attorneys, career growth and autonomy can feel mutually exclusive. Matt Martin, a Fennemore Forward attorney, spent years at a brick-and-mortar firm building a successful real estate practice before realizing he needed more than a traditional structure could offer. In this Q&A, he shares what convinced him to join an Am Law…

The U.S. Department of the Interior’s recent approval of a federal Record of Decision (ROD) for the proposed Sites Reservoir Project is a major milestone for one of California’s most debated new water-supply proposals. This approval advances federal environmental review and signals a clearer federal role, but debate over the project’s permitt…

Two recent court decisions—Kwong v. United States, 179 Fed. Cl. 382 (Nov. 25, 2025), and Abdo v. Commissioner (U.S. Tax Court, 2025)—are drawing attention for a practical reason: they may create new opportunities for businesses and high-net-worth individuals to recover interest and penalties paid during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the legal de…