The difference between hemp and cannabis perplexed a Los Angeles state judge at a Thursday hearing—but he will decide by Friday whether to temporarily block California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) emergency ban on hemp products with detectable levels of THC.

The OnPoint highlights potential legislative pathways and challenges likely to confront the White House and lawmakers in the 119th Congress. A new administration and congressional chambers with narrow margins will take up tax, immigration, crypto, energy and climate, health, and agriculture and nutrition policies.

Pennsylvania lawmakers approved legislation that would reform how taxpayer disputes are resolved, sending the measure to Gov. Josh Shapiro (D).

Sara Gonso Tait joined Duane Morris as a partner in its corporate practice group in Chicago, the firm announced Oct. 7.

Columnist David Lat reviews a surprising trend in law practice: lawyers who bully colleagues and direct reports, especially among women, Black and Hispanic lawyers, lawyers with disabilities, and other groups.

Michigan’s law legalizing recreational marijuana doesn’t prevent prosecutors from charging suspected drug dealers with illegally possessing large amounts of marijuana under another law, the state appeals court ruled.