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Voters in two US states approve recreational marijuana ballot measures, three state measures fail

JURIST

Voters in Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota Tuesday voted on recreational marijuana legalization measures. Maryland and Missouri approved the measures while Arkansas, North Dakota and South Dakota did not. percent of North Dakota voters and 52.84 percent to 34.46

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There’s A Lot To Enjoy In The New U.S. News Law School Rankings — See Also

Above The Law

South Dakota Isn't Down For Any Impeachments: Even if the AG killed a guy. Alex Jones Has Taken To Openly Defying Court Orders: That's *a* legal strategy, I guess. Welcome To The New Biglaw Normal: Complete with COVID outbreaks! Black Boxes Are No Fun: As Lowenstein midlevel and senior associates know.

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ALPS In Brief – Episode 64: Project Destination

ALPS

I’m on the road today and out in South Dakota at a convention and have had the pleasure to meet Tamara Nash. And she is the Director of Experiential Learning and a lecturer at the University of South Dakota School of Law. And I took the LSAT and enrolled at the University of South Dakota. Absolutely.

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South Dakota Supreme Court strikes down recreational marijuana amendment 

JURIST

The South Dakota Supreme Court Wednesday ruled that a state constitutional amendment legalizing recreational marijuana is unconstitutional. In 2020, South Dakota voters passed a ballot measure to legalize medical marijuana for qualifying patients. On appeal, the South Dakota Supreme Court affirmed.

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2023 is the Year of New Consumer Rights

Diane Drain

September 1, 2023: TILA Disclosures re Index Rates; California Garnishment ; Minnesota Debt Collection December 1, 2023: Bankruptcy December 31, 2023: Utah Data Privacy Musings by Diane Consumer legal protections are rare.

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Looking into Over $150 Billion of Legal Invoices with LegalVIEW Analytics

InHouseOps

Nathan Cemenska: I’m Director of Legal Operations and Industry Insights at Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions, a legal software company. My role mainly has to do with e-billing, although I’m also somewhat involved with a contract lifecycle management product, a legal hold product and various other products.

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Why Regulatory Reform Is Desperately Needed in the U.S.

Attorney at Work

Regulatory reform is needed to make sure there is coverage for “legal deserts” where citizens have access to few or no law firms. Legal experts call these “legal deserts.” ” What Do Legal Deserts Mean for Citizens Who Need Help? There are 1.3 million lawyers in the United States.