What Does Massachusetts’s Landmark Medical Marijuana Ruling Mean for Multistate Employers?

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently ruled that medical marijuana users could assert claims for handicap discrimination under state law, even though the state’s medical marijuana statute does not contain explicit employment protections. The decision has a potentially far-reaching effect—even outside of Massachusetts. Join attorneys Michael Clarkson and Tae Phillips, who represented the employer in this watershed case, for an overview of the court’s decision, an analysis of its possible impact in other jurisdictions, and a discussion of new best practices employers can implement in the wake of this first-of-its-kind ruling.