Dec 9, 2025 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
ONE OF the biggest risks commercial property owners face is a visitor suffering an injury on their property. One slip and fall can start a cascade of events, starting with a premises liability lawsuit seeking financial compensation. Your defense as a property owner...
Dec 2, 2025 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
WHILE EARLY expectations centered on federal rescheduling and smoother payment access, the cannabis industry’s trajectory in 2025 was instead shaped by stalled federal reforms, expanding state markets and intensifying oversight of hemp-derived intoxicants. This...
Nov 29, 2025 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
THE MOST common lawsuits that businesses face are those filed by employees. Often it comes down to accusations of discrimination, wage and hour issues, or failure to accommodate a disability. But what many managers fail to realize is that if they act early when...
Nov 22, 2025 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
GOV. GAVIN Newsom has signed Assembly Bill 8, a sweeping overhaul that brings intoxicating hemp products under California’s regulated cannabis framework and bans their sale outside licensed dispensaries. The new law aims to end the free-for-all market for intoxicating...
Nov 9, 2025 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
STARTING OCT. 1, 2025, any California employer that uses artificial intelligence and other automated tools in recruiting, hiring, promotion and related human resources decisions will have to ensure that the tools don’t discriminate against protected classes. The new...
Nov 1, 2025 | Business Insurance, Business Operations
THE SPENDING bill that reopened the federal government this month included a small, but important provision: It closed the 2018 Farm Bill loophole that fueled the rise of hemp-derived intoxicating cannabinoids. Under the bill signed Nov. 12, most consumable hemp THC...
