January 03, 2018
A California lawyer wants to ignore the distinction between representing a corporation and representing its officers by arguing that a retainer agreement should send a malpractice suit against him to arbitration, a onetime marijuana industry entrepreneur argued in a Tuesday filing.
November 29, 2017
The attorney accused by a former marijuana vending machine mogul of being partly to blame for alleged securities law violations that led to a $12.3 million settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told a California federal court on Tuesday that the malpractice suit against him and his firm belongs in arbitration.
June 13, 2017
The former majority shareholder of a medical marijuana dispenser, who in March agreed to settle fraud allegations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for $12.3 million, filed a complaint in California federal court on Monday seeking to shift some of the blame onto his former attorney.