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    "description": "<i>Cheryl Miller, based in Sacramento, covers the state legislature and emerging industries, including autonomous vehicles and marijuana. She authors the weekly cannabis newsletter <a href=\"https://www.law.com/static/briefings/#Higher-Law\">Higher Law</a>. Contact her at <a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\">[email protected]</a>. On Twitter: <a href=\"https://twitter.com/CapitalAccounts\">@CapitalAccounts</a></i>",
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        "uri": "/2022/09/08/higher-law-california-lawmakers-send-cannabis-bills-to-governor-jelly-belly-sues-cbd-jelly-bean-creator-florida-governor-charge-marijuana-companies-an-arm-and-a-leg/",
        "title": "California bill aims to end the cannabis insurance coverage confusion",
        "byline": "Cheryl Miller",
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        "prettyDate": "September 08, 2022",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
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        "summary": "The bill would make it clear that providing coverage to legal cannabis-touching businesses is not a criminal activity.",
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        "uri": "/2022/03/01/higher-law-scotus-seeks-medical-marijuana-workers-comp-opinion-new-course-on-cannabis-insurance-claims-big-pots-play-for-arizonas-social-equity-program-414-218321/",
        "title": "SCOTUS seeks medical marijuana workers' comp opinion",
        "byline": "Cheryl Miller",
        "kicker": "News",
        "prettyDate": "March 01, 2022",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "The U.S. Supreme Court has asked for the solicitor general's opinion on requiring employers to pay for workers' medical marijuana if they're injured on the job.",
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        "uri": "/2019/12/05/companies-want-changes-to-subjective-california-data-privacy-rules-414-168176/",
        "title": "Companies want changes to 'subjective' California data privacy rules",
        "byline": "Cheryl Miller",
        "kicker": "News",
        "prettyDate": "December 05, 2019",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
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        "summary": "Bankers, insurers and other business representatives continue to complain that the new rules are too vague and cumbersome.",
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        "uri": "/2019/11/04/gig-companies-set-lobbying-records-amid-fight-against-landmark-labor-bill-414-166449/",
        "title": "Gig companies set lobbying records amid fight against landmark labor bill",
        "byline": "Cheryl Miller",
        "kicker": "News",
        "prettyDate": "November 04, 2019",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "The intense lobbying, however, was not enough to overcome organized labor's support for AB 5.",
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        "uri": "/2019/10/22/uncharted-territory-of-marijuana-recalls/",
        "title": "'Uncharted territory' of marijuana recalls",
        "byline": "Cheryl Miller",
        "kicker": "Market Insights",
        "prettyDate": "October 22, 2019",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
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        "summary": "Product recalls are nothing new, but nothing in the cannabis industry is routine.",
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        "uri": "/2019/09/30/federal-overtime-law-covers-marijuana-industry-workers-us-appeals-court-414-164057/",
        "title": "U.S. Appeals Court: Federal overtime law covers marijuana industry workers",
        "byline": "Cheryl Miller",
        "kicker": "Case Study",
        "prettyDate": "September 30, 2019",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "The case has been closely watched by the marijuana industry and employment lawyers advising businesses in the cannabis space.",
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        "uri": "/2019/09/13/ubers-top-lawyer-vows-fight-as-california-embraces-sweeping-new-labor-rules-414-163217/",
        "title": "Uber's top lawyer vows fight as Calif. embraces sweeping new labor rules",
        "byline": "Cheryl Miller",
        "kicker": "News",
        "prettyDate": "September 13, 2019",
        "timeToRead": "5 minute",
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        "summary": "Legal threats loom as worker classification legislation, Assembly Bill 5, could upend how the gig economy is structured.",
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        "uri": "/2019/09/12/ninth-circuit-ponders-punting-hemp-case-to-idaho-state-court-414-162458/",
        "title": "Legal questions surrounding hemp and the 2018 Farm Bill",
        "byline": "Cheryl Miller",
        "kicker": "Case Study",
        "prettyDate": "September 12, 2019",
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        "summary": "The debate has been highlighted by the case of a truckload of hemp seized by Idaho police as illegal contraband earlier this year.",
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        "uri": "/2018/11/14/waymos-driverless-application-is-scrubbed-of-insurance-details-414-142285/",
        "title": "Waymo's driverless application in Calif. is scrubbed of insurance details",
        "byline": "Cheryl Miller",
        "kicker": "News",
        "prettyDate": "November 14, 2018",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
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        "summary": "Regulators are refusing to disclose details about the insurance Waymo has obtained to begin testing autonomous vehicles.",
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        "uri": "/2018/10/02/uber-agrees-to-pay-148-million-to-states-over-major-2016-data-breach-414-138710/",
        "title": "Uber agrees to pay record $148 million to states over 2016 data breach",
        "byline": "Dan M. Clark and Cheryl Miller",
        "kicker": "News",
        "prettyDate": "October 02, 2018",
        "timeToRead": "5 minute",
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        "summary": "The settlement is the result of a multistate investigation that found Uber paid hackers $100,000 to conceal the breach.",
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