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Jeffrey O'Brien

  • Senior Producer, Apple
  • Writer and Editor, Freelance
San Francisco, United States
As seen in: CNN, Bloomberg News, WIRED Magazine, Yahoo Finance, Fortune, Orlando Sentinel, JD Supra, Wisconsin Lawyer, North Wright County Today, Open Legal Blog Archive

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Jeffrey O'Brien’s Biography

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veteran journalist covering innovation on a freelance basis, primarily for FORTUNE. My day job is co-founder of StoryTK, a content and design studio in the Bay Area. Our current client list includes IBM, Rolls-Royce, Lockheed Martin, and Visa. I have far more time for prospective client calls than I do for media pitches. :)

Jeffrey O'Brien’s Journalist Portfolio

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Business gets ready to trip: How psychedelic drugs may revolutionize mental health care

Business gets ready to trip: How psychedelic drugs may revolutionize mental health care

Silicon Valley legends. Billionaire financiers. Patent attorneys. They're all awakening to the massive potent…

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The great stem cell dilemma

The great stem cell dilemma

Breakthroughs promise a new era in medicine, and billionaire donors like Eli Broad and Bill Gross are lending…

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The Vine Nerds

The Vine Nerds

By gaining insight into the relationships between water, sunlight, yield, and taste, Fruition Sciences is sho…

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Bill Watkins' @#*&! Bright Idea

Bill Watkins' @#*&! Bright Idea

Longtime tech executive Bill Watkins has an idea for how to radically reinvent energy

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It's All Clicking for Wayfair, a Fortune 500 Newcomer

It's All Clicking for Wayfair, a Fortune 500 Newcomer

The newly minted Fortune 500 entrant has two visionary founders, 2,300 data geeks, and skyrocketing sales. No…

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Is Silicon Valley bad for your health?

Is Silicon Valley bad for your health?

Grueling hours. Stress. Junk food and Red Bull. Obesity is rising in America's economic frontier, and the hea…

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Home Distilling in the United States: Legal Background and the Current Court Fight Over the Federal Ban

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By Jeffrey O'Brien
| JD Supra
Make bourbon in your own garage, and you could be committing a federal felony, punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine for every batch. That has been the law for roughly 150 years, buried in the tax provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. It has now triggered a federal court fight that could reshape not just home distilling, but the outer limits of federal regulatory power itself. It is a fight the beverage alcohol industry should be watching closely.
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Chaos and Disorder: How Prince´s Views on Contracts Impacted His Family and His Estate

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By Jeffrey O'Brien
| Wisconsin Lawyer Verified
Official Publication of the State Bar of Wisconsin Chaos and Disorder: How Prince's Views on Contracts Impacted His Family and His Estate Prince's belief that contracts were immoral led to his decision not to put a proper estate plan in place, triggering significant tax liabilities for his estate and obstacles for his family members in terms of the administration of his estate and in benefiting from his remaining musical assets.
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Trump Administration Reignites Marijuana Rescheduling | JD Supra

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By Marshall Custer, Steven Levine, Jeffrey O'Brien
| JD Supra
On December 18, President Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to expedite the rescheduling of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and expand federal research on cannabis-derived products. The order does not legalize marijuana at the federal level. Nonetheless, it represents a major potential shift in federal drug policy with implications for industrial hemp, medical research, and the cannabis industry as a whole. Full order here.
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