Veriheal

AUGUST 13, 2021

An associate’s degree in cannabis business will be available at Community College of Denver this fall. High Times Cannabis Cup holds its first-ever Massachusetts competition, and a tribal nation in North Carolina might offer loopholes for non-members to get medical cannabis. Check out our blog for more info.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2023

The year 2022 was a busy one for the California cannabis industry, with everything from tax reform to the beginning of enforcement. In this post, I’ll go back through some of the highlight’s for California’s cannabis industry last year. California overhauled its cannabis taxes.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

We are helping build out another cannabis banking program here in Oregon. My law firm has done a series of these for credit unions (“CU”s) and other financial institutions (“FIs”) going back to 2014. Here is my shorthand: “ Direct Marijuana Business.” Here is my shorthand: “ Direct Marijuana Business.” That’s banking.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 25, 2023

The level of straight-up false information in cannabis advertising online is staggering. As a cannabis attorney, I’m often stunned that companies push cannabis advertisements the way they do. So today, I want to highlight some of the more egregious things I see in online cannabis advertisements.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

I often write about various discrete aspects of cannabis M&A transactions. A full list of my posts, along with other Canna Law Blog contributors’ posts, is linked at the bottom of this post. It almost sounds too obvious , but the first step in any cannabis M&A transaction is to find a potential deal.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The cannabis industry is in dire straits, perhaps even in a recession. Cannabis businesses cannot seek standard bankruptcy protections and are looking for creative ways to deal with the distressed market. A business that is simply “abandoned” (i.e., It also may look different for the type of entity at issue.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 22, 2020

Cannabis isn’t federally legal. Companies who operate in the cannabis space really only have the protection of the state’s laws in which they operate. Even full compliance with state laws is no shield to federal penalties or enforcement. I wrote about this late last year. Helix TCS, Inc.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 27, 2023

It’s pretty easy to write about everything that’s going wrong in today’s cannabis industry. Today, I want to change gears and talk about some of the strategies we’ve seen work for distressed cannabis businesses in the past. Yes, some of these strategies may seem obvious at first.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 22, 2020

Over the last couple of years, our firm has seen a massive uptick in cannabis-related trademark litigation, and have handled many of these disputes on behalf of our clients, both as stand-alone matters and in conjunction with partnership disputes. Cannabis Market. Another Cannabis Trademark Dispute, Another Settlement.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

RICO claims in the cannabis industry have certainly evolved over the years, but the general trend of the Courts dismissing those claims or cases altogether has held fast. The business relationship broke down, and plaintiffs filed a lawsuit claiming defendants engaged in illegal conduct that ultimately undermined plaintiffs’ cannabis business.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 17, 2022

California is one of the trickiest states in the U.S. for employers, and especially for cannabis employers. The numerous, byzantine requirements here simply don’t exist in many other states. Classifying California cannabis workers is one of the biggest challenges for local industry.

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PrestoDoctor

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Legality of Mailing Cannabis, CBD, and Hemp Products Mailing Cannabis, CBD, and hemp products can be a tricky subject due to the varying legal regulations. While some states have legalized the use and distribution of Cannabis and CBD products, it is still considered illegal at the federal level. Can you mail CBD?

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

We have written many times over the past few years about how the bankruptcy courts are off-limits to state-legalized cannabis businesses. This past year brought no new relief to the cannabis industry, and the doors to the bankruptcy courts remain shut. By Mark Salzberg on January 31, 2022. Factual Background.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 28, 2022

As more and more states revise their laws to decriminalize or legalize marijuana use (for medical and recreational purposes), and more and more cannabis businesses in those states begin operations, broadcasters have been looking to provide their advertising services to these new companies. By David Oxenford.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 19, 2022

The First Circuit has added itself to the list of jurisdictions that have invalidated similar state cannabis laws on DCC grounds, including in the Sixth and Eighth circuits. The cannabis licensee residency requirement litigation. The DCC and state cannabis regulations. The history here was interesting.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

It was the first conference for the ABA’s new Global Cannabis section and the first live event I’ve done since COVID started. The panel discussed “Legal Ethics in International Cannabis.” ” My colleague Adams Lee participated too, but on another panel covering the international cannabis trade.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

How Cannabis Companies Can Protect Their Intellectual Property In The Event Of Federal Legalization. Rogoway Law. On July 1, 2021, when the State of Virginia’s and the State of Connecticut’s cannabis legalization took effect , 18 states across the nation had legalized adult-use cannabis.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The Mississippi medical marijuana law has a specific provision that employers are NOT required to allow the medical use of cannabis on the job or to modify any job description of an employee who wants to use medical marijuana on the job. Employers under the state law can also discipline an employee for use of marijuana on the job.

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The Blunt Truth

JANUARY 5, 2022

There are numerous positions and industries exempt from the law. And of course, employers still must be mindful of the state law protections currently available to medical marijuana users. Employers can only take employment actions based on contrary federal and state legal requirements (e.g., New Mexico. New Jersey.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 11, 2021

This blog post provides a broad, 30,000-foot view on this issue. Back in August 2020, the Drug Enforcement Administration (the “DEA”) released its Interim Final Rule (the “ IFR” ) in which the agency stated, in part, that “[a]ll synthetically derived tetrahydrocannabinols remain schedule I controlled substances.” Delta-8 THC.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2019

California’s cannabis law—the Medicinal and Adult Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act and its corresponding regulations (or “MAUCRSA”)—doesn’t put a cap on the number of licenses that will be issued. Even in cities that allow cannabis activity, the majority have caps in one form or another.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 16, 2019

Commissioner: Implications for the Cannabis Industry and Their Tax Advisors. Greenspoon Marder Publish Blog Post On Harborside 280E Ruling. UNITED STATES TAX COURT PATIENTS MUTUAL ASSISTANCE COLLECTIVE CORPORATION d.b.a. As a result, the effective federal tax rate for legal cannabis businesses can reach 70% to 90%.

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Otherside Farms

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

A few decades ago, you couldn’t open a cannabis dispensary in any state without facing the wrath of the state laws. This is now a thing of the past in most states, thanks to the legalization of the sale and use of cannabis in these states. The Business Plan. Please read on.

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Otherside Farms

MAY 5, 2020

It is very challenging to manage finances in any business, especially when it comes to small businesses. Financing for the cannabis industry is much harder to secure because of the complex regulations associated with this industry; most transactions have to be made in cash. Financing Options for Weed Businesses.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Last summer, I wrote about Senate Bill 1459 , a piece of California legislation that created a new scheme of provisional licenses for cannabis operators. This provisional licensing scheme was essentially intended to replace the temporary licensing scheme that only ran through January 1, 2019 per state law.

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Marijuana Lawyer Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

Attorney General said he’d favor a new bill protecting cannabis businesses and users from federal prosecution as long as they were in compliance with federal law. This measure has broad bipartisan support, as does another that would shield banks doing business with these companies from federal money laundering charges.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2019

With Juul recently in the news and vaping bans going into effect around the country (see our recent coverage here , here , here and here ), marijuana companies have been asking us questions about what to expect in the near term. I will cover product warranties in more depth in a later blog post. Breach of warranty. Strict liability.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2019

This blog post answers some high-level questions we received from clients in the immediate wake of the Order and the News Release, and gives some thoughts for going forward. Because it’s a short session, we would have any new state laws on vaping by March of next year. Does the ban take immediate effect?

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 29, 2019

An-Chi Tsou is the principal at Tsou Consulting, LLC, specializing in state and local regulatory and legislative compliance, guidance, and advocacy. She was the lead staffer and drafter of the MCRSA at the California State Legislature in 2015. . Authored By: An-Chi Tsou. If that’s the case, this is where the CAC should come in.

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Nature's Way Medicine

MARCH 5, 2021

We apologize for not having a blog post last week since we went on vacation but we make up for it this week with some positive news and research. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Kathleen McGettigan, sent a statement to heads of federal departments and agencies about federal employees using cannabis and their suitability for employment.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 6, 2020

Cannabis laws give landlords a unique amount of control and bargaining power over tenants. Fighting with landlords is no fun, especially for cannabis tenants who cannot simply relocate to a new property and must deal with their lessor for the life of a license. What about an HVAC system? Getting Along with the Landlord.

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Marijuana Lawyer Blog

MARCH 25, 2019

Los Angeles CBD lawyers can explain that overlapping federal and state laws have created substantial confusion among restauranteers about what’s legal and what’s not. California and Federal Laws on CBD in Food and Drink Products. Lawmakers in several states and cities are carving out their own rules.

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The Blunt Truth

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The Illinois General Assembly passed SB 1557 , revising the language of the Recreational Cannabis Law to reduce but not eliminate employer liabilities. As we previously blogged, the Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act will legalize recreational cannabis for Illinois adults starting January 1, 2020.

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Marijuana Lawyer Blog

APRIL 5, 2019

More than two dozen cities that restrict legal cannabis sales are suing California over the issue of legal pot delivery. The California Bureau of Cannabis Control and its chief are named defendants in the case, which was filed in the Fresno County Superior Court. Cities Make the Case for Local Authority to Restrict Cannabis Deliveries.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The Illinois General Assembly passed SB 1557 , revising the language of the Recreational Cannabis Law to reduce but not completely eliminate employer liabilities. The Act permits employers to prohibit employees from being under the influence of or using cannabis in the employer’s workplace or while on call.

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The Joint Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

As the laws regarding the use of medical marijuana continue to moderate in different states across the country, more and more people are turning to it to treat a variety of medical conditions. The medical use of cannabis or its derivatives has been legalized in 36 states, the District of Columbia, and 4 to 5 inhabited territories.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 15, 2019

Sourced From: Kight On Cannabis. This article is reposted with permission from Danny Zlatnik , a California lawyer experienced with both cannabis law and intellectual property. A common misconception about trademarks is that they are “names” that one can own after submitting an application for one.

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