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California: Department of Cannabis Control Names Leadership Team

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Compliance Division – Richard Parrott. She held multiple positions in the Office of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom from 2009 to 2010, including Budget Office Policy Assistant, Director of Scheduling and Deputy Board Liaison. Compliance Division – Richard Parrott. Chief Deputy Director – Rasha Salama.

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New Commission Formed in the United Kingdom Plans to Publish Recommendations on How the UK Can Become a Global Leader in Cannabinoid Innovation

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A new commission for the United Kingdom (UK), the Hodges Review of UK Public Policy and Regulatory Stewardship of the Legal Cannabis Industry, will analyze its current legal cannabis industry and make recommendations on how to best maximize its growth, consumer satisfaction, and competitive potential on a global scale. All we’d say is.

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Cannabis Contract Woes in Washington State

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Furthermore, even if the contract violated the CSA, public policy under the Ninth Circuit decision in Bassidji argued for enforcement. 2) Not contrary to, an express provision of law, any policy of express law, or good morals. (3) 3) Not against public policy. Order to show Cause, ECF No. 17; citing Bassidji v. Goe , 413 F.3d

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National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Critcizes Congress On Their Tardiness On Reforming Cannabis Laws.”The bottom line is this: Legalization in some form is going to happen, and the abdication of responsibility to address these issues in Washington is simply ludicrous.”

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Hood Remarks at the PBC Conference 2021: Payments, Banking, Compliance in the Cannabis Industry. I was appointed to the NCUA in 2005 under President Bush and served a four-year term that ended in 2009. Here’s a basic reality: as a rule, regulators really don’t like to get out too far ahead of the policy process. September 2021.

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Marketing via Text May Expose Cannabis Companies to Substantial Legal Risks

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The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”), which sets policy and issues regulations to implement the TCPA, can’t even set a straight answer. Nerds who research these issues day in and day out, who assist companies to implement policies to be TCPA-compliant, and who go to court to defend their clients from the TCPA’s sobering effects.

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Article – Faegre Baker Daniels: Key Considerations for U.K. Investment in the Legal Cannabis Industry Abroad

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investment community as to the boundaries of legal risk and compliance. The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (SOCPA) provides an exception to the above offences (the “Spanish bullfighter” exception) in relation to conduct that is legal in other jurisdictions. Public Policy. There is very little guidance for U.K.

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Italy: MINISTRY OF HEALTH DECREE – Definition of maximum levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in food

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European Union legislation and policies "; Having regard to Regulation (EEC) no. check compliance with feed and food regulations. on monitoring the common agricultural policy and repealing i. 1290/2005 and (CE) n. common agricultural policy and repealing regulation (EC) no. Italian December 30, 2016, n.

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