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Federal Court: California Must Share Cannabis Licensee Records with Feds

Canna Law Blog

This summer, the DOJ and the DEA sued the BCC because the BCC refused to comply with a DEA subpoena about the alleged extracurricular drug trafficking above. The BCC has refused to provide that information to the DEA. In the January subpoena (which is standard and boilerplate), the DEA wrote that “the information sought.

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Enforcement or Compliance

Canna Law Blog

The War on Cannabis continues through aggressive state and local enforcement and prohibition measures with no end in sight. This is all very bad and we collectively need to figure out how to get people to comply with state law rather than penalizing everything. This left enforcement to state regulators. The enforcement v.

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Update on Industrial Hemp Legislation in California

Cannabis Law Report

CBD is safe to use for human and animal consumption), and the issue of including CBD as a food ingredient/additive or dietary supplement under California state law will be resolved. Earning an Environmental Law Certificate from Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon, Mr. Goggin was admitted to the California Bar in 1996.

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Seizures at School: Arizona Federal Court Says IDEA Protections Do Not Extend to Medical Cannabis Use

Canna Law Blog

From the Fair Labor Standards Act to the STATES Act , our articles run the gamut. Not long ago we wrote about a decision by the Second Circuit that may force the DEA to re- or deschedule marijuana after writing about the lawsuit when it was first filed last year. Student”) was born in 2013. From immigration to waste dumping.

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World Wide Weed: Risks and Best Practices for Advertising State Legal Cannabis on the Internet

Cannabis Law Report

For a business which has decided to publish ads for cannabis businesses, there are a number of steps that would minimize the risk of receiving a call from a federal prosecutor or a visit from your local DEA agent. Follow State Law (and Require that Customers Do Too). Sessions, Memorandum for All United States Attorneys (Jan.

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CPA Journal Article: “Providing Services to the Marijuana Industry”

Cannabis Law Report

This conflict between federal and state law has raised concerns among CPAs providing services to the marijuana industry. States Legalizing Marijuana. Barr also noted that Congress needs to make a decision as to whether federal law should be changed or followed. 15, 2019, [link] ).

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Delta-8 pirates are scamming consumers and legit brands—and the feds don’t care

SpeedWeed

A state-authorized trademark would protect the company’s logo at least within the borders of Arizona, giving the brand “a small amount of protection,” Slosburg said. And state trademarks are available in Arizona because cannabis is legal according to state law. So pirates simply operate in other states.

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