Canna Law Blog

JUNE 14, 2020

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 ( 2018 Farm Bill ) legalized hemp by removing the crop and its derivatives from the definition of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and by providing a detailed framework for the cultivation of hemp. Act 68 , which revised the state laws to align with the 2018 Farm Bill.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Financial institutions that work with marijuana businesses must conduct due diligence to ensure that marijuana businesses are complying with state law. The 2018 Farm Bill only regulates hemp production, and does not really discuss hemp processing or the sale of Hemp-CBD goods.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2023

It’s hard to read the tea leaves in a lot of cases – inspections can be a prelude to enforcement, but they can also be a way for the agencies to spur compliance without clogging up the court system. Under state law, CDTFA collected both a cultivation tax and an excise tax. inhalable v.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2019

This is a major step in the full implementation of the 2018 Farm Bill. State and Tribal Plans. The 2018 Farm Bill requires states and Indian Tribes to submit hemp cultivation plans to the USDA. Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) released its interim hemp rules. Because 0.3% Because 0.3%

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Its medical cannabis program is grounded in a 2017 voter-approved amendment to Florida’s Constitution, which was implemented through a 2018 statute. Unlike Florida, Arkansas opted against vertical integration, instead authorizing separate dispensary licenses (up to 40) and cultivation facility licenses (up to eight).

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 7, 2020

Last December, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, FinCEN and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, in consultation with the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, issued a three-page hemp banking statement. The FinCEN Guidance clarifies and expands upon the 2019 statement.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 23, 2019

Financial institutions that work with marijuana businesses must conduct due diligence to ensure that marijuana businesses are complying with state law. That includes regularly submitting Suspicious Activity Reports (“SARs”) to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”). Where was the hemp grown?

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

This provisional licensing scheme was essentially intended to replace the temporary licensing scheme that only ran through January 1, 2019 per state law. The only agency which has published more comprehensive information on provisional licenses is the CDFA, which regulates cultivators.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

In the December 2018 Farm Bill, the federal government removed CBD (and industrial hemp and all cannabis derivatives with less than 0.3% But that is not the end of the story, as the FDA continues to regulate CBD products through enforcement of the Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act, and state governments also have restrictions.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 30, 2019

Your predecessor, Attorney General Sessions, testified on April 25, 2018 at the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, stating that “[w]e are moving forward and we will add, fairly soon. The first letter was sent on May 13, 2015, and the second letter was sent on November 18, 2018.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

According to §4(a) of the bill’s text, the SAFE Banking Act will shield depository institutions that serve cannabis-related businesses from federal penalties in states and Indian country where “cultivation, production, manufacture, sale, transportation, display, dispensing, distribution, or purchase” of cannabis is legal. Jennifer K.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Pre-license for cultivation of medical cannabis allows import and cultivation of cannabis genetics. The pre-license evidences that the company has met INFARMED’s requirements to begin preliminary operations, including importation of cannabis genetics and their cultivation. NEW YORK, Nov. About Clever Leaves.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The lone federal definition we have is from a 2018 Small Business Administration (“SBA”) Policy Notice, as revised , which categorizes MRBs as “direct marijuana businesses”, “indirect marijuana businesses”, and “hemp-related businesses.” Cannabis dispensaries, cultivators, processors and testing facilities all fall under this definition.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Colorado, Washington, and Oregon have all taken steps to list “allowable” pesticides for marijuana cultivation. However, by law, states cannot label pesticides that do not have a federal pesticide registration—which cannot be accomplished because of marijuana’s illegal federal status. Letter to Congress. More at [link].

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 23, 2019

It has been two years since California began licensing yet operators still struggle with compliance and are all still de facto, breaking one law or another. Most Temporary Cultivation licenses Expired. Most Temporary Cultivation licenses Expired. July 2019 – Hemp Cultivation Registration. .

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 7, 2022

For so long as cannabis remains illegal at the federal level, cannabis businesses operating in full compliance with state law will not enjoy the full scope of protections as brands that are operating in legalized industries. The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill), Pub. Pryor Cashman LLP.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 5, 2020

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) will not grant such protection for marks that cover goods and/or services that are a violation of federal law, regardless of whether the activities associated with the goods or services is legal under state law. See 37 C.F.R.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 8, 2019

investment community as to the boundaries of legal risk and compliance. Law Commission published a report, “Anti-money laundering: the SARs regime”, highlighting the need for guidance on transactions involving the legal cannabis industry in Canada and elsewhere. The cultivation, possession, distribution (etc.) In the U.K.,

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Marijuana Lawyer Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Let’s say for example you create a unique marijuana cultivation method. You could choose to keep it exclusive to your operation, but you may also have the option of selling the rights to use that same method to cannabis farmers on the other end of the state. Patent and Trademark Office – is federal.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Bill’s Nursery wanted to obtain a medical marijuana license in Florida but did not meet required criteria (experience cultivating medical cannabis) and was unable to apply. Left Coast finally asked the court to refer the case back to state court or allow them to amend the initial pleading. 22, 23 (2018). 1] Richard P.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 31, 2019

Network of Trial Law Firms – July 29, 2019. Over the last several years, attitudes towards marijuana use have rapidly changed in the United States. According to a 2018 Pew Research Survey, 62 percent of U.S. 1] As of the date of this article, thirty-three states and Washington D.C. Rebecca Stephens.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Founded in 2018 in Santa Barbara , Coastal is a retail dispensary license holder and operator with six retail licensed locations with five locations currently operating and two delivery depots. federal law, nor will it provide a defense to any federal proceeding which may be brought against the Company.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 8, 2021

There are five important “categories,” that require company leaders’ utmost focus and attention as they launch a compliant cannabis business in a newly legal state. Without compliance boxes checked, the operation will not be able to launch. Let’s look at Missouri’s medical marijuana (MMJ) program for example. Data & Software.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 1, 2019

In February of this year, the California Bureau of Cannabis Control (“CBCC”) sent a letter to Weedmaps.com alleging that the website was “engaging in activity that violates state cannabis laws.” Because cannabis remains illegal under federal law, 7 and Section 230 explicitly does not “impair the enforcement of. FOOTNOTES.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Management believes that StateHouse, which is expected to trade under a new symbol (CSE: STHZ), will be the largest and most developed cannabis platform in the state of California with superior retail, brands, processing, manufacturing, distribution and cultivation. 6 Loudpack retains exclusive distribution rights in California.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 2, 2019

1] With the legalization of hemp in the 2018 Farm Bill came more economic opportunity for cannabis farmers and investors, but without secured water rights this opportunity will remain largely untapped. Do the documented water rights cover all the lands to be cultivated?

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The team has a proven track record of success, and shares our belief in the importance of cultivation excellence, as well as the advantage of innovation and continuous improvement. From cannabis cultivation to marketing, commercialization, and logistics, the Huntingdon, QC company plays a key role in the province. 16 ( Canada )?for

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 22, 2019

While many of California’s cultivators practice organic- style farming, the federal government holds the trademark on the U.S. “Over the years, the media has repeatedly characterized cannabis cultivation as either energy-sucking indoor grows or backwoods farms that unleash rodenticides on wildlife.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The Peyote Regulation requires that peyote uses would be required to comply with all other laws—including state laws. Not all states provided exemptions to illegal peyote uses, which led to the 1990 United States Supreme Court case, Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Gonzales v.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 3, 2020

million ) and Emerald will issue a promissory note to Pure Sunfarms in the amount of C$952,237 ; Pure Sunfarms will release Emerald from all liability arising from their supply agreement under which Emerald had the provision to purchase 40% of Pure Sunfarms’ aggregate production in 2018 and 2019; Emerald will transfer 2.5%

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2019

California has made great strides in supporting local social equity programs–the California Cannabis Equity Act of 2018,authorizes the Bureau of Cannabis Control, upon request by a local jurisdiction, to provide technical assistance to a local equity program that helps local equity applicants or local equity licensees. .”

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Connor & Connor PLLC

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Proof of licensure with the applicable local government authority or a letter from the applicable local governmental authority certifying that the proposed medical marijuana establishment is in compliance with those restrictions and satisfies all applicable building requirements.

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

JUNE 25, 2021

The courts have consistently held that marijuana dispensaries operating in compliance with state law are trafficking in controlled substances and are subject to Section 280E.[11] In mid-2018, a SPAC is newly formed. First, 2019 and not 2018 will be the start-up year since the SPAC did not have any gross income until 2019.

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Connor & Connor PLLC

AUGUST 30, 2018

Most recently, on June 13, 2018, the United States Tax Court issued its opinion in Alterman & Gibson v. In that case, the IRS audited a Colorado business licensed for the cultivation and sale of medical marijuana. Commissioner , T.C. The dispensary sold smokable marijuana as well as edibles. Commissioner , T.C. 2017-2011.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 30, 2021

Multiple state lawmakers told City Pulse this week that Linder has been shopping legislative amendments for months that aim to reel back existing plant and patient allowances for medical marijuana caregivers and also require that their products be tested at a licensed laboratory. It’s the guy who is blowing out 100, 200 or 300 lights.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

A few years ago I wrote a somewhat tongue-in-cheek blog post titled, “Cannabots – Are the Robots Coming For Your Weed,” which discussed the application of robotics to the cultivation of marijuana. As a result, there has been an increase in employment law disputes, such as wrongful termination or discrimination claims.

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SpeedWeed

MARCH 14, 2021

In the end, one retail store license, a Clark County Canopi location currently operating as Wallflower, and five cultivation and production permits were sold, pending final approval by state regulators. Fortress Equities agreed to pay $385,000 for the Nye County recreational cultivation license. Receiver appointed in 2019.

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