Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

On July 23, 2021, the Thurston County Superior Court granted an order for summary judgment to the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (WSLCB) in a lawsuit filed by Idaho business man, Todd Brinkmeyer challenging Washington state’s residency requirement for marijuana licensing.

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The Blunt Truth

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Possibly the biggest news this week was the first ever Congressional hearing on cannabis banking. The committee memorandum has a great graphic of state marijuana laws – only three states allow no marijuana consumption in any form. In New York , those in favor of legalization are pushing for changes to Gov.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

2019 was a record year for marijuana reform, with more NORML chapters holding lobby days than ever before. With the 2020 legislative session already in full swing in many states, NORML chapters across the country are organizing lobby days to advocate for sensible reform policies in their state. Meetings will begin at 9am.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 20, 2020

Dr. King was the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which successfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state law. laws of the 20 th century, the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Day is a federal U.S. holiday marking the birthday of its eponymous civil rights hero.

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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. We have also handled a good bit of hemp banking work – mostly in 2019 and 2020 before that industry cratered.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

— Second quarter 2019 revenue of $12.7 Adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter 2019 totaled $2.5 Company issues 2019 guidance of $55 -57 million of revenue and positive Adjusted EBITDA. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – Harborside Inc. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – Harborside Inc. dollars unless otherwise stated.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 20, 2020

The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin Reports: SPRINGFIELD — Smelling and seeing cannabis justified probable cause for a police officer in central Illinois to search a man’s car, despite cannabis’ decriminalization and legalization for medical purposes at the time, a unanimous Illinois Supreme Court majority ruled Thursday.

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Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

MARCH 9, 2022

Cannabis effects on brain structure, function, and cognition: considerations for medical uses of cannabis and its derivatives. As marijuana is legalized in more states with each election, it is becoming an increasingly common substance to use – both recreationally and medically. Cannabis Paraphernalia Legalities.

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

JUNE 14, 2019

In a press release published by the House Committee on Appropriations on June 2, 2019, a 2020 Financial Services and General Government Funding Bill was announced. Most recently, the House Appropriations Committee approved this resolution on June 11, 2019 with a vote of 31 to 21. By: Nabil Rodriguez, Esq. &

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Veriheal

OCTOBER 27, 2020

However, in a first of its kind lawsuit filed against the city of New York, a former NYPD officer says he was harassed and discriminated against by the NYPD over his use of medically recommended cannabis made by an NYPD medical division doctor by the name of Dr. Joseph Hederman. He received a random drug test on September 5th of 2019.

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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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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 6, 2022

The Minnesota court’s decision was the most recent in a series of state court opinions finding that federal criminal law preempts state laws decriminalizing the possession and use of medical cannabis in the context of workers’ compensation. In Bourgoin v. Twin Rivers Paper Co., 5] Similarly, in Hager v.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The changes in the cannabis industry in Southeastern United States represent some of the most surprising and remarkable changes in the history of the industry. The South is well positioned to be a leader in the cannabis industry, and in some ways, it should be expected. Existing Cannabis Regimes. Hunter Robinson.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 23, 2020

Date discovered : December 24, 2019. Date owners contacted : December 26, 2019. Date Amazon AWS contacted : January 7, 2020. Date database closed : January 14, 2020. Report: Cannabis Users’ Sensitive Data Exposed in Data Breach. Report: Cannabis Users’ Sensitive Data Exposed in Data Breach. Employee name.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 26, 2022

is important because it is the first reported decision in New Jersey to expressly find that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempts a 2019 amendment to New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination (LAD), N.J.S.A. The employee (Antonucci) was hired by the employer (Curvature) in 2010 and is a “lawful user of medical marijuana.”

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NORML

JANUARY 4, 2019

Happy New Year and welcome to the first Weekly Legislative Roundup of 2019! Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Don Young (R-AK) re-introduced the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States (CARERS) Act, which protects those engaged in state-lawful medical marijuana programs from federal prosecution. Pennsylvania.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 27, 2021

As more states legalize cannabis, companies are dealing with the absence of national trademark uniformity. Currently, there is no legal mechanism to obtain a trademark to sell cannabis across state lines. Instead, companies are limited to state-wide trademarks. Trademark rights are territorial in nature.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Ohio is currently accepting petitions in an attempt to expand the list of qualifying conditions for medical cannabis. But this has failed in the past and could prevent measures from moving forward this time unless new research could be presented to sway the state medical board’s decision.

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The Blunt Truth

JUNE 20, 2019

Following closely on the heels of a similar law in New York City, effective January 1, 2020, it will be unlawful for Nevada employers to reject a job applicant who tests positive for cannabis on a pre-employment drug test. Nevada Assembly Bill 132. Nevada quickly followed suit.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

At the state level, the North Dakota House of Representatives defeated a decriminalization bill on the House floor by a narrow 43-47 vote. On the same day, LegalizeND announced that they will try again with a 2020 legalization ballot initiative. Click here to email your governor in support of industrial hemp production. California.

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NORML

JANUARY 19, 2020

The US House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health will hold a legislative hearing entitled “Cannabis Policies for the New Decade.” Legislation is pending, House Bill 1089, to protect cannabis consumers from employment discrimination. Welcome to the latest edition of NORML’s Weekly Legislative Roundup!

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The more wide-ranging bill (H 174/S 72), which a spokesperson said is a priority for House Speaker Ron Mariano, addresses aspects of state laws that cannabis regulators and industry entrepreneurs have been increasingly vocal about taking issue with. Sonia Chang-Diaz, co-chair of the Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy, said.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 5, 2021

Regis Mohawk government wasn’t just envisioning dispensaries on its acres when it approved a recent measure to legalize a commercial cannabis industry on Monday. . Regis Mohawk are not alone in their desire to enter the cannabis business. Various Indian nations are already in the cannabis game, growing and processing industrial hemp.

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2020

As we wrote back in early 2019, the prohibition on interference ONLY applied to hemp cultivated under the 2018 Farm Bill. To be fair, the USDA did issue an opinion in mid-2019 that stated that states/tribes could not prohibit the interstate transport of hemp produced under the 2014 Farm Bill.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

While cannabis legalization moves full steam ahead through much of the Northeast, the southeastern U.S. These states haven’t made major headlines for their progressive cannabis policies, but together they constitute a major market that has, nevertheless, dipped its toe in the water. has been notably slow to uptake major reforms.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

PUBLISHER: CANNABIS LAW REPORT. Clearing the Air- Florida Condensed Cannabis . For those of you in the dark about Florida’s Medical Marijuana Program, I will be lighting up the dim corners of Florida: The Nation’s Fastest-Growing Medical Marijuana Market , according to The Miami New Times on May 2, 2019.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

. State trademarks for cannabis goods and services have been an ongoing saga in California that we have written about extensively. The specification matches the classification of goods and services adopted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Flower is forbidden in New York, even for patients in the state’s medical cannabis program. Smoking medical marijuana is prohibited by the Compassionate Care Act,” said Jill Montag, public information officer for the New York DOH , referring to the medical cannabis law. Except that it isn’t. I almost cut my hand off.”.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 27, 2019

June 26 2019. Financial institutions looking to work with cannabis companies have a lot to look forward to this summer. On June 11, 2019, the House Appropriations Committee passed spending legislation which provides new protection to financial institutions that provide banking services to marijuana businesses.

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

JANUARY 3, 2020

On January 1, 2020, the state of Illinois had its first day of legal marijuana sales. Last year, Illinois became the 11 th state in the United States to legalize the purchase and possession of adult-use recreational marijuana and the first state to legalize through legislative measure. By: Nabil Rodriguez.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 16, 2022

She also stated the raid may have been retaliatory, due to her participation in legislative efforts to authorize and monitor the growth of hemp in the state. Law 360 (sub. hemp farmer sues state, police officer for raid based on false information. Law 360 (sub. 2019 and Nov. 2020, MMJ says.

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NORML

JUNE 7, 2019

House of Representatives has for the first time included limited protections for cannabis businesses engaged in the legal marketplaces in 33 states. Governor John Bel Edwards (D) of Louisiana signed legislation into law to allow the production of industrial hemp and hemp-derived CBD products. California. CA resident?

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Young & Craig Simonsen on November 26, 2019. POSTED IN EMPLOYMENT LAW. The Illinois General Assembly passed SB 1557 , revising the language of the Recreational Cannabis Law to reduce but not completely eliminate employer liabilities. By Condon McGlothlen , Adam R.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Authored By Stephen Lott on December 10, 2019. On January 1, 2020, the recreational use of marijuana will be legal under Illinois law. With the formal enactment of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act , it is expected that numerous new companies will be gearing up to enter the Prairie State’s burgeoning cannabis market.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Congress is making another run at providing a safe harbor to the banking industry and companies that provide services to cannabis businesses. The text of the SAFE Banking Act has changed little since it was first introduced in 2019. Skillman and Ryan D. Arnold & Porter. credit card companies). Protect all service providers (e.g.,

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 5, 2020

Just a quick reminder of legislation signed into law mid 2019 by the state’s governor and came into effect as state law 1.1.2020. LAS VEGAS (KSNV) reports — Nevada is now the first state that bans most employers from utilizing pre-employment drug tests for marijuana as a hiring practice.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 19, 2020

18 March 2020. Last week, FDA issued its report to the US House Committee on Appropriations and the US Senate Committee on Appropriations entitled “Cannabidiol (CBD) Report in Response to Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 U.S. In the absence of federal action, states have developed their own regulatory schemes.

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