Canna Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2019

On March 7, 2019 the California Department of Public Health (“CDPH”), which regulates cannabis manufacturers, dropped a new list of updated resources for packaging and labeling. The notice was quickly picked up the Bureau of Cannabis Control (“BCC”), which regulates retailers and distributors, and is available here.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 19, 2020

BLOG BUSINESS BUSINESS CANNABIS CANADA CANNABIS LEGALIZATION CANNABIS NEWS FEATURED MARIJUANA NEWS 264 VIEWS. The company’s stock was halted on November 28, 2019, ahead of an announcement that three of the board’s four directors had resigned. WHAT HAPPENED AT PASHA BRANDS? BRADEN MACCKE JANUARY 17, 2020.

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MMJ Recs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Here’s what you need to know about medical marijuana in Oklahoma for the rest of 2019 and beyond. The Changes to Medical Marijuana in Oklahoma in 2019 and 2020. The Impact of New Rules to Medical Marijuana in 2019 and Beyond. The post What Are The New Changes Made By The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority In 2019?

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 13, 2019

Here’s their press release in full…… DeJoy, Knauf & Blood LLP Launches Cannabis and Hemp Advisory Practice. The new practice leverages the firm’s in-depth cannabis and hemp industry knowledge and expertise of the tax implications, regulatory environment, as well as critical operating and financial procedures.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 13, 2019

2018 Farm Bill and the 2018 Canadian Cannabis Act, EisnerAmper anticipates the rapid expansion of the hemp and cannabis industry at the federal, state and international levels. EisnerAmper Managing Director and Cannabis and Hemp Practice Leader. EisnerAmper Expands Hemp and Cannabis Practice. March 12, 2019.

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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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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2019

On October 12, 2019, Governor Newsom announced that he had signed SB-153 , a bill aimed at making significant changes to California’s hemp cultivation law. SB-153 clarifies that hemp can’t be cultivated in a licensed cannabis premises, but that if it is, it will be considered cannabis.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

We are helping build out another cannabis banking program here in Oregon. We have also handled a good bit of hemp banking work – mostly in 2019 and 2020 before that industry cratered. I have opined on this blog that “ all businesses are marijuana businesses ” in the MRB context. And I apologize in advance for all the acronyms.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 28, 2019

Those who have been running businesses in the cannabis industry for years, as well as those that are working hard to become licensed, know it is not a simple task to stay in compliance with state and local regulations. To avoid losing your business’ most valuable asset, learn how to get ahead of the compliance curve.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Welcome to the seventh annual “State of the State” post on Oregon cannabis. For the first year since program launch, regulated cannabis sales fell in the state. Overall, it has been a rocky ride (see: Tough Times in Oregon Cannabis ). Let’s get to it. Retail pricing has generally followed these trendlines.

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The Blunt Truth

JULY 23, 2019

(reported in our blog here ) that even though New Jersey’s Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act (the Act) did not “require … an employer to accommodate the medical use of marijuana in any workplace,” it also did not “immunize an employer’s obligation already imposed elsewhere” — such as in discrimination statutes.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In this article, Dr. Snyder distills her analysis of hemp testing during the 2018 and 2019 growing seasons. The USDA’s October 29, 2019 issuance of the Final Interim Rule (Rule) regarding hemp requires pre-harvest testing to take into account total tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) (Total THC) to determine compliance. INTRODUCTION.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 7, 2020

The purpose of that statement was to to help financial institutions deal with BSA and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance in light of the fact that hemp is no longer a Schedule I controlled substance under federal law. The FinCEN Guidance clarifies and expands upon the 2019 statement. ” No surprises there.

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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. Helix”) provides security services to cannabis businesses. It was not.

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Cannabis Life Network

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The post CannTrust Receives Continued Listing Notice from the NYSE appeared first on Cannabis News | Lifestyle Tips | Expert Opinions | Stocks. VAUGHAN, ON, Dec.

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2022

On December 1, 2022, the Los Angeles Controller released a report (PDF here ) with a pretty lame pun as a name: “High Maintenance: Review of the City’s Cannabis Regulation Efforts.” ” While the report’s name is bland, it reveals the pretty dire state of Los Angeles’s cannabis regulation and licensing.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 10, 2019

Analyzing the California Consumer Privacy Act’s Impact on the Cannabis Industry. By David Stauss on March 7, 2019. The CCPA will require thousands of businesses, including cannabis businesses, to undertake significant compliance efforts or risk substantial penalties. Read the full article at.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 13, 2019

July 12, 2019. POSTED IN CANNABIS , EMPLOYMENT , LEGISLATION , RECENT DEVELOPMENTS. On July 2, 2019, Governor Phil Murphy signed the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act (the “Act”), which amends the formerly known Compassionate Use of Medical Marijuana Act (“CUMMA”) and expands New Jersey’s medical cannabis program.

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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. As Los Angeles cannabis employment law attorneys know, there is nothing in the U.S. Recently, the U.S. Call us at 714-937-2050. Customs Service , 1989, U.S.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 23, 2020

Last year brought significant changes to Washington cannabis via the legislative session. Today I’ll outline some of the ways the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (“LCB”) plans to regulate marijuana in 2020. In light of SB 5318, the LCB is retooling its rules, codified at WAC 314-55 et seq.

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WeedAdvisor

OCTOBER 25, 2019

But while CannTrust stole the spotlight in the summer of 2019, Winnipeg-based licensed producer Bonify was arguably worse. As we covered in our article from early 2019 , Bonify’s most egregious offense was when it sourced and sold illegal cannabis into the open market. The first year of legalization saw its share of scandals.

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

I’m pretty sure that more ink has been spilled on the Secure and Fair Enforcement Act (“SAFE Banking”), than any other proposed cannabis law. with bipartisan support since 2019. Most worrisome to me is that SAFE Banking could ultimately increase AML/BSA compliance burdens for financial institutions with cannabis clients.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Postal Service (“USPS”) taking issue with companies placing cannabis ads in the mail. This means that mailing actual cannabis/THC products exceeding 0.3%, or related paraphernalia, was, and remains, a big “non-mailable” no-no. Notably, PACT has severe penalties for non-compliance, including prison time.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 10, 2019

Owning a cannabis business can feel like you’re drowning in various regulation compliances and not actually spending time with your business. If you are a WSLCB licensed cannabis business with employees, please join us at noon (PST) on January 29, 2019 for the second of our lunchtime employment law webinar series.

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Canna Law Blog

JULY 23, 2020

Given that cannabis remains federally illegal in the United States (despite the fact that more than a majority of states have some form of cannabis legal reform), we get pretty excited when we see other countries undertake legalization experiments at the federal level.

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CannaTech

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

CMTREX is an IT-driven trading platform which lies at the core of the emergence of a transparent and efficient trading ecosystem for the global legal cannabis and hemp industry. Today, in our blog, we are joined by Saul Singer, CEO of CMTREX, to discuss the future of the global cannabis economy.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

A new parliamentary intergroup was announced in Italy on October 24, 2019. Its primary objective is to set a schedule for the discussion of the 2016 citizens’ initiative for cannabis legalization. Italy looks to the North American Cannabis Industry for Guidance. In just a few hours, the group gathered more than 50 members.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 31, 2019

For a few moments there, it seemed like the California cannabis delivery companies could deliver anywhere in the state—even to cities that said no. In plain English, this rule clearly allows licensed retailers to deliver cannabis to any jurisdiction in the state—even ones that didn’t allow it. It now looks like that may not be allowed.

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 4, 2019

California cannabis licensing has been quite a ride. If you’re in the cannabis licensing game in California, you know that it’s taking months and months to secure annual licensing from all three agencies overseeing the implementation of the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 7, 2022

Risks are present for entities of all stripes, but cannabis businesses in particular need to beware of the Internet and what it says about them. On the other hand, if the importer calls the product a water bong and alludes to cannabis on its advertising, there is a good chance the products will be seized as drug paraphernalia.

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2019

On October 31, 2019, USDA published its interim hemp regulations and opened them up to a 60-day public commenting period. Among the hundreds of cannabinoids contained in cannabis, THC (delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol) has been the focal point for testing because of its psychoactive properties. By: Nabil Rodriguez & Garrett Davey.

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Keeping up with the multitude of (shifting) state and municipal cannabis regulations is a daunting task for any multi-state cannabis operator. One well-known tool for doing so has been CannaRegs, which offers a web-based subscription service to aggregate and organize cannabis rules, regulations, and legislation.

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Six years after it was initially introduced, the House Financial Services Committee released the latest draft legislation that would create a “safe harbor” for banks to serve the rapidly expanding cannabis industry on February 7, 2019. Specifies how businesses on tribal land could qualify; and.

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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. Rent and Regulatory Compliance. Getting Along with the Landlord.

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Marijuana Lawyer Blog

AUGUST 3, 2019

Currently, all 9,464 state issued temporary cannabis cultivation licenses, have expired. Meant to be replacing those, for businesses continuing to meet the required regulations, are either provisional or permanent annual cannabis business licenses. California marijuana farmers are facing a crisis.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 12, 2020

Last October , Weedmaps, the well-known platform providing cannabis consumers with information related to cannabis products, online ordering, retail store and product listings, and consumer education, received a subpoena from the U.S. We cooperate with these requests as we do with all lawful inquiries.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Here’s their blog post of 8 October. Beyond Pesticides , October 8, 2019) As medicinal and recreational marijuana continue to be legalized in a growing number of states, concerns about the safety of the burgeoning industry—how the substance is grown, harvested, processed, distributed, sold, and used—have emerged. Tell your U.S.

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