Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The tides have been rapidly changing for hemp companies to gain access to banking, which has not traditionally been available to hemp companies due to the fact that hemp was (sort of) federally illegal until about a year ago. Therefore, it’s not yet clear whether banks will service clients engaged in those activities.

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The Blunt Truth

MAY 12, 2023

This week, we have an update on the latest incarnation of the SAFE Banking Act. SAFE BANKING The Senate Banking Committee held a hearing late this week on the difficulties the cannabis industry faces due to a lack of access to the federal banking system. We look at the legalization signature drive in Ohio.

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The Joint Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Legislation that would protect banks who provide services to medical marijuana businesses has been passed by the full West Virginia House of Delegates. “The purpose of this section is to provide a solution to the banking problems encountered by the state in connection with the Act.”

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Dykema (Cannabis Law Blog)

APRIL 1, 2020

In a vote of 321-103, the House of Representatives took the first steps to securing better access for the cannabis industry by passing the Secure and Fair Enforcement Act , “SAFE” Banking bill. Introduced by Rep.

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Illinois News Joint

JULY 11, 2024

Common and recurring themes in the report that stand out are the Racial and/or ethnic Minority- and Woman-owned Business Enterprises (M/WBEs) that continue to voice concerns and challenges for accessing capital and financial support, as well complex cannabis regulations and policies burdens.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 20, 2021

Bophelo is being spun off by Canadian parent Halo Collective into a new, non-US, international entity, Akanda. CNW Group/Halo Collective Inc.). . … The suits have descended on Lesotho to start putting a value on Bophelo Bioscience and Wellness , which aspires to be the world’s biggest cannabis grow.

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NORML

JUNE 14, 2019

Another hearing is scheduled for Thursday, where the Veterans Affairs Committee will discuss various bills that are pending regarding medical cannabis programs and veterans access. Activists in Mississippi have collected approximately two thirds of the needed signatures to qualify a medical cannabis ballot initiative in 2020.

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Cannabis Chronicles

MAY 22, 2019

McDonell said research institutions are limited in their access to cannabis users by federal laws that could affect funding. While there are methods available for collecting that data, including a smartphone app called “Releaf,” there are still patients who are wary of sharing information, even anonymously, due to federal laws, she said.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 9, 2019

SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, along with a bipartisan coalition of 38 Attorneys General, urged Congress to pass the federal Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act to give licensed cannabis businesses access to the federal banking system. This is simple: not incorporating an $8.3

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The Blunt Truth

APRIL 23, 2020

Some applicants may have been able to access the system early, which is a problem in a first-come, first-served process. marijuana banking. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) is optimistic that cannabis banking could make its way into one of the next two relief packages. LOS ANGELES LICENSING ISSUES. See text of bill here. STATE ISSUES.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Launched in 2021, the USCC says it “combines the collective resources of many of the largest cannabis companies, prominent advocacy organizations and hundreds of thousands of individuals.”

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NORML

MARCH 8, 2019

This week, a bipartisan coalition of more than 100 co-sponsors has reintroduced legislation in Congress, The Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act (SAFE Banking Act), HR 1595, to allow state-licensed marijuana-related businesses to engage freely in relationships with banks and other financial institutions. CO resident?

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Canna Law Blog

AUGUST 31, 2022

These ordinary limitations on liability may affect the ability and ease of collecting on a judgment and make the prosecution of the case more expensive and difficult. It may also include owners treating company accounts as mere piggy banks rather than properly issuing dividends or distributions.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

At-large board member Andrew Turnage, Executive Director at the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission. As we collectively analyze and respond to emerging issues in the cannabis industry, we will continue to be the preeminent voice in cannabis regulatory policy.”. Banking, Finance, and Taxation. Medical Use and Research.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 12, 2022

Through this collaboration, the NPA and Maya will offer both the education and the technology infrastructure needed to make this possible, ensuring accessibility and safety to all communities. “We The Maya platform empowers psychedelic researchers, providers, and participants to collectively chart psychedelic best practices.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 13, 2022

.’s ability to navigate the legal and compliance needs across the fragmented geography of the Caribbean, bringing operating efficiencies that will drive further accessibility to Curaleaf’s family of CBD products. WB Canna Co. & What’s Next? “We

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The collection of data for the final study was through focused interviews with a snowball sample of eight participants who have experienced trying to enter the cannabis industry in Western City, California. Theme 3 involved access to capital. The color of money, black banks and the racial wealth gap (1st ed). Recommendations.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 11, 2020

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Veriheal

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The industry is saturated with regulations and restrictions, many of which lead to significant security risks such as having large sums of cash on site of dispensaries due to the lack of banking access within the industry. However, many security risks within the sector could be mitigated with simple training and common sense.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

California’s failure to carefully heed all of the admonitions of the Report of the Blue Ribbon Commission in its implementation of cannabis regulation is a far more pervasive cause of the present chaos than tax rates that are too high and a lack of banking. Underground cannabis businesses have managed for generations without banking.

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

While medical is helping the people of Pennsylvania, it isn’t collecting the revenue that recreational sales could be collecting. . Sale or Distribution – Having 30 grams or less of cannabis, even if it is gifted, is a misdemeanor and could land you as much as 30 days in jail and a $500 hit to your bank account.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 22, 2019

Specifically, they called for the passage of the Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act, a pending bipartisan bill that would allow financial institutions to serve legitimate cannabis businesses in states that have legalized the drug. Congress can solve the cannabis banking conundrum now. By Rob Nichols, Jim Nussle.

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NORML

AUGUST 19, 2019

Currently, public support for legalizing weed nationwide is at an all-time high: 62 percent of Americans favor legalizing the adult use of marijuana, while over 90 percent want access to medical cannabis. So, what’s taken Congress so damn long to make any changes? The issue isn’t if marijuana will be legalized anymore.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 5, 2019

The CCPA is aimed towards bolstering consumers’ privacy rights by instituting notice, storage, retention, security, and other requirements related to collecting consumers’ personal information. Covered Employers Must Provide Notice Regarding Data Collection, and May Be Liable for Statutory Damages for Any Security Breach.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 2, 2021

Indeed, there is a danger that federal legalization, done incorrectly, could produce outcomes even more adverse than the status quo wherein consumers and patients in states where marijuana is legal are generally able to access the marijuana they need. A new report from the Marijuana Policy Project shows that states have collected $7.9

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 7, 2021

Mr. Deffett began his career at RBC Capital Markets and has held senior positions in both sales and trading at various Canadian banks and independent dealers. As a collective enterprise, Ketamine One is dedicated to helping solve the growing need for safe and accessible mental health therapy. On behalf of: KETAMINE ONE.

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The Cannigma

DECEMBER 2, 2021

A few seed banks still keep seeds from those original strains harvested in the 1970’s. As Touzri explains, their seeds are “accessed only for special projects but never sold.” Researchers found much greater variation amongst the strains gathered around the world in the 1970’s than those gathered from the same locations in the 2000s.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 8, 2021

cannabis industry is of course locked out of American banking. We know access to capital remains a persistent challenge for California’s equity applicants and licensees,” Elliott said. Federally prohibited, the U.S. Broadly known as cash-only operations, the nation’s dispensaries have been targets since legalization’s dawn.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 31, 2019

One of the benefits of hemp and CBD businesses is the increased access to traditional business services, like banking, insurance, payroll, etc. The data collection form below is intended to collect historical data which will be critical in the development of the program.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 22, 2021

2021 /CNW/ – Halo Collective Inc. (“Halo”) (NEO: HALO) (OTCQX: HCANF) (Germany: A9KN), a vertically integrated multinational cannabis company, today announced that its board of directors has unanimously approved the reorganization (the “International Reorganization”) of its non-U.S. TORONTO , June 22,?2021

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NORML

JANUARY 2, 2019

We held a press conference with our National NORML Political Director, Justin Strekal, a voter registration event at 7th & Carson in downtown Las Vegas, and even did phone banking to encourage voting in primaries all throughout May. June 2018: Collected 79 Candidate Surveys from across Nevada.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The process for valuing a cannabis business is consistent with that of any private enterprise and principally includes the collection and analysis of business-specific information, assessment of industry factors and relevant markets, and the application of one or more of the three generally accepted approaches to valuation.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 13, 2020

Alternatively, a patent owner may also monetize its patent by licensing it to competitors and collecting royalties from them. Relatively speaking, there is not a comparable, readily-accessible collection of prior art for cannabis-related inventions since historically the industry has hidden in the shadows. 3] Diamond v.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

A press release issued by Folium April 3, 2019 said Dowty had served as a strategic advisor to create Folium Finance, a collection of financial products and services designed as a new means for cannabis start-ups to get banking services from non-traditional banks.

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The Herb Collective

APRIL 29, 2019

Delivery For Everybody Good news for everyone aged over 21 in California who wants to get their hands on legal cannabis – official codes have now been put in place to ensure that even people living in “ban towns” can access tested and taxed cannabis legally.

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SpeedWeed

APRIL 28, 2021

A spokesperson from Curaleaf said the vote at the company’s Hanover dispensary was a “secret ballot election” but recognized that the final count was in fact in favor of union representation by the Local 328 for purposes of collective bargaining. WCC (Women’s Cannabis Collective) . PRIDE/QUSH (Queer-Centered Unity and Service Huddle).

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SpeedWeed

APRIL 28, 2021

A spokesperson from Curaleaf said the vote at the company’s Hanover dispensary was a “secret ballot election” but recognized that the final count was in fact in favor of union representation by the Local 328 for purposes of collective bargaining. WCC (Women’s Cannabis Collective) . PRIDE/QUSH (Queer-Centered Unity and Service Huddle).

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