NORML

APRIL 2, 2020

Eleven US Senators — Michael Bennett (), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Edward Markey (D-MA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeffrey Merkley (D-OR), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Bernie Sanders (I/D-VT) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) — have sent a letter to leadership urging lawmakers to permit licensed cannabis operators to qualify for loans and other forms economic assistance available from the Small Business Administration (SBA).

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NORML

OCTOBER 19, 2020

State regulators have licensed 192 retailers thus far, with the first of those opening for business on Saturday. The post Missouri: Licensed Medical Cannabis Retailers Now Open for Business appeared first on NORML.

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NORML

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Imagine operating a business without a bank account. Imagine being forbidden from letting your customers pay for purchases with a credit card, or being able to ask a bank for a small business loan. This is the reality of hundreds of small and medium-sized business owners throughout the country who are engaging in the emerging cannabis marketplace. Currently, state-licensed marijuana businesses face a web of conflicting regulations.

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Leafly

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Leafly speaks with key players for the Momentum business accelerator - a grant and resource program for underrepresented cannabis businesses. The post Eaze’s Momentum business accelerator invites applicants appeared first on Leafly.

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Speaker: Jonathan Bench, International Cannabis and Securities Business Attorney at Harris Bricken

The U.S. cannabis industry is still in its infancy, even though states began engaging with legalization in one form or another in the late 1990s. Today, many opportunities exist for individuals and businesses that want to engage in the industry. Join international cannabis and securities business attorney Jonathan Bench as he provides some pitfalls and best practices for companies & individuals looking to engage with the U.S. cannabis marketplace.

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

JANUARY 11, 2021

Around tax time, I get this question a lot: “What is my cannabis business’s NAICS code or Business Activity Code?” The IRS requests your business’s “Business Activity Code” on a tax return filing, which is based on the NAICS code system. Of course, which code may be appropriate depends on the cannabis business’s actual activities. By: Rachel Gillette – Partner & Chair, Cannabis Law Practice.

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NORML

JUNE 19, 2019

Today, the House Committee on Small Business held a hearing entitled Unlocked Potential? Small Businesses in the Cannabis Industry to discuss the economic and employment opportunities in the emerging legal cannabis industry and the challenges that federal prohibition and criminalization pose in regards to the Small Business Administration. 2019 ACTIVISM Business GOVERNMENT INDUSTRY Policy

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NORML

MARCH 25, 2020

Representatives with the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) have reaffirmed that state-licensed cannabis businesses are ineligible for financial aid opportunities because marijuana remains classified as a schedule I controlled substance. ” In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the SBA is actively providing economic assistance to numerous small and medium sized business nationwide. The majority of these businesses are small-to-medium in size.

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NORML

APRIL 23, 2020

Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) have introduced legislation to allow state-legal marijuana businesses to apply for COVID-19 benefits through the Small Business Administration. Currently, the SBA is prohibited from engaging with cannabis businesses due to federal marijuana criminalization. The new legislation would create an exemption for the SBA to allow it and it’s employees to facilitate support to qualifying small marijuana businesses.

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Leafly

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The post Eaze announces ten winners of $50k cannabis business grants appeared first on Leafly. Eaze has announced the ten winners of their Momentum grant, awarding $50,000 to cannabis entrepreneurs around the country.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The post Nestle Muscle In On EU CBD Business first appeared on Cannabis Law Report. The food giants are muscling into the CBD game…The press release is chocka full of CBD “scientific” goblededook but the important thing to note is … Read More.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

The post CannGroup (Australia)- See How Busy We Are , See How Busy We Are, See How Busy We Are first appeared on Cannabis Law Report. As children in our extended family back in the dim distant days of the early 1970’s there was a tradition… Read More.

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NORML

JUNE 28, 2019

House Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia Velázquez along with Representatives Jared Golden and Dwight Evans introduced a package of legislation, ( H.R. 3544 , to remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act and to extend several Small Business Administration (SBA) initiatives to small businesses operating in the cannabis sector. You can read more in the release issued by the Committee on Small Business here.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The post Cannabis Business Cyber Summit first appeared on Cannabis Law Report. THE PRICE – See Website THE DATE – See you online November 10-12, 2020! THE RATING – THE BLURB – General Agenda Tue, November 10 … Read More.

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NORML

APRIL 14, 2020

Two of our greatest champions in Congress, Representative Earl Blumenauer and Senator Jacky Rosen, are circulating bipartisan sign-on letters to Congressional Leadership demanding that state-licensed cannabis businesses are able to access the Small Business Administration. If you want to see a robust consumer-oriented cannabis marketplace, then we must act now to protect these small businesses. This message was emailed to NORML supporters.

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NORML

JANUARY 6, 2020

As first reported by Politico, the House Small Business Committee is waiving jurisdiction over the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement (MORE) Act ( HR 3884 ), making it the second House committee in the 116th Congress to advance legislation to end federal marijuana prohibition. Thanks to the work of the Small Business Committee and Chairwoman Velazquez, the emerging legal cannabis industry will ultimately become more inclusive to small businesses and entrepreneurs.”

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 4, 2021

The post Business Development Executive, LeafLink Financial first appeared on Cannabis Law Report.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The majority of Missouri’s medical marijuana businesses recently have been granted extensions after failing to meet a one-year operating deadline, state authorities told the News-Leader this week.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

a Toronto Stock Exchange listed consumer finance company, where he co-led the transformation of the business from a hard goods retailer to a leading non-bank financial services organization. On June 27, 2019, Acreage implemented an arrangement under section 288 of the Business Corporations ?Act

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Canna Law Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Given this significant growth forecast, sensitive business information (also known as trade secrets) has become an incredibly valuable asset for Hemp-CBD stakeholders. Realizing value from those trade secrets requires sharing them with business partners and employees. This means that to be legally protected, business information must be valuable and its owner must take reasonable steps to keep it secret. Business Basics Employment Law Hemp Legal Issues Oregon

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Looking to enter the cannabis market in California or to expand your existing cannabis business? The post California Cannabis Business Licensing Guidebook first appeared on Cannabis Law Report.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

A Fresno County Superior Court judge heard oral arguments Monday in a long-awaited case that could have major ramifications for California’s legal cannabis businesses. The post Judge Hears BCC Delivery Businesses Arguments first appeared on Cannabis Law Report.

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Cannabis Life Network

AUGUST 22, 2019

LOS ANGELES — The major online pot shop directory and cannabis marketplace Weedmaps announced this Wednesday that it will no longer allow black-market businesses to advertise on its site. The post Weedmaps to stop advertising unlicensed pot businesses appeared first on Cannabis News | Lifestyle Tips | Expert Opinions | Stocks. Blog Business Cannabis Legalization Editorial Featured Marijuana News dispensary pot shop Weed Maps

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NORML

APRIL 27, 2020

The Marijuana Justice Coalition, which is made up by groups including the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, the ACLU, the Drug Policy Alliance, NORML, and others, has sent a letter to Congressional Leadership requesting that small marijuana businesses be able to access the emergency relief funds being administered by the Small Business Administration. RE: Protect Minority-Owned Marijuana Businesses and their Workers.

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NORML

MARCH 20, 2020

There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic is adversely impacting businesses around the world, and smaller businesses especially. That is why these businesses continue to face undue discrimination under federal law, including the lack of access to banking services and a prohibition of standard business tax deductions. Cannabis businesses not eligible for Small Business Administration disaster relief aid.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Under I-190, no advertising for marijuana is permitted, though dispensaries are able to be listed on business directories. The bill isn’t about how people voted on I-190, but how recreational marijuana businesses can reach customers, Regier said.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 27, 2021

The post Massachusetts: City of Northampton Decide To Drop Cannabis Business Fees first appeared on Cannabis Law Report. The Commonwealth Magazine reports. First in state to waive 3 percent community impact fee MARIJUANA COMPANY officials have long complained… Read More.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

State representatives gave nearly unanimous support Monday to allowing South Dakota-chartered banks to conduct transactions with businesses that have state licenses for marijuana and industrial hemp. Banks would need to conduct higher scrutiny of marijuana businesses under a federal policy.

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Cannabis Chronicles

JULY 1, 2019

Investors have taken note, pumping $10 billion into North American cannabis businesses last year — a good sign for budding entrepreneurs hoping to cash in on the green rush. It’s more difficult than starting a business in any other area,” says Schmitt, 43, a seasoned entrepreneur who previously worked in finance and construction. To succeed, you need more than a solid business plan and ace team (though those are crucial, too). Marijuana is having a moment.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The post New Title: The Cannabis Business 1st Edition first appeared on Cannabis Law Report.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The post Pipp Horticulture Introduces New ELEVATE™ Platform System – Cannabis Business Executive appeared first on SpeedWeed. PRESS RELEASE.

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NORML

MAY 12, 2020

Included in the language of the bill is HR 1595: The SAFE Banking Act, which amends federal law so that explicitly banks and other financial institutions may work directly with state-legal marijuana businesses. NORML also encouraged leadership to include separate provisions in the Act to permit state-licensed cannabis businesses to be eligible to receive loans and other types of financial assistance via the Small Business Administration (SBA).

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The post Job Position-Director of Business Development CA Clinics Sydney first appeared on Cannabis Law Report. NSW $100,000 – $130,000 a year Network of Medicinal Cannabis Clinics focussed on helping patients with chronic conditions who may… Read More.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

In LA, people are getting arrested for what they think are legit jobs in the pot business. The post The Half-Legal Cannabis Trap – Cannabis Business Executive appeared first on SpeedWeed. Will “decriminalization” just spread the problem nationwide?

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The NM Political Report | Medical Cannabis Program

AUGUST 21, 2019

As New Mexico lawmakers try to come up with a legislative proposal to legalize recreational cannabis that might ease the apprehension of some of their colleagues, there is already a group of business owners already laying the groundwork for a post-legalization world. Sometimes they’re called ancillary cannabis companies, other times they’re called cannabis adjacent businesses. Continue reading Businesses grow around NM medical cannabis producers at The NM Political Report.

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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

As veteran marijuana business owners (and virtually every other type of industry owners) know, there may come a point in time in the business when you are sitting across the table from someone who is offering to put money into your business. They may be your prospective business partner. Many of your closest family and friends have been close to you during your business growth. 2. Do You Understand the Financials of Your Business?

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

On behalf of the United Cannabis Business Association, we want to thank you for expressing your concerns on AB 1525. The post Statement: United Cannabis Business Association Re AB1525 first appeared on Cannabis Law Report.

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