Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 24, 2021

Provisions regarding lawful possession go into effect July 1, 2021, but the provisions affecting employers will take effect next year on July 1, 2022. Further, employers should be mindful of Connecticut’s existing laws limiting drug testing of current employees. Individuals cannot possess more than 1.5 Provisions Affecting Employers.

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MJ Business Attorneys

MAY 29, 2018

resulted in a ruling that struck down the provision of PASPA that prohibited the states from authorizing sports gambling, which ultimately drove the Court to declare the entire Act unconstitutional. Murphy holds that state-law repeals are not pre-emptible. NCAA, et al.,

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The Herb Collective

JANUARY 3, 2019

The first state to legalize marijuana for medical use was California. In 1996, voters passed the Compassionate Use Act, and over the past two decades, it has seen a lot of changes and structure within its cannabis laws. The state has also placed limits on how much THC/CBD can be in some cannabis products.

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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. 65 warnings too. inhalable v.

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Collective Hemp Cannabis Programs 73

Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Responsibilities: Initiate and execute petition drives introducing cannabis ordinances throughout the State of Michigan and other emerging markets. Oversee campaigns to educate communities and collect signatures supporting the adoption/approval of local cannabis ordinances.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

However, employers still must be mindful of the state law protections currently available to medical marijuana users including, among other things, not taking adverse action or otherwise discriminating against someone based solely on their status as a qualifying medical marijuana patient or their possession of medical marijuana.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 20, 2019

The Garden State’s Governor, Phil Murphy, signed the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act (CUMMA) on July 2, 2019. History of compliance with regulations and policies governing government regulated marijuana programs. Criterion 2. Criterion 6. Criterion 7.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

First introduced in both chambers of Congress in 2017, re-introduced in the House in March of 2019, and amended this past June, the SAFE Banking Act has garnered bipartisan support as a necessary solution to the dilemma created by conflicting federal and state cannabis law regimes, particularly as it relates to financial service providers.

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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. Here’s a look back at 2019 and a projection of what’s to come in 2020 Cannabis Law. . 2019 Defining Moments in California Cannabis Law . January 2019.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Responsibilities: Initiate and execute petition drives introducing cannabis ordinances throughout the State of Michigan and other emerging markets. Oversee campaigns to educate communities and collect signatures supporting the adoption/approval of local cannabis ordinances.

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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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Banking Hemp Compliance Compliance 54

NORML

MARCH 15, 2019

Additionally, Representatives Charlie Crist (D-FL) and Don Young (R-AK) introduced The Fairness in Federal Drug Testing Under State Laws Act to explicitly bar federal agencies from discriminating against workers solely because of their status as a cannabis consumer, or due to testing positive for marijuana use on a workplace drug test.

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Legislation Hemp Compliance Compliance 141

Cannabis Law Report

MAY 29, 2019

The City Council passed the bill in April by a vote of 40-4, and it became law on May 10, 2019, with an effective date of May 10, 2020. New York City employers who conduct pre-employment drug tests should review their practices to ensure compliance with this new ordinance. The Statute. Practical Guidance.

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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. This guidance, though short, is fairly robust and provides ways for credit unions to verify that hemp clients are engaged in lawful business.

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Banking Hemp Compliance Compliance 64

Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

CCPA is a massive privacy law similar in scope to the European Union’s infamous General Data Protection Regulation, and applies to many businesses (not just cannabis businesses) that are based in or even “do business” in California. For businesses that are subject to CCPA, compliance can be rough.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The new law creates complex employment protections for recreational marijuana users. Connecticut is not alone in enacting legislation that mandates a labor-friendly stance for companies that want to receive licenses to operate cannabis-related businesses in the state. Constitution.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

215 opened the door for a collective model (i.e., With the passage of SB 420 , this collective system was formalized and, with the advent of the 2008 Guidelines issued by the State Attorney General’s Office, more details around “compliance” and best practices were provided; but it was nothing like we have today under Prop.

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Compliance Compliance Programs Collective 75

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 19, 2021

The company and its product are recognized globally and offer a collection of over 150 proprietary cannabis varieties and product lines including indoor and sungrown flower, pre-rolls, gel capsules, vape cartridges, CBD Flower and medicinal mushrooms. Caution Regarding Cannabis Operations in the United States.

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Cultivation Seed-To-Sale Conditions Business 105

Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The CDC promoted a policy that prohibits employees from using marijuana while on the job but recognized that a zero-tolerance policy for marijuana use may not be possible, depending on the relevant state law. While federal law limits the delta-9 THC content of hemp to not more than 0.3 1, 2023, under the new law.

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Cannabinoids Retail Policy Cultivation 52

Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

PUBLISHER: CANNABIS LAW REPORT. The Court stated: “Our precedent is unambiguous. We are constrained by the law, and Congress has not carved out an exception in IRC Sec.280E 280E for businesses that operate lawfully under State law. If you wish to re-publish this story please do so with following accreditation.

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Dispensary Packaging Collective Seed-To-Sale 45

Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2019

State and Tribal Plans. The 2018 Farm Bill requires states and Indian Tribes to submit hemp cultivation plans to the USDA. The interim hemp rules require that these plans include a practice to collect, maintain and report information on hemp cultivators, the land where hemp is produced, and the status and number of licenses issued.

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Hemp THC Compliance Compliance 66

Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 23, 2020

Cannabis dispensaries have to collect large quantities of sensitive information in order to comply with state laws. The THSuite platform is designed to simplify this process for dispensary operators by automatically integrating with each state’s API traceability system. Medical/State ID and expiration date.

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Data Dispensary Patients Medicine 59

Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

If the source of funds is questionable, unverifiable, or determined by the WSLCB to be gained in a manner which is in violation of law, the WSLCB will conduct further investigation regarding the funds. Licenses are to report both the calculated tax amount and the amount of additional collected tax. Ownership Changes. Otherwise, the $1.2

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Topical Packaging Retail Legislation 65

Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information This news release contains “forward-looking information” and “forward-looking statements” (collectively, “forward-looking statements”) within the meaning of the applicable Canadian and United States securities legislation.

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Dispensary Cultivation Conditions Law 52

Canna Law Blog

APRIL 26, 2019

The standard language in most lease forms not only fails to account for the nuanced requirements in state and local laws and regulations, but in some cases the forms actually conflict with what the law requires. Any issue not addressed in the lease will be governed by state law. Because the C.A.R. Both the A.I.R.

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Access State Laws Cannabis Law 62

Marijuana Lawyer Blog

APRIL 15, 2019

Supreme Court had affirmed challenges to the federal law in part because deemed marijuana dangerous Schedule I drug. 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. Recently, the U.S. Call us at 714-937-2050.

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The Sixteenth Amendment permits Congress to “collect taxes on incomes.” [8] The post Three Tax Court Judges Find Section 280E Unconstitutional appeared first on Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law. The majority rejected all of these arguments and denied the motion for partial summary judgment. 1 (Gustafson, J., dissenting).

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Legislation Business State Laws Compliance 40

Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

APRIL 19, 2021

When House Bill 19-1234 and House Bill 19-1230 were signed into law on May 29, 2019, allowing for marijuana delivery and marijuana hospitality licenses, no one thought it would take two years to implement. Read on for the full story, or click below to quickly jump to the relevant ordinances.

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Marijuana Consumption Retail Business 76

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 22, 2019

In a joint op-ed in Fox Business today, American Bankers Association President and CEO Rob Nichols and Credit Union National Association President and CEO Jim Nussle called on lawmakers to resolve the existing conflict between federal and state law with respect to proceeds from cannabis-related businesses.

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Banking Safety Business Legislation 40

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 sale of shares or assets and collection of dividends outside the U.K.

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Legalization Banking Compliance Compliance 40

Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 13, 2022

Thus, notwithstanding what appears to be growing public support for legalization, cannabis remains illegal under Federal law as a controlled substance. [x]. Many years ago, New York revised its income tax laws to achieve close conformity with the Federal system of income taxation. Section 280E. Conformity vs Decoupling.

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Business Cannabis Law Decriminalization 52

Marijuana Lawyer Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Cannabis companies hat clear state compliance hurdles may have an existing brand that’s strong (or choose to create a whole new one for a fresh start). But until this proposed measure, there was nothing in state law that would stop third-party cannabis companies from engaging in IP licensing deals.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 16, 2022

Robert Singer (R-Ocean), would amend the state’s recreational marijuana law to ban cannabis consumption for any employee who operates heavy machinery or uses weapons, or whose use of cannabis would “put the public at risk.” 2616 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 220th LEGISLATURE. introduced. SENATE, No. INTRODUCED MAY 12, 2022.

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Consumption Legislation Programs Concentrates 52

Cannabis Law Report

JULY 27, 2019

It is impossible to ignore the serious legal and business complications of franchising a cannabis business due to marijuana being illegal under federal law. Banks, landlords, insurance companies and other service providers remain skittish about doing business with companies that are essentially breaking federal law.

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Supply Chain Programs Business Retail 40

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. One commonality among all states is cost. Compliance. Data & Software.

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Compliance Compliance Business Seed-To-Sale 52

Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The directors and officers and certain shareholders of Urbn Leaf, collectively holding approximately 69% of Series A shares and 96% of common shares, have entered into voting and support agreements to vote in favour of the Urbn Leaf Transaction. The Urbn Leaf Transaction has been unanimously approved by the board of directors of Urbn Leaf.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

We depend on a good relationship with law enforcement. The Commission will collect data to determine whether goals of the exclusivity period are met after two years and decide whether to extend exclusivity for an additional year or make the license type generally available. Licensing, Registration, and Enforcement.

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