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. inhalable v.

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The Blunt Truth

APRIL 20, 2021

The term does not include industrial hemp, as defined in state law, that is grown, dealt, or processed in compliance with state or federal law, unless it has been acquired and formulated with cannabis plant extract by a pharmaceutical processor. Next Steps for Employers.

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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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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 24, 2021

Employers should consider carefully how the new law affects their existing drug testing procedures and hiring processes. Employers also should review existing policies to ensure compliance and to maximize flexibility afforded to employers. Source: [link].

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MJ Business Attorneys

MAY 29, 2018

For starters, this case clarifies that the federal government can neither force the states to enforce federal marijuana policy, nor can they prohibit the states from implementing or revising their own marijuana policies. Murphy holds that state-law repeals are not pre-emptible.

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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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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

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

We do worry about collective memory in this day and age. The legislation would grandfather existing state-licensed cannabis operators into the federal scheme to ensure continued patient access and incentivize participation in the legal market. -As According to MM the proposed legislation suggests the following.

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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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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. The joint guidance makes clear that banks have discretion about what services to offer, but that bank clients must comply with applicable law.

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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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Canna Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

I wrote about the thresholds for whether CCPA applies here , and the moral of the story is that the bar can be pretty low when it comes to application of the law. For businesses that are subject to CCPA, compliance can be rough. The deletion right is what I want to focus on today.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

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. These opinions create an opportunity for a cannabis dispensary to exclude from gross revenue a substantial portion of the money collected from cannabis consumers.

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The Blunt Truth

JULY 5, 2023

Starting August 1, 2023, Minnesota will provide protections to individuals who use cannabis for recreational purposes, after Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed a state law allowing adults 21 and older to use recreational cannabis. The new law amends the state’s Consumable Products Act to protect off-duty cannabis use.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

New York, New Jersey and California, among others, have included similar provisions in their cannabis-related laws that promote collective bargaining and the recognition of labor organizations. It establishes that the Constitution and the laws of the United States are the supreme law of the land. Constitution.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 15, 2022

In addition, the licensees must execute a management agreement with a third-party operator to manage and operate the remaining facilities that the department will continue to permit in compliance with state law. California Steps Up Tax Collection Efforts. On June 8, 2022, the U.S.

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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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NORML

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

At the state level, activists in Texas, Maryland, and Kentucky gathered in their state capitols alongside state and local NORML chapters to lobby for sensible marijuana policy reform legislation. Legislation is pending, SF 104 / HF 221, to expand Iowa’s narrow medical cannabidiol (CBD) law. AZ resident? Connecticut.

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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. Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board Takes Action for Tax Payment Failures. Loan applications will be available Feb.

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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.

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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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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Regulators will also be prohibited from penalizing institutions for authorizing, processing, clearing, settling, billing, transferring, reconciling, or collecting payments for a legitimate cannabis-related business for payments made by any means, including a credit, debit, or other payment card, an account, check, or electronic funds transfer.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 24, 2019

[Note: while we don’t believe that anyone in Congress has proposed it yet, the Federal government could legalize cannabis for medical use [and perhaps for recreational use] and preempt many of the state laws. See The Murky Part of the STATES Act: Tribal Rights ].

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The bill would provide safe harbor for financial institutions to work with regulated cannabis businesses that are in compliance with state laws, addressing a number of public safety concerns and lack of access to capital for small businesses created by current federal restrictions.

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

JULY 18, 2019

Measure 1, Security plan: The applicant shall provide an acceptable safety and security plan, including staffing and site plan, and a detailed description of proposed security and safety measures, which demonstrates compliance with the rules at N.J.A.C. Criterion 2. Criterion 6. Criterion 7.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

WSLCB Enforcement officers will begin working with marijuana retailers to educate staff, check for violations, and take appropriate action to gain compliance. Licenses are to report both the calculated tax amount and the amount of additional collected tax. You can review this recent rule change on the agency website.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 26, 2022

Instead, adult-use dispensaries in the state are proving the system works by checking IDs as required by state law. The lowest rate (44%) was in a community where law enforcement had recently enforced underage alcohol laws using compliance checks (i.e., The success rate ranged from 44% to 97%. Discussion.

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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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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 20, 2019

Measure 1, Security plan: The applicant shall provide an acceptable safety and security plan, including staffing and site plan, and a detailed description of proposed security and safety measures, which demonstrates compliance with the rules at N.J.A.C. Criterion 2. Criterion 6. Criterion 7.

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Canna Law Blog

APRIL 26, 2019

Any issue not addressed in the lease will be governed by state law. State law tends to be very protective of tenants in residential leases, but provides little protection to commercial tenants. Accordingly, state law governs the notice and cure process, which is bad for tenants, especially in the cannabis industry.

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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 majority rejected all of these arguments and denied the motion for partial summary judgment. 8] Taxable income under the Sixteenth Amendment “may be defined as the gain derived from capital, from labor, or from both combined.” [9]

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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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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 5, 2019

This has had a significant impact on marijuana businesses operating in compliance with Maine law across the state. . As emergency legislation, the law would immediately go into effect (rather than becoming effective 90 days after adjournment) and will require approval by 2/3 of the State Legislature. .

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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. 2019 Defining Moments in California Cannabis Law . The End of the Collective Era. Posted by Alexa Steinberg, Esq. | Dec 20, 2019 . January 2019. As of Jan.

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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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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The Village Farms Shares issued under the Share Purchase Agreement are subject to lock-up agreements, and subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, 33% of these shares will be released in four months, another 33% of these shares to be released after eight months and the remaining shares to be released after one year.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 29, 2019

This new law expands the scope of the New York City Human Rights Law’s prohibitions on making pre-employment inquiries, which already preclude employers from seeking information about applicants’ criminal conviction , credit and salary histories. Practical Guidance.

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