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  • Oregon Cannabis: Getting a Good Start

    Fri 10:00am By Vince Sliwoski
    Running a cannabis business is difficult and many people fail. These ventures bottom out for myriad reasons, although owners tend to blame federal law issues first of all. It’s true that federal law creates a tough environment for cannabis businesses (tax…
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  • Jason Adelstone to Speak at the 2025 Cannabis Law Institute in Denver

    Mon 9:02am By Canna Law Blog
    We’re proud to share that attorney Jason Adelstone will be a featured panelist at this year’s Cannabis Law Institute (CLI 2025), hosted by the International Cannabis Bar Association (INCBA). Taking place June 12–13, 2025 at the University of Denver Sturm…
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  • Oregon Cannabis Roundup: June 2025

    Jun 5, 2025, 10:00 am By Vince Sliwoski
    Time for another Oregon cannabis roundup. Time to cover some important legislative and OLCC updates, specifically. Legislative updates Senate Bill 558 Governor Tina Kotek signed this bill into law last week, on May 28th. There are some key differences to the…
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  • Locked Out: SBA’s New Lending Policy Targets Hemp and Marijuana-Adjacent Businesses

    Jun 2, 2025, 10:00 am By Jason Adelstone
    In yet another setback for hemp and marijuana-adjacent businesses, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has quietly reintroduced a policy that effectively disqualifies most of them from critical federal loan programs. The updated policy, effective June…
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  • First Circuit Holds the Line Against Cannabis Businesses

    May 30, 2025, 10:00 am By Vince Sliwoski
    In fall of 2023 I wrote about the lawsuit to end federal prohibition that wouldn’t really end federal prohibition. Last July, a federal district court ruled against Canna Provisions et al. in that case. On Wednesday, May 27th, the First Circuit Court of…
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  • Cannabis Transactions: I ❤️ Letters of Intent

    May 28, 2025, 10:00 am By Vince Sliwoski
    In cannabis contract negotiations, it’s common for the parties to execute an early-stage document called a letter of intent (“LOI”). An LOI may also be called a term sheet; naming it one over the other has no legal significance. I love these little…
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  • Memorial Day — Honoring Those Who Served

    May 26, 2025, 10:00 am By Canna Law Blog
    Please join us in taking the day off to honor all who have served, so we can do things like have a Canna Law Blog and say whatever we want. We will be back tomorrow with our regular programs.
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  • BREAKING NEWS: Oregon’s Ballot Measure 119 is Defeated

    May 20, 2025, 2:46 pm By Vince Sliwoski
    The Oregon District Court issued a ruling today whereby it “PERMANENTLY ENJOINS AND RESTRAINS” the OLCC and other State actors from enforcing Measure 119 against Bubble’s Hash and Ascend Dispensary, the plaintiffs that sued over BM 119’s…
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  • Colorado Continues Enforcing Intoxicating Hemp Regulations – Will More States Follow?

    May 19, 2025, 10:00 am By Jason Adelstone
    In June 2023, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed SB 23-271 (codified in C.R.S. 25-5-427 and regulated by 6 CCR 1010-24), a landmark bill regulating intoxicating hemp products in the state. This legislation followed recommendations from the Intoxicating Hemp…
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  • Separation Anxiety: Veil Piercing, Alter Ego and the Bounds of Corporate Separateness

    Tue 10:00am By Matt Goldberg
    Hardly a week goes by without a client asking us: Can we sue the owners of a cannabis company personally for the company’s failure to pay our invoice / transfer us the license / sell us the land? In other words, they are asking, “Can we pierce the…
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  • America’s Missed Opportunity in the Global Marijuana Market

    May 12, 2025, 10:00 am By Jason Adelstone
    After attending the International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC) in Berlin at the end of April, I was reminded, yet again, of how draconian U.S. marijuana laws truly are. The excitement throughout the event was palpable. Much of it was driven by…
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  • Due Diligence in Cannabis Transactions: Mechanics and Red Flags

    May 8, 2025, 10:00 am By Vince Sliwoski
    I don’t know how it came to be, exactly, but I’ve spent countless hours of my adult working life assisting with due diligence on cannabis transactions. These transactions involve all kinds of companies, from sole proprietorships to public companies, and a…
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  • How Strong Is Your Cannabis Trademark?

    May 6, 2025, 10:00 am By Fred Rocafort
    Understanding Trademark Strength We frequently discuss the cannabis-specific challenges that brands face when seeking trademark protection. But it’s just as important not to lose sight of the core trademark principles that apply to all…
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  • Oregon’s Ballot Measure 119: Time’s Almost Up?

    May 1, 2025, 10:00 am By Vince Sliwoski
    Hopefully this is the penultimate time I’ll write about Ballot Measure 119. Hopefully, some three weeks from now, I’ll publish one last post explaining that this landgrab initiative was annihilated, judicially speaking. The recent Federal Court hearing On…
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  • Buyer Beware: Five Key Due Diligence Items When Buying a Cannabis Business

    Apr 30, 2025, 10:00 am By Jason Adelstone
    Know the red flags and find them. Our cannabis business attorneys regularly handle transactions involving the purchase and sale of licensed cannabis businesses. These deals often move fast, with brokers rushing both sides toward closing—frequently without…
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  • Cannabis Taxation: C Corp, S Corp, LLC, LLP, Partnership, Nonprofit, or Something Else for Your Cannabis Business?

    Apr 29, 2025, 6:45 pm By Canna Law Blog
    Choosing the Right Business Entity in the Cannabis Industry One of the most fundamental questions facing any entrepreneur – whether in the cannabis industry or elsewhere – is: “What type of business entity should I choose?” This is a deceptively…
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  • Why Cannabis LLCs Need Operating Agreements

    Apr 28, 2025, 10:00 am By Fred Rocafort
    Cannabis businesses are usually structured as limited liability companies (LLCs)—and for good reason. LLCs offer far more flexibility than corporations, which are bound by rigid governance rules. To take advantage of this flexibility (and for many other…
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  • File Under Bad Ideas: 50/50 Cannabis Business Ownership

    Apr 25, 2025, 10:00 am By Vince Sliwoski
    There are many ways to set up a cannabis business, and we like to think that we’ve seen them all. But there’s probably no worse category than 50/50 ownership of a business– a recipe for all sorts of disasters. Let’s look and why that is, and some ways…
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  • Licensing Cannabis Trademarks: What You Need to Know

    Apr 15, 2025, 10:00 am By Fred Rocafort
    For many cannabis brands, licensing their trademarks can be a savvy business move (for more information on cannabis trademarks generally, check out our webinar, Trademarking Cannabis: Cutting Through the Legal Haze). But it also comes with its own set of…
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  • Is There a Method to the Mayhem? The Stock Market and a Potential Cannabis Collapse

    Apr 7, 2025, 10:00 am By Jason Adelstone
    As economists overwhelmingly question the Trump Administration’s tariff policy, one has to wonder if there is a deeper strategy behind his seemingly chaotic moves? While President Trump’s recent push for sweeping tariffs and saber-rattling on global trade…
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