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  • Oregon’s Ballot Measure 119: Time’s Almost Up?

    Thu 10:00am 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

    Wed 10:00am By Jason Adelstone
    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 regard for applicable diligence and…
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  • Cannabis Taxation: C Corp, S Corp, LLC, LLP, Partnership, Nonprofit, or Something Else for Your…

    Tue 6:45pm By Carl Werner
    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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  • Please Do Not Use Agreements from Brokers

    Apr 3, 2025, 10:00 am By Vince Sliwoski
    We always say we aren’t giving legal advice on this blog. Here’s some, though: don’t use or sign a contract given to you by a broker for a transaction, unless that broker is a real estate broker, and unless the form is a real estate purchase agreement.…
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  • Australia Cannabis Q&A

    Mar 25, 2025, 10:00 am By Mathew Alderson
    Australia Cannabis Q&A A. Legal Status & Industry Overview 1. Is cannabis legal for business purposes in Australia? Importation, cultivation, production, and other activities conducted for medicinal and scientific purposes are lawful under federal Australian…
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  • Oregon’s Hot Hemp

    Mar 21, 2025, 10:00 am By Vince Sliwoski
    Surprising no one, recent findings show that most hemp products sold in Oregon run hot. By this I mean they are generally designed to get you lit. These products are often sold and marketed online without age verification, in packaging attractive to minors, or…
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