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USPTO Refusal To Register Cannabis Trademarks Hurts Public
10:00am By Fred Rocafort
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s policy of rejecting applications to register trademarks that identify nonhemp cannabis products, as well as certain hemp CBD products, reflects an unduly doctrinaire approach that ultimately makes Americans less safe.…

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Hemp Litigation: D.C. Trial Court Dismisses Hemp Industry Challenge to DEA Interim Final Rule
Wed 10:00am By Jesse Mondry
On May 3, the District Court for the District of Columbia ( “trial court”) dismissed a petition filed by the Hemp Industries Association and others (“Petitioners”) challenging a DEA interim final rule (the “Rule”) that amended its regulations…

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California Cannabis Supply Chain Contracts: Fee-Shifting Provisions
Tue 10:00am By Griffen Thorne
California’s cannabis regime is set up to separate every point in the supply chain into different license types: cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, testing, and retail sales, to name a few. Except for a few vertically integrated companies, virtually…

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FREE Webinar Tomorrow, May 4! Cannabis in New York: Intro to the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation…
Mon 10:00am By Canna Law Blog
Register HERE! New York just became the latest state to legalize recreational cannabis. It will likely be several months before industry regulations are released and license applications are possible, but NOW is the time to start preparing. Join Harris…

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California Cannabis Changes: What Might We See From the DCC?
Sun 10:00am By Hilary Bricken
In January 2020, Governor Newsom announced that he intended to have the Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC), California Department of Food and Agriculture’s CalCannabis Program (CDFA), and California Department of Public Health’s Manufactured Cannabis Safety…

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Cannabis Litigation: Third-Party Subpoenas and the Illegality Defense
Sat 10:00am By Jesse Mondry
This post discusses the use of the federal “illegality defense” in connection with third-party subpoenas in litigation. Let’s start with a review of the illegality defense. Cannabis litigators, investors, and companies who decide to file a lawsuit…

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A Primer On the Duty to Preserve Evidence – And What Can Happen If You Don’t
Fri 10:00am By Jihee Ahn
Most people know that any party to litigation unquestionably owes an “uncompromising duty to preserve” what they know or reasonably should know may be relevant evidence in their lawsuit. What they don’t know is this is true before any discovery requests…

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California Cannabis Agency Consolidation Will Affect Cannabis Contracts
Apr 29, 2021, 10:00 am By Griffen Thorne
Over the next few months, California’s three cannabis agencies are going to consolidate their authority over the entire state’s industry into one new mega-agency: the Department of Cannabis Control. This is undoubtedly a good idea as having three agencies…

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What You Need to Know When Buying a Cannabis Business, Part 2: The Regulatory Environment
Apr 28, 2021, 10:00 am By Jonathan Bench
Buying a cannabis business does not occur in a matter of days, and transactions fall apart for a variety of reasons, as we discussed in Part 1 of this blog series focused on the buy-side of a cannabis M&A transaction. In this Part 2, we focus on the regulatory…

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Global Law and Business Podcast: Arizona Cannabis with Ryan Hurley
Apr 27, 2021, 10:00 am By Canna Law Blog
Listen HERE or stream on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Stitcher, or Soundcloud! At Harris Bricken, we keep close tabs on what is happening around the world, and we know that our friends and clients do, as well. We are happy to provide this…

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Canna Law Blog

USPTO Refusal To Register Cannabis Trademarks Hurts Public

Hemp Litigation: D.C. Trial Court Dismisses Hemp Industry Challenge to DEA Interim Final Rule

California Cannabis Supply Chain Contracts: Fee-Shifting Provisions

FREE Webinar Tomorrow, May 4! Cannabis in New York: Intro to the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation…

California Cannabis Changes: What Might We See From the DCC?

Cannabis Litigation: Third-Party Subpoenas and the Illegality Defense

A Primer On the Duty to Preserve Evidence – And What Can Happen If You Don’t

California Cannabis Agency Consolidation Will Affect Cannabis Contracts

What You Need to Know When Buying a Cannabis Business, Part 2: The Regulatory Environment

Global Law and Business Podcast: Arizona Cannabis with Ryan Hurley

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