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  • Florida Tries Again

    Mar 24, 2023, 2:00 pm By Fred Rocafort
    Florida voters may have the opportunity to legalize adult-use cannabis during the next general elections. First, though, the Florida Supreme Court must okay the language on the ballot initiative, in the face of likely opposition from the other branches of the…
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  • Minnesota Supreme Court Reverses Vape Liquid Conviction

    Mar 23, 2023, 2:00 pm By Jesse Mondry
    As Minnesota approaches the legalization of marijuana, the Minnesota Supreme Court has just ruled on a case we covered in September 2021.  The case involves the difference between hemp and marijuana and a state prosecutor’s burden to prove what side of the…
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  • New York Cannabis: Potential Tax Changes

    Mar 22, 2023, 2:00 pm By Simon Malinowski
    As New York move steadily closer to a fully rolled out adult-use cannabis industry, two New York state legislators recently proposed legislation that would significantly simplify the tax structure for adult-use cannabis. Under the Marijuana Regulation and…
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  • FREE WEBINAR: IRS Enforcement of Cannabis Operators is Here – What Do We Do Now?

    Mar 21, 2023, 2:00 pm By Canna Law Blog
    Register HERE to attend a free panel of experts directing cannabis operators on how to best combat the forces of recent movements from the IRS. IRS enforcement is increasing and cannabis businesses should be on alert. Cannabis businesses are accounting for and…
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  • Are 504 Private Placement Security Offerings Allowed in Cannabis Businesses?

    Mar 20, 2023, 2:00 pm By Jack Scrantom
    We’ve written regularly about the plight of cannabis businesses not being able to secure traditional lending (and other financial services) from major, federally regulated institutions. In this post, we dive deeper into a promising federally regulated equity…
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  • New York Cannabis Litigation – There’s More!

    Mar 17, 2023, 2:00 pm By Simon Malinowski
    Here comes more New York cannabis program litigation. After one lawsuit halted a significant portion of New York Conditional Adult Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) program, a new lawsuit filed on March 16, 2023 by the Coalition for Access to Regulated & Safe…
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  • A Cannabis Gun Control Circuit Split is Coming

    2:00pm By Griffen Thorne
    Federal law prohibits marijuana users from owning or possessing firearms– even in states with legal marijuana. Over the last few months, different federal courts issued critical orders in cannabis gun rights cases which could challenge this status quo. Both…
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  • Cocaine Trade Open in Canada? Not So Fast

    Wed 2:00pm By Hilary Bricken
    In the U.S., cocaine is a Schedule II controlled substance and its use, possession, etc. is illegal except for certain, limited medical applications. The licensed sale of cocaine for recreational use is not even remotely a concept in the U.S., and the same…
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  • New York’s Adult Use Cannabis Processor Licenses

    Mar 14, 2023, 2:00 pm By Simon Malinowski
    Continuing our series on New York’s cannabis rules and regulations, we’re breaking down everything you need to know about New York’s cannabis processor licenses (check out our other posts in the series here, here, here, and here). Because there is so…
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  • Breaking Down the Safe Banking Act: Why It Matters for Cannabis Businesses, Financial Institutions and Consumers

    Mar 13, 2023, 2:00 pm By Jesse Mondry
    The Safe Banking Act, also known as the Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act (SAFE Banking Act), is sorely needed legislation to address the critical issue of financial services being denied to marijuana businesses that operate in the state-legalized…
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  • What Biden’s Tax Plan Would Mean for the Cannabis Industry

    Mar 10, 2023, 3:00 pm By Griffen Thorne
    President Joe Biden just dropped the federal budget for 2024. The White House boldly claims that the tax plan will reduce the deficit by $3 trillion over the next 10 years. But several parts of the budget’s tax reforms are likely to significantly (and…
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  • Strafford CLE Webinar | Trademark Licensing in the Cannabis Industry: Legality, Disclosure, Diligence, and Key Provisions

    Mar 9, 2023, 3:00 pm By Canna Law Blog
    REGISTER HERE Hemp goods and services may now be eligible for trademark licensing and protection, though many CBD products remain unlawful at the federal level. Meanwhile, marijuana continues to be a Schedule I drug, but is legal in an increasing number of…
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  • California Cannabis Retailer Faces Costly ADA and UCRA Claims

    Mar 8, 2023, 3:00 pm By Jihee Ahn
    A recent lawsuit filed in California federal court serves as a good reminder to all our readers that it’s so important to be mindful of Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (the “ADA”). For the past several years, we’ve seen a steady flow…
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  • Publicly Traded Cannabis Company Plans $500M (!) EB-5 Raise (!!)

    Mar 7, 2023, 3:00 pm By Jack Scrantom
    Cannabis and business immigration don’t mix. Or at least that’s the conservative guidance we often give clients that come to us with that question. That’s not because a particular investment may not be sound, rather because federal law creates inherent…
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  • Peru: New Medical Cannabis Regs

    Mar 6, 2023, 3:00 pm By Fred Rocafort
    Peru has new regulations for the use of medical cannabis, following the issuance of Supreme Decree (Decreto Supremo) No. 004-2023-SA on February 28 of this year. The decree approves the Regulation that Regulates the Medicinal and Therapeutic Use of Cannabis…
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  • BREAKING – New York Expands CAURD License Program

    Mar 3, 2023, 3:00 pm By Simon Malinowski
    New York’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) and Cannabis Control Board (CCB) made a significant announcement during the CCB’s board meeting on March 2, 2023: the Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary License (CAURD) program is expanding the number of…
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  • Webinar Replay: Distressed Cannabis Businesses

    Mar 2, 2023, 3:00 pm By Canna Law Blog
    On February 28, 2023, Harris Bricken attorneys Hilary Bricken (Los Angeles), Griffen Thorne (Los Angeles), Ethan Minkin (Phoenix), and Vince Sliwoski (Portland) hosted an hour-long webinar discussion about the depressed cannabis market and what distressed…
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  • New York Adult Use Cannabis: A Timing Update

    Mar 1, 2023, 3:00 pm By Simon Malinowski
    There has a been a lot going on as New York continues to move towards rolling out its full adult use cannabis licensing, which has itself led to a lot of confusion in terms of timelines. The most recent notable event was the end of the adult use regulation…
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  • New York Cannabis: Microbusiness Licenses

    Feb 28, 2023, 3:00 pm By Matthew Schwartz
    As we previously broadly summarized on December 27, 2022 (here), in late December 2022, the Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”) released its first proposed adult-use cannabis rules and regulation for New York (the “Proposed Regulations”).…
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  • Last Call: Webinar for Distressed Cannabis Businesses 

    Feb 28, 2023, 12:00 am By Canna Law Blog
    Register Today The cannabis industry is under pressure. Difficult conditions have caused many cannabis businesses to grapple with layoffs, reorganization, litigation, dissolution, and even liquidation. These tough conditions arise from a variety of regulatory…
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