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  • Tomorrow! FREE Webinar on Distressed Cannabis Businesses

    Feb 27, 2023, 3:00 pm By Canna Law Blog
    Register Here 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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  • Defendants Move to Dismiss SEC’s Stock Promotion Scheme Lawsuit

    Feb 24, 2023, 3:00 pm By Jihee Ahn
    Last November, I wrote this post about a recent case filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission naming cannabis industry players for an alleged stock promotion scheme (or, as some call them, anti-touting violations). Last month, the primary individual…
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  • How to Dissolve a Cannabis Entity

    Feb 23, 2023, 3:00 pm By Griffen Thorne
    The cannabis industry is in dire straits, perhaps even in a recession. Cannabis businesses cannot seek standard bankruptcy protections and are looking for creative ways to deal with the distressed market. As companies look to shake off unproductive assets, our…
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  • Twitter to Allow Some Cannabis Advertising

    Feb 21, 2023, 3:00 pm By Griffen Thorne
    Until recently, all of the “big” social media companies banned U.S. companies from cannabis advertising on their platforms. At the same time, they imposed pretty unclear and inconsistent requirements on hemp advertising (in this post, when I refer to…
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  • ChatGPT and Cannabis: Not Bad, Not Bad at All

    Feb 17, 2023, 3:00 pm By Jesse Mondry
    A few years ago I wrote a somewhat tongue-in-cheek blog post titled, “Cannabots – Are the Robots Coming For Your Weed,” which discussed the application of robotics to the cultivation of marijuana. In that post I cited several articles discussing the use…
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  • Oregon Cannabis: New, Hazardous Testing Requirements are Effective March 1, 2023

    3:00pm By Vince Sliwoski
    I’ve spoken with a handful of clients recently who are anxious about Oregon’s new cannabis testing requirements. These requirements cover heavy metals and microbiological contaminants, and they take effect on March 1, 2023. The scuttlebutt is that many…
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  • Oregon Cannabis: Challenging Testing Requirements Take Effect March 1, 2023

    3:00pm By Vince Sliwoski
    I’ve spoken with a handful of clients recently who are anxious about Oregon’s new cannabis testing requirements. These requirements cover heavy metals and microbiological contaminants, and they take effect on March 1, 2023. The scuttlebutt is that many…
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  • AB-347: California Cannabis Cafes

    Wed 3:00pm By Hilary Bricken
    If you’ve been to the red light district in Amsterdam, you may have seen the infamous coffee shops up and down the block. In the U.S., no state has anything remotely close to a cannabis bar or coffee shop where you go to not only purchase your cannabis on…
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  • Direct and Ancillary CBD Liability Under the FD&C Act

    Feb 14, 2023, 3:00 pm By Hilary Bricken
    Not much thought is given to ancillary CBD liability. Why is that? Probably because the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) hasn’t taken any serious enforcement action against any company or individual that aids and abets violations of the Food, Drug &…
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  • Will Gun Control Laws Soften for Cannabis Users?

    Feb 13, 2023, 3:00 pm By Griffen Thorne
    The federal Gun Control Act of 1968 deems cannabis users “prohibited persons” who cannot legally own or possess firearms. In the past, numerous petitioners failed to overturn convictions under this law. That is now changing. In a recent case known as…
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  • Cannabis Litigation: The Importance of Litigation Holds

    Feb 10, 2023, 3:00 pm By Jihee Ahn
    We regularly cover litigation on the blog, but today we’re going to cover how to prepare for cannabis litigation that may or may not come. And while it’s always important to have effective systems in place, it becomes even more paramount when our clients…
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  • New York City Sues Unlicensed Cannabis Dispensaries and Landlords

    Feb 9, 2023, 3:00 pm By Matthew Schwartz
    As New York cannabis retail licensing proceeds at a snail’s pace, countless businesses are openly selling marijuana products out of unlicensed stores and smoke shops. It is obvious to anyone walking through New York City that the city has been unable to…
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  • Webinar Replay: New York Cannabis Q&A

    Feb 8, 2023, 3:00 pm By Canna Law Blog
    On February 1, Simon Malinowski hosted an hour-long webinar to answer questions regarding New York’s adult-use cannabis rules and regulations. He covered a variety of topics including the application process, anticipated timelines and license types. For…
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  • FREE Webinar, February 28th: Distressed Cannabis Businesses

    Feb 7, 2023, 3:00 pm By Canna Law Blog
    Register Here 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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  • Washington LCB Updates DIA Map for Social Equity Cannabis Licensees

    Feb 6, 2023, 3:00 pm By Jack Scrantom
    On February 2, 2023, the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (“LCB”) released an update regarding the interactive mapping tool for determining whether people meet have lived in Disproportionately Impacted Areas (“DIA”). As we wrote about here,…
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  • New York Cannabis: Distribution Licenses

    Feb 3, 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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  • New York’s Adult Use Cannabis Cultivation Licenses

    Feb 2, 2023, 3:00 pm By Simon Malinowski
    Continuing our series on New York’s cannabis rules and regulations (the Rules), we’re breaking down everything you need to know about the cultivation licenses (check out our other posts in the series here and here). Because there is so much information…
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  • California Inches Towards Interstate Cannabis Agreements

    Feb 1, 2023, 3:00 pm By Hilary Bricken
    It’s no secret that state cannabis markets across the nation are suffering badly. Because of I.R.C. 280E, lack of access to financial institutions, massive operational expenses, plunging prices, and just gluts of production, it’s not pretty out there.…
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  • Reminder: Free Webinar Tomorrow! New York Cannabis Q&A

    Jan 31, 2023, 3:00 pm By Vince Sliwoski
    On Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 2pm EST, Simon Malinowski will host a free, hour-long webinar to answer any questions about New York’s adult-use cannabis rules and regulations. Simon is our lead New York cannabis attorney, based in Manhattan. He will cover…
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  • Hong Kong Cannabis: Bad News for CBD

    Jan 30, 2023, 3:00 pm By Fred Rocafort
    Hong Kong and the negative developments taking place there have been the subject of many posts in our sister China Law Blog. But now it is our turn to report on the Fragrant Harbor. Unfortunately the news is also bad on the cannabis front, just like on the…
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