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  • New York’s Adult-Use Cannabis Rules and Regulations: The Series

    Dec 27, 2022, 3:00 pm By Simon Malinowski
    Way back in Spring of 2021, we ran a series on the New York’s Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act, which legalized adult-use cannabis in New York and established the framework for adult-use cannabis licensing. That series of posts covered everything from…
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  • Oregon Cannabis: State of the State

    Dec 26, 2022, 3:00 pm By Vince Sliwoski
    Welcome to the seventh annual “State of the State” post on Oregon cannabis. For the first year since program launch, regulated cannabis sales fell in the state. We also saw significant legislative and regulatory changes, further contraction of the hemp…
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  • Happy Holidays from Canna Law Blog!

    Dec 23, 2022, 3:00 pm By Canna Law Blog
    Wishing all of our readers, along with friends and families, the very best this holiday season. Whether you celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice, Festivus, or something else, we hope you can kick back and enjoy this wonderful time of the…
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  • Oregon Tax Court Rules on Marijuana Grow COGS

    Dec 22, 2022, 3:00 pm By Jesse Mondry
    For several years one of the biggest problems the cannabis industry has faced is I.R.C. Section 280E. It suffocates the regulated marijuana industry. A recent decision by the Oregon Tax Court addresses Section 280E and what may properly fall under Cost of…
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  • Los Angeles Cannabis Litigation: Cannabis Tenant Prevails

    Dec 21, 2022, 3:00 pm By Hilary Bricken
    Cannabis litigation is growing as the industry matures. Recently, we’ve seen a suit related to false advertising, but we’re also seeing more traditional business litigation around partnership issues and contract breaches. In Los Angeles, the repeal of…
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  • New York Task Force to Target Unregulated Cannabis Sales

    Dec 20, 2022, 3:00 pm By Matthew Schwartz
    At a press conference on December 15, 2022, New York City Mayor Adams announced the creation of a joint task force between the New York City Sheriff’s Office, the NYPD, the city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protections and the New York State Office…
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  • Oregon Cannabis Rules Update: Drive-Thru, Delivery

    Dec 19, 2022, 3:00 pm By Vince Sliwoski
    Last month, my Portland colleague and cannabis business litigator extraordinaire Jesse Mondry authored a post titled Oregon Cannabis: Drive-Thru Marijuana Sales Ending? On Friday, December 16, we got an answer to that question. The answer, I’m glad to…
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  • Importing “Drug Paraphernalia” after Eteros and Keirton

    3:00pm By Adams Lee
    Many thanks for all who attended our December 1 webinar on “Cannabis and International Trade Issues 2022.” The event was hosted by the National Customs Broker and Freight Forwarders Association of America Educational Institute (NEI). We received many…
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  • Webinar Replay: New York Retail Dispensary Guidelines: What Every CAURD Applicant Needs to Know

    Thu 3:00pm By Canna Law Blog
    New York recently released its adult-use cannabis retail dispensary guidelines, and there was a lot to unpack. We will likely see additional changes to New York’s rules and regulations, but the released guidelines provide a robust initial framework for…
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  • Cannabis Security Interests: Dos and Don’ts

    Dec 14, 2022, 3:00 pm By Hilary Bricken
    I previously wrote about how the cannabis industry should prepare itself for tough financial times. Capital is increasingly hard to come by unless you find yourself in a newly launched state like New York, perhaps. But once a state cannabis program is…
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  • Cannabis Branding: U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Parody Trademark Case

    Dec 13, 2022, 3:00 pm By Jesse Mondry
    Cannabis brands are known for clever branding and advertising. In some instances, this gets cannabis companies in trouble. See Cannabis Trademark Litigation: Wrigley Wins. Sometimes cannabis companies try to hew the parody line when riffing on an existing…
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  • Cosmetics and Cannabis

    Dec 12, 2022, 3:00 pm By Fred Rocafort
    Cosmetics are something of a bright spot when it comes to federal cannabis regulation. Unfortunately, however, there is quite a bit of misunderstanding when it comes to the federal legal framework for cannabis cosmetics. Following up on question that was asked…
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  • Edible Arrangements v. Green Thumb Industries: Voluntary Dismissal, For Now

    Dec 9, 2022, 3:00 pm By Jihee Ahn
    We regularly cover intellectual property disputes on the blog, and the Edible Arrangements v. Green Thumb Industries trademark infringement case is one we covered two years ago when filed. Since then, this case appears to have been moderately active, with the…
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  • Webinar Replay: Cannabis and Psychedelics Election Updates and Q&A

    Dec 8, 2022, 3:00 pm By Canna Law Blog
    On Tuesday, November 15, 2022, Harris Bricken attorneys Vince Sliwoski (Portland) and Griffen Thorne (Los Angeles) hosted a free, hour-long webinar analyzing the election results. The panelists broke down a number of the state and local election outcomes and…
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  • California Large Licensing Gets Really Small

    Dec 7, 2022, 3:00 pm By Griffen Thorne
    California law required the state Department of Cannabis Control to begin accepting large license applications on January 1, 2023. Earlier this year, DCC published proposed large licensing regulations (which I described here). As usually happens, on December…
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  • Update: DOJ and SAFE Banking Act

    Dec 6, 2022, 3:00 pm By Hilary Bricken
    As we blogged about last week, the SAFE Banking Act is trying to claw its way back from the dead during this lame duck session of Congress. Interestingly, on December 2, Punchbowl News reported that the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a memo outlining its…
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  • Will LA’s Social Equity Retail Licensing Be Stopped?

    Dec 5, 2022, 3:00 pm By Griffen Thorne
    This Thursday, December 8, 2022, the City of Los Angeles will open Phase 3, Round 2 of storefront retail licensing. The City will only accept applications from verified social equity applicants. It will select winners via a “triple-blind” lottery, awarding…
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  • Don’t Miss! New York Retail Dispensary Guidelines: What Every CAURD Applicant Needs to Know

    Dec 2, 2022, 3:00 pm By Canna Law Blog
    Register Here Date: December 7th, 2022 Time: 2 – 3pm EST New York recently released its adult-use cannabis retail dispensary guidelines and there is a lot to unpack. We will likely see additional changes to New York’s rules and regulations, but the…
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  • Will the Senate Ever Do Anything with the SAFE Banking Act?

    Dec 1, 2022, 3:00 pm By Jihee Ahn
    As we’ve written about over the past several years, there have been consistent rallying cries for common-sense banking reform for the cannabis industry. The SAFE Banking Act, which would allow federally regulated financial institutions to work with…
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  • Washington Cannabis Update: Non-CBD Cannabinoid Additives

    Nov 30, 2022, 3:00 pm By Jack Scrantom
    The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (“LCB”) has clarified what cannabinoid additives are allowed in Cannabis products in WA. The LCB recently published a notice that it had adopted interpretive statement IS22-01, “Use of Additives in…
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