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  • Patenting Cannabis Genes: Three Ways To Protect New Cultivars

    Nov 29, 2022, 3:00 pm By Paul Coble
    Many cannabis companies spend significant resources developing new cannabis cultivars or refining popular strain genetics. As they do so, more and more are looking for strategies to protect those investments. Plant patents for purportedly novel cannabis plants…
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  • CLE Event: To Be Blunt, Can I Be A Cannabis Lawyer In Utah?

    Nov 28, 2022, 3:29 pm By Canna Law Blog
    Harris Bricken attorney Jonathan Bench will participate in the Utah Cannabis Law Section’s upcoming CLE over the lunch hour on December 5th. The CLE will be an in-person event held at the Utah Bar Association Offices. The title of the CLE is “To Be Blunt,…
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  • Cannabis and International Trade CLE: Join us December 1st!

    Nov 25, 2022, 3:00 pm By Canna Law Blog
    Register here! We are excited to announce that Harris Bricken lawyers Adams Lee, Fred Rocafort and Vince Sliwoski will present on Cannabis and International Trade on Thursday, December 1 from 12pm to 1pm EST. This presentation is hosted by the National Customs…
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  • Happy Thanksgiving from the Canna Law Blog

    Nov 24, 2022, 3:00 pm By Canna Law Blog
    The post Happy Thanksgiving from the Canna Law Blog appeared first on Harris Bricken Sliwoski LLP.
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  • New York’s Cannabis Retail Dispensary Regulations, Part 2: Security and Surveillance

    Nov 23, 2022, 3:00 pm By Matthew Schwartz
    Welcome to Part 2 in this series on New York’s cannabis retail dispensary regulations, covering security. In Part 1, we covered the rules around dispensary operations. As we also previously summarized, on Friday, October 28, 2022, the Office of Cannabis…
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  • Oregon Cannabis: Drive-Thru Marijuana Sales Ending?

    Nov 22, 2022, 3:00 pm By Jesse Mondry
    The OLCC rulemaking process continues after a public hearing on October 25 and the close of the public comment period on October 31. You can read our prior coverage here, here and here, and you can read the proposed rules here. The public hearing lasted about…
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  • Kentucky (Kind of) Decriminalizes Medical Cannabis

    Nov 21, 2022, 3:00 pm By Griffen Thorne
    On November 15, 2022, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear issued an executive order intended to decriminalizes medical cannabis. This is one of the most interesting  executive orders we’ve seen in a bit – and that’s saying something after the last six years…
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  • New York Adult-Use Cannabis Rules and Regulations: They’re (Almost) Here

    Nov 18, 2022, 3:00 pm By Simon Malinowski
    On November 15, 2022, New York’s Cannabis Control Board (CCB) announced a significant CCB meeting that is scheduled to be held in-person and virtually on November 21, 2022. The rumor was that the full set of licensing rules and regulations would be released…
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  • Upcoming Webinar: New York Retail Dispensary ‘Guidelines’ – What Every CAURD Applicant Needs to Know

    Nov 17, 2022, 3:00 pm By Canna Law Blog
    Register Here Date: December 7th, 2022 Time: 2 – 3pm EST New York just 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 released…
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  • California Cannabis: Welcoming a Shift Away from Local Control

    3:00pm By Hilary Bricken
    It’s no secret that, among California’s many cannabis industry issues, local control continues to stymie the success of the Golden State’s industry. In this, California is not alone– most cannabis is all local. However, after these mid-term elections,…
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  • Federal or State Trademark Registrations?

    Tue 3:00pm By Fred Rocafort
    Federal or state trademarks, which should I register? This is a question we regularly get in our IP practice. For cannabis brands in particular, the answer is often straightforward. The lawful use requirement The United States Patent and Trademark Office…
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  • Free Webinar Tomorrow: Cannabis and Psychedelics Election Updates, Q&A

    Nov 14, 2022, 3:00 pm By Canna Law Blog
    Register Here Last week, voters across the country were tasked with deciding the fate of numerous cannabis and psychedelics bills and initiatives. These included: psychedelics regulation in Colorado psilocybin licensing opt-out votes around Oregon cannabis…
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  • BREAKING: NY Federal Judge Blocks CAURD Licensing in Five Regions

    Nov 11, 2022, 3:35 pm By Matthew Schwartz
    On November 10, 2022, a Judge Gary L. Sharpe of the New York Federal District Court in Syracuse entered an order enjoining New York’s retail cannabis dispensary application process in five regions of the state (Brooklyn, Central New York, Finger Lakes,…
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  • California Cannabis Company Hit With False Advertising Claims

    Nov 11, 2022, 3:00 pm By Jihee Ahn
    We’ve anticipated this for a while, but a recent lawsuit indicates that certain marijuana company mislabeling antics are getting called out, regarding false advertising. One recent lawsuit heralds a potential new wave of litigation. The lawsuit The…
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  • Cannabis and Psychedelics Election Updates and Q&A

    Nov 10, 2022, 3:00 pm By Canna Law Blog
    Register Here On November 8, 2022, voters across the country were tasked with deciding the fate of numerous cannabis and psychedelics bills and initiatives. These included: psychedelics regulation in Colorado psilocybin licensing opt-out votes around Oregon…
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  • Brazil’s Elections and Cannabis

    Nov 9, 2022, 3:00 pm By Fred Rocafort
    Brazil’s elections recently took place, with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva voted into a third term as Brazil’s president. To learn what the results mean for cannabis, we sat down with Rafael Arcuri of Brazil’s National Association of Industrial Hemp (ANC).…
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  • More Adult Use Cannabis Legalization on 2022 Ballots!

    Nov 8, 2022, 3:00 pm By Hilary Bricken
    It’s that special time again, when voters head to the polls to determine who will staff their local, state, and federal governments. This time around though, many voters will also make big decisions about adult use cannabis legalization. That is outstanding…
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  • New York’s Cannabis Retail Dispensary Regulations, Part 1: Dispensary Operations

    Nov 7, 2022, 3:00 pm By Matthew Schwartz
    As we previously summarized, on Friday, October 28, 2022, the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) released its “Guidance for Adult-Use Dispensaries” (the Regulations). The Regulations provide guidance for Conditional Adult-Use Retails Dispensary (CAURD)…
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  • Cannabis Arbitration Provisions: the Injunctive Relief Carve-Out

    Nov 4, 2022, 2:00 pm By Jihee Ahn
    We’ve written plenty about cannabis arbitrations before, and why these proceedings may make more sense for your situation (see links at the bottom of this post!). But when you need fast, injunctive relief, a prior agreement to arbitrate can potentially be…
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  • Colombian Cannabis Legalization Ahead

    Nov 3, 2022, 2:00 pm By Fred Rocafort
    Colombian legalization of adult-use cannabis is on track, following the Chamber of Representatives’ overwhelming vote of support for a bill introduced by a multiparty group led by Liberal Party deputy Juan Carlos Losada. Back in June we held out some…
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