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  • Czech It Out: Cannabis Legalization Trend Continues in Europe

    Oct 6, 2022, 2:00 pm By Fred Rocafort
    Czechia, officially known as the Czech Republic, may soon the join the growing list of European countries with legal adult-use cannabis. Czech National Anti-Drug Coordinator Jindřich Vobořil is drafting the requisite legislation, which could be in place by…
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  • Medical Marijuana in Japan

    Oct 5, 2022, 2:00 pm By Hilary Bricken
    Yes, medical marijuana could finally be coming to Japan. Last week, a panel made up of Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare pushed for an update to the country’s laws and rules to permit the importation of medical marijuana products. Japan is…
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  • Pro-Cannabis Amazon Contradicted By Algorithm

    Oct 4, 2022, 2:00 pm By Jack Scrantom
    Amazon’s prohibited product algorithm gets drug paraphernalia analysis wrong Amazon’s prohibited product algorithm is creating issues in the ancillary cannabis business space. In doing so it directly contradicts the company’s pro-cannabis public image.…
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  • Long Island Cannabis Dispensary Zoning

    Oct 3, 2022, 2:00 pm By Matthew Schwartz
    Prospective cannabis businesses seeking to open dispensaries on Long Island are running into several issues and roadblocks with the proposed or adopted zoning legislation restricting operators to mainly industrial areas. As it stands, dispensaries can open…
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  • Tough Times in Oregon Cannabis

    Sep 30, 2022, 2:00 pm By Vince Sliwoski
    Oregon doesn’t want any new cannabis businesses. This turnabout rather happened quickly. Until this spring, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) issued most types of cannabis licenses to anyone who qualified under relatively broad parameters, through…
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  • Prepping for a Cannabis Recession

    Sep 29, 2022, 2:00 pm By Hilary Bricken
    A cannabis recession may be coming and no cannabis business is immune. Prices are rising, operations are expensive to run, over regulation is rampant, local control is stifling, and you can’t even take many business deductions with the IRS because of IRC…
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  • FREE Webinar: Cannabis in Latin America

    Sep 28, 2022, 2:00 pm By Canna Law Blog
    Register HERE! Many North American and European cannabis companies have set their sights on Latin American countries. The region features rich land, an abundance of natural resources, a ready workforce, and many millions of potential customers. The goal of…
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  • California Expands Medical Cannabis Delivery

    Sep 27, 2022, 2:00 pm By Hilary Bricken
    It’s no secret that California cannabis is suffering for a variety of reasons, not least of which is the stranglehold on access caused by local control. Local control is never going away in cannabis. It’s one of the linchpins that gets voters to approve…
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  • New York’s Social Equity Fund Limited Partnership Agreement

    Sep 26, 2022, 2:00 pm By Simon Malinowski
    During a little advertised Cannabis Control Board (CCB) meeting, the CCB announced and approved a Limited Partnership Agreement for New York’s Social Equity Fund. As a brief refresher, the Social Equity Fund was mandated by the Marijuana Regulation and…
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  • Cannabis Litigation: Mediation Tips

    Sep 25, 2022, 2:00 pm By Jihee Ahn
    Our litigation team regularly attends mediations both before a lawsuit is filed and while a lawsuit is pending. We’ve covered mediation in the past, but for those who are unfamiliar, mediation is essentially a conference in which parties sit down together,…
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  • Meet New York’s Cannabis Director of Policy

    Sep 24, 2022, 2:00 pm By Simon Malinowski
    As part of New York Cannabis Control Board’s (CCB) meeting on August 15, 2022, the CCB proposed and approved John Kagia as the Office of Cannabis Management’s Director of Policy. Given the expansive and stratified plans for New York’s adult-use cannabis…
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  • New York’s Home Cultivation Regulations

    Sep 23, 2022, 2:00 pm By Simon Malinowski
    As part of New York’s Cannabis Control Board (CCB) meeting on September 20, 2022, the CCB passed a resolution to permit the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) to adopt revised regulations for home cannabis cultivation. To be clear, pursuant to the Marijuana…
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  • Mike Tyson’s Ear-Shaped Edibles Show the Paternalism of Cannabis Regulators

    Sep 22, 2022, 2:00 pm By Griffen Thorne
    Mike Tyson wants to market cannabis edibles shaped like ears with bite marks in them. Love him or hate him, you have to admit it’s clever. He’s apparently having a hard time getting his “Mike Bites” to market, due to regulators who apparently can’t…
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  • Marijuana Bankruptcy: The Answer is Still “No”

    Sep 21, 2022, 2:00 pm By Jesse Mondry
    The struggles of failing marijuana businesses to wind down and pay creditors in an orderly fashion serve no one. Among the problems marijuana businesses face such as lack of access to banking and onerous taxation stemming from IRC 280E is the lack of access to…
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  • Cannabis Contract Dates and Why They Matter

    Sep 20, 2022, 2:00 pm By Griffen Thorne
    Contract dates are among the most basic, fundamental aspects of any contract– cannabis or otherwise. Nevertheless, parties often mess them up or overlook them in potentially disastrous ways. Today, I want to look at a few key contract date issues and what…
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  • Harris Bricken Litigators Notch $7.4 Million Jury Trial Win

    Sep 19, 2022, 2:00 pm By Canna Law Blog
    A very big congratulations to a longtime Oregon cannabis client, and to our trial team, which just won a decisive, hard-fought victory in a nine-day jury trial in Portland, Oregon. Harris Bricken attorney Jesse Mondry led a stellar trial team comprised also of…
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  • Government Owned Cannabis: Better or Bust?

    2:00pm By Hilary Bricken
    Government owned cannabis is gaining speed. At least, it is in Canada. This week, I saw a tweet from MJ Biz Daily business journalist, Matt Lamers, that said: The most profitable cannabis businesses in Canada are owned by the government. Provincial monopoly…
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  • Second Circuit Denies Challenge to Marijuana’s Schedule I Classification

    Thu 2:00pm By Jesse Mondry
    People in the cannabis industry know that marijuana is federally classified as a schedule I controlled substance. Schedule I means the drug has no recognized medical value, has a high potential for abuse, and cannot be safely administered even under a…
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  • Washington’s Draft Cannabis Social Equity Licensing Rule

    Sep 14, 2022, 2:00 pm By Jack Scrantom
    Proposed social equity rule Following Washington’s creation of the Social Equity in Cannabis Task Force during the 2020 legislative session, the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (“LCB”) approved draft social equity licensing rules for cannabis…
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  • New York Cannabis: Notable CAURD Application Attestations

    Sep 13, 2022, 2:00 pm By Matthew Schwartz
    During the submission of the Conditional Adult Use Retail Dispensary (“CAURD”) application, applicants are required to submit and certify several attestations prior to final submission of an application. These attestations must be sworn to and initialed by…
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