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  • The Florida Primary Election and Cannabis

    Jul 11, 2022, 2:00 pm By Fred Rocafort
    The Florida primary election is approaching, meaning it’s time for voters to learn about candidates. Here is what some of those vying for statewide office have to say about cannabis. Governor The two leading Democratic candidates in the Florida gubernatorial…
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  • Top Ten Cannabis Contract Basics

    Jul 10, 2022, 2:00 pm By Hilary Bricken
    In the 21st century of cannabis, cannabis businesses of all sizes still ignore some contract basics. Whether it’s a cannabis distribution agreement, a cannabis intellectual property licensing agreement, or some form of cannabis M&A, the contract basics…
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  • Don’t Travel with Cannabis

    Jul 9, 2022, 2:00 pm By Griffen Thorne
    Marijuana is illegal in most countries in the world, is federally illegal in the United States, and is highly regulated even in the U.S. states that allow it. Hemp laws are all over the place in the U.S. and are often just as bad as marijuana laws…
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  • Is Cannabis Inflation Proof?

    Jul 8, 2022, 2:00 pm By Adams Lee
    Inflation has been dominating the headlines lately. Prices for gasoline, food (e.g., beef, bacon, eggs), used cars and many other items have spiked over the past year. It seems like there is always breaking news of the latest shortages – baby formula,…
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  • Federal Cannabis Legislation Roundup: Part 3

    Jul 7, 2022, 2:00 pm By Andrew Smith
    A few weeks ago, we published comprehensive overviews (Part 1 and Part 2) of all the federal bills floating around Congress intended to decriminalize cannabis. Since then, there have been a few important developments of federal cannabis bills in Congress. This…
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  • California Opens Hemp Registrations

    Jul 6, 2022, 2:00 pm By Griffen Thorne
    For years, California has been a very bad state for the hemp industry. That started to change last year with the passage of AB-45, a bill intended to regulate CBD manufacturing and sales. The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued proposed AB-45…
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  • Update: California Cannabis Tax Holiday

    Jul 5, 2022, 2:00 pm By Hilary Bricken
    When it comes to cannabis ballot measures, a common promise is made to voters that the increased tax revenue from cannabis sales will go back into the community. Cannabis taxes are therefore unavoidable. So is the debate over how high those taxes should be. In…
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  • Happy Fourth of July from the Canna Law Blog!

    Jul 4, 2022, 2:00 pm By Canna Law Blog
    Here’s to a great Fourth of July holiday for all of our readers, their friends, and families. We hope you all enjoy it! The post Happy Fourth of July from the Canna Law Blog! appeared first on Harris Bricken Sliwoski LLP.
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  • California Cannabis Lender License Requirements

    Jul 3, 2022, 2:00 pm By Griffen Thorne
    Cannabis businesses need money – and lots of it – to operate. Being mostly startups, operational profits are not enough to sustain their business. So cannabis businesses take on outside capital generally in one of two ways: taking on debt from cannabis…
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  • Cannabis Patent Q&A

    Jul 2, 2022, 2:00 pm By Canna Law Blog
    On June 14, 2022, Harris Bricken attorneys Fred Rocafort, Jihee Ahn, Paul Coble, and Vincent Silwoski presented a webinar entitled Protecting, Monetizing and Enforcing Cannabis Intellectual Property. Attendees submitted many great questions before and during…
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  • New York’s Retail Dispensary Build-Out Requirements

    Jul 1, 2022, 2:00 pm By Simon Malinowski
    Without much fanfare, the Dormitory Authority – State of New York (or DASNY) issued a request for proposal (RFP) for design-build services for conditional adult-use retail dispensaries (CAURDs). DASNY included a concept program (see Addendum 3) that details…
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  • Texas Supreme Court upholds smokable hemp ban

    Jun 30, 2022, 2:00 pm By Jesse Mondry
    The Texas Supreme Court recently upheld the state’s smokable hemp ban. This is bad news for the smokable hemp industry inside and outside of Texas. Today, we’ll look at what happened. As our readers know, the federal 2018 Farm Bill classified “hemp” as…
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  • Advocating for Better Cannabis Business Regulations

    Jun 29, 2022, 2:00 pm By Janve Sobers
    Complying with cannabis business regulations presents a challenge for start-ups and smaller firms. Corporate and regulatory attorneys often help clients understand and comply with complex regulations. This is especially true in the cannabis industry. In the…
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  • Harris Bricken and Its Attorneys Recognized in Chambers USA 2022 Guide

    Jun 28, 2022, 2:00 pm By Canna Law Blog
    Chambers and Partners, a London-headquartered research company that publishes detailed rankings of the world’s leading law firms and lawyers, recently named Harris Bricken one of the top cannabis law firms in the United States, in Band 2, and singled out two…
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  • First Amendment May Help Cannabis Companies Beat Trademark Infringement Claims

    Jun 27, 2022, 2:00 pm By Fred Rocafort
    Editor’s Note: A version of this article by Fred Rocafort was first published on Law360. The U.S. Constitution’s free speech protections, found in the First Amendment, may present a legal recourse for cannabis brands in trouble for using marks that are…
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  • New York’s Conditional Adult Use Processor License

    Jun 25, 2022, 2:00 pm By Simon Malinowski
    On the morning of the Cannabis Control Board’s (CCB) June 23, 2022 meeting, the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) uploaded the meeting agenda, which included this important tidbit: a resolution approving a conditional adult-use processor license and…
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  • California Will Allow Large Cultivation Licenses

    Jun 24, 2022, 2:00 pm By Griffen Thorne
    On January 1, 2023, California’s Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) will begin accepting applications for large cultivation licenses for the first time ever. California law authorized large cultivation licenses years ago. But, the law caveat was that…
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  • WSBA Webinar: Counseling Your First Cannabis Client

    Jun 23, 2022, 2:00 pm By Canna Law Blog
    Register HERE Hosted by the Washington State Bar Association, this presentation will provide attorneys with an overview of some key, current topics related to cannabis law. The presentation is designed to help lawyers identify issues during the course of…
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  • Petro: Colombia’s Next President and Cannabis

    Jun 22, 2022, 2:00 pm By Fred Rocafort
    Gustavo Petro is Colombia’s next president, following his electoral win on June 19. The election of its first leftist president, together with its first Afro-Colombian vice-president, is no doubt a momentous event for Latin America’s third-most populous…
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  • Trademark Infringement Litigation Case Study: Uncle Bud’s

    Jun 21, 2022, 2:00 pm By Jihee Ahn
    On the heels of our recent intellectual property webinar (a replay is available here!), we received some requests for real world examples of how trademark infringement litigation plays out in the courts. Luckily (or unluckily, depending on how you see things),…
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