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  • Is Importing Cannabis Equipment Worth It?

    May 31, 2022, 2:00 pm By Jihee Ahn
    Given the growth of both the cannabis industry and international trade, it’s more important than ever to understand the basics, and challenges of, purchasing cannabis-related goods overseas. Root Sciences, a cannabis extraction company, has been learning…
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  • Observing Memorial Day at Canna Law Blog

    May 30, 2022, 2:00 pm By Canna Law Blog
    Today is Memorial Day in the United States. For our international readers, today is designated for remembering military personnel who died while serving in the U.S. armed forces. Here’s to a peaceful day of reflection and appreciation. We will be back…
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  • Argentina’s New Hemp and Medical Cannabis Regulator

    May 29, 2022, 2:00 pm By Fred Rocafort
    Earlier this month, we discussed the approval of a new regulatory framework for hemp and medical cannabis by Argentina’s legislature. At the time, we focused our attention on those who, reflecting antiquated thinking on cannabis, voted against the bill.…
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  • Webinar June 1: Global Trends in Psychedelic and Cannabis Law

    May 28, 2022, 2:00 pm By Canna Law Blog
    The cannabis industry is evolving rapidly across North America and beyond, and the psychedelics revolution is well underway. As a result, there is a growing disparity among laws of different jurisdictions. Businesses involved in cannabis production and sales,…
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  • Cannabis en Latinoamérica: Conversatorio este 31 de mayo

    May 27, 2022, 5:00 pm By Adrián Cisneros Aguilar
    Inscríbase AQUÍ! En fechas recientes, Costa Rica dio un gran paso hacia la creación de una industria cannábica sostenible al promulgar su Ley del Cannabis para Uso Medicinal y Terapéutico y del Cáñamo para Uso Alimentario e Industrial. Dicha ley está…
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  • Cannabis in Latin America: FREE May 31 Webinar

    May 27, 2022, 2:00 pm By Canna Law Blog
    Register HERE! Costa Rica recently made a big move towards creating a sustainable cannabis industry when it enacted its Law for the Medical and Therapeutical Use of Cannabis and the Food and Industrial Use of Hemp (Ley del Cannabis para Uso Medicinal y…
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  • California Cannabis Claims: Conversion

    May 26, 2022, 12:00 pm By Jihee Ahn
    We’re back with the newest part in our series on common California cannabis claims. Today, we’ll be covering one we often see in the context of buyer v. seller disputes: conversion. How does California define a conversion claim? The technical definition of…
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  • New York City Cannabis and Community Boards

    May 25, 2022, 2:00 pm By Simon Malinowski
    New York City community boards will soon become a hot topic as New York begins accepting adult-use retail dispensary and on-site consumption license applications. If you have done any reading on New York’s Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA) (such…
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  • Legal Issues in Cannabis (2022 Update): Contracts, Real Estate, Taxation, and NFTs

    May 25, 2022, 7:00 am By Canna Law Blog
    Join Harris Bricken attorneys Jonathan Bench, Frederic Rocafort, Arlo Kipfer and Robert Lamb for a live video broadcast on legal issues in cannabis. Session I – Cannabis Contracts – Rachael Z. Ardanuy, Esq. The Session 1 presentation focuses on the…
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  • Delta-8 Is Legal, But …

    May 24, 2022, 2:00 pm By Fred Rocafort
    Just last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a lower court’s holding that the 2018 Farm Bill legalized delta-8 THC products derived from hemp. In the Ninth Circuit’s view, “the plain and unambiguous text of the Farm [Bill]…
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  • California Cannabis Workers: Independent Contractor Exceptions

    May 23, 2022, 2:00 pm By Griffen Thorne
    California deems nearly all kinds of workers employees. There are, however, some important circumstances where workers may be classified as contractors. In my first post of this series, “Classifying California Cannabis Workers,” I explained the basics of…
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  • Federal Cannabis Legislation Roundup: Part 2

    May 22, 2022, 2:00 pm By Andrew Smith
    There are tons of new proposals for federal cannabis legislation in Congress. We wanted to make things easy and clarify what they would do. This post covers the SAFE Banking Act, the Medical Marijuana Research Act, the Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research…
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  • Choosing the Right Entity for a Cannabis Business: Corporations

    May 21, 2022, 2:00 pm By Griffen Thorne
    One of the most important decisions a new cannabis business can make is the form of entity it will use. In fact, one of the first questions businesses ask is whether the right entity for a cannabis business is a limited liability company (LLC), corporation, or…
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  • Fire Season is Coming, Again

    May 20, 2022, 2:00 pm By Griffen Thorne
    Last summer, I wrote a post called “Fire Season is Coming.” Given the massive expected California droughts, it’s pretty safe to assume that fire season is coming, again. Today, I want to recap some of the issues that we’re likely to see in the coming…
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  • How Cannabis Businesses Succeed

    May 19, 2022, 2:00 pm By Vince Sliwoski
    We work with many large cannabis businesses and many small ones too. It’s fun to talk up the bigger fish, but I have a soft spot for the little guys. I really enjoy small business at the end of the day. I like seeing financial statements of disciplined,…
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  • Cannabis Litigation: Perpetuating Testimony

    May 18, 2022, 2:00 pm By Jesse Mondry
    Civil litigation in cannabis, like any other industry, usually proceeds in a predicable order. First, a complaint is filed and served. This kicks off the lawsuit and compels a defendant to file an Answer to avoid a default judgment. Second, the parties…
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  • Classifying California Cannabis Workers

    2:00pm By Griffen Thorne
    California is one of the trickiest states in the U.S. for employers, and especially for cannabis employers. The numerous, byzantine requirements here simply don’t exist in many other states. Classifying California cannabis workers is one of the biggest…
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  • Why the DEA Hemp Rule Challenge Really Matters

    Mon 2:00pm By Fred Rocafort
    The  Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued an interim final rule on hemp (“DEA hemp rule” or “rule”) on August 20, 2020. As per its executive summary, the rule “merely conforms DEA’s regulations to the statutory amendments to the…
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  • Why the DEA Hemp Rule Challenge Really Matters. A Lot.

    Mon 2:00pm By Fred Rocafort
    The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued an interim final rule on hemp (“DEA hemp rule” or “rule”) on August 20, 2020. As per its executive summary, the rule “merely conforms DEA’s regulations to the statutory amendments to the [Controlled…
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  • Legal Mistakes for Cannabis Businesses

    May 15, 2022, 2:00 pm By Griffen Thorne
    I recently spoke with a lawyer who was newer to representing cannabis clients. The lawyer asked me to describe the biggest legal mistakes I see for cannabis businesses. Over the years, our cannabis lawyers have seen cannabis businesses make just about every…
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