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  • Sometimes, the Parody Defense to Copyright Infringement Works!

    May 14, 2022, 2:00 pm By Jihee Ahn
    As a cannabis intellectual property litigator, part of my job is to help clients make cost-benefit and risk analyses. My colleagues and I have written several posts about the defense of “parody” in cannabis intellectual property litigation, and why it’s…
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  • Signs of Life for the SAFE Banking Act?

    May 13, 2022, 2:00 pm By Tom Oster
    The SAFE Banking Act has languished in Congress since early 2017, a victim of political gridlock and division, as well as political wrangling over broad approaches to cannabis legalization.  We last covered the SAFE Banking Act in February, when it looked as…
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  • FREE Webinar June 14: Protecting, Monetizing and Enforcing Cannabis Intellectual Property

    May 12, 2022, 2:00 pm By Canna Law Blog
    Register HERE! Protecting and monetizing intellectual property (IP) assets in the cannabis industry is a critical step for many businesses. Enforcement of valuable IP rights against infringers may also be vital to a cannabis business’s success. The cannabis…
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  • Cannabis in Mexico: Focus on Hemp

    May 11, 2022, 2:00 pm By Adrián Cisneros Aguilar
    Have you heard of cannabis legalization in Mexico lately? Neither have we. Apart from limited Oaxacan efforts to decriminalize individual recreational consumption and grant a few medical growing licenses, and earlier Supreme Court decisions declaring…
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  • Cannabis Partnerships

    May 10, 2022, 2:00 pm By Jonathan Bench
    Many cannabis handshake deals result in the parties forming an inadvertent cannabis partnership. The words “partnership” and “joint venture” are often thrown around casually. Many early stage cannabis entrepreneurs know they want to do some type of…
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  • Argentina: New Law Over Old Thinking

    May 9, 2022, 2:00 pm By Fred Rocafort
    Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies has approved a law to regulate the hemp and medical cannabis industries. According to one of the bill’s sponsors, “a new industry has been born in Argentina” with the passage of the bill (which we flagged last summer in…
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  • Happy Mother’s Day!

    May 8, 2022, 2:00 pm By Canna Law Blog
    Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms! And especially moms working in the cannabis industry. Don’t forget to call your mom today ???? We’ll be back tomorrow with our regular programming. The post Happy Mother’s Day! appeared first on Harris Bricken Sliwoski LLP.
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  • New York Recruiting Social Equity Fund Manager

    May 7, 2022, 2:00 pm By Simon Malinowski
    New York is beginning its search for a fund manager for New York’s $200m social equity cannabis fund. In January of 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that New York is proceeding with the $200m fund (as contemplated in the Marijuana Regulation and…
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  • Major Food and Beverage Companies Call Out Marijuana Copycats

    May 6, 2022, 2:00 pm By Jihee Ahn
    Last week, a coalition of major food and beverage companies (self-identified as “consumer packaged goods companies”) asked Congress to do more about the growing number of copycat THC edible products and counterfeit trademarks piggybacking off of their…
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  • Federal Cannabis Legislation Roundup: Part 1

    May 5, 2022, 2:00 pm By Andrew Smith
    With so many new proposals for reconceptualized federal cannabis legislation floating around Congress, this summary should help clarify the differences to distinguish each bill from the others. This post will cover the MORE Act, the PREPARE Act, the States…
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  • Four Considerations for Foreign Investors in U.S. Cannabis

    May 4, 2022, 2:00 pm By Griffen Thorne
    Foreign investors (often in countries that prohibit cannabis) are eager to invest in burgeoning state cannabis markets in the U.S. This can often go very wrong, especially if the investor gets bad legal or tax advice. Our cannabis attorneys and our foreign…
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  • Cannabis Ponzi Schemes

    May 3, 2022, 2:00 pm By Jesse Mondry
    Investors in marijuana businesses face many risks. To name just a few: the subject of their investment is illegal under federal law; the businesses in which they are investing face heavy tax burdens because of IRC 280e; and the lack of access to banking…
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  • Luxury Meets Cannabis NYC: May 5th!

    May 2, 2022, 2:00 pm By Canna Law Blog
    This Thursday, May 5, come hear Harris Bricken’s Simon Malinowski host an “Ask Me Anything” at the Luxury Meets Cannabis Conference in New York City. Simon’s presentation will begin at 10am EST. During his AMA, Simon will answer questions about…
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  • Ten Recommendations for State Cannabis Regulation

    May 1, 2022, 2:00 pm By Vince Sliwoski
    Unfazed by the federal leadership vacuum on cannabis, states continue to roll out cannabis proposals and programs. A total of 34 states considered cannabis reform proposals in 2021. Another 32 proposals (some of them pre-filed in 2021) are up for discussion…
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  • Cannabis Litigation: What is an Offer of Judgment?

    Apr 30, 2022, 2:00 pm By Jesse Mondry
    Like all commercial litigation, cannabis business litigation is expensive and in most circumstances a party cannot recover its attorneys’ fees. The exception is where recovery is authorized by a contract or a statute. This post discusses how a party in…
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  • Caribbean Winds of Change for Cannabis?

    Apr 29, 2022, 2:00 pm By Fred Rocafort
    The Caribbean is questioning its enduring ties to the British Crown, as it seeks to fully turn the page on its colonial past. During the next few years, we will likely see several of the independent Caribbean nations that maintain constitutional ties to the…
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  • California Will Regulate CBD

    Apr 28, 2022, 2:00 pm By Griffen Thorne
    For many years, we’ve written about California’s truly bizarre animus towards hemp-derived CBD. Many efforts to regulate CBD failed. Last year, the state finally managed to pass AB-45 but the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) hasn’t really…
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  • Top Cannabis FinTech Companies in Web3

    Apr 27, 2022, 2:00 pm By Jonathan Bench
    Cannabis companies are largely behind the curve in Web3, but in the past few months some top cannabis companies have emerged in the Web3 ecosystem to join the old guard. The connection between cannabis and Web3 may not be apparent at first glance, but both…
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  • Is Oaxaca Leading on Mexican Cannabis?

    Apr 26, 2022, 2:00 pm By Adrián Cisneros Aguilar
    A couple of weeks ago, the Asociación Indígena Productora de Cannabis de Oaxaca (AIPCO), a Oaxaca non-profit organization comprised of local indigenous cannabis growers, gave indigenous individuals and communities 26 medical cannabis growing licenses issued…
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  • Harris Bricken at Luxury Meets Cannabis Conference in New York City

    Apr 25, 2022, 2:00 pm By Simon Malinowski
    Come hear Harris Bricken’s Simon Malinowski lead an “Ask Me Anything” at the Luxury Meets Cannabis Conference in New York City on May 5, 2022 at 10am EST. During his AMA, Simon will  answer questions about cannabis licensing and compliance, with a…
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