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  • Arbitration Clauses Should Work For You, Not Against You

    Apr 24, 2022, 2:00 pm By Jihee Ahn
    Most people who are (luckily) not familiar with litigation believe alternative dispute resolution (or “ADR”) clauses in their contracts are essentially boilerplate language that’s recycled again and again in every contract. However, well-drafted ADR…
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  • Half-Truths and Canna Law on the Internet

    Apr 23, 2022, 2:00 pm By Fred Rocafort
    When it comes to canna law on the internet, half-truths might be a bigger problem than outright lies or mistakes. Recently, our sister China Law Blog declared that China Law on the Internet Is All Wrong. As a lawyer who spends a lot of time working on…
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  • Oregon Cannabis Licensing in 2022

    Apr 22, 2022, 2:00 pm By Vince Sliwoski
    After a rollercoaster open market experiment, Oregon finally raised the walls on its cannabis program earlier this year. Typically, there are two broad approaches a state may take in walling off a regulated cannabis program, dormant commerce clause issues…
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  • Six Requirements for CBD Product Labels

    Apr 21, 2022, 2:00 pm By Griffen Thorne
    Because the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says that CBD-infused foods and dietary supplements cannot be lawfully sold or marketed in the United States, we’re left with a patchwork of often inconsistent state laws. One of the areas where there can be the…
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  • Happy 4/20 From Canna Law Blog!

    Apr 20, 2022, 2:00 pm By Canna Law Blog
    Take the day off ???? We will be back with our regular programming tomorrow. The post Happy 4/20 From Canna Law Blog! appeared first on Harris Bricken Sliwoski LLP.
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  • Free Speech and Cannabis Brands

    Apr 19, 2022, 2:00 pm By Fred Rocafort
    Could the First Amendment’s free speech protections offer a lifeline to cannabis brands hauled into court for trademark infringement for using parody trademarks? In some cases, it might. For readers unfamiliar with the First Amendment to the United States…
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  • Federal Cannabis Legislation: PREPARE Act

    Apr 18, 2022, 2:00 pm By Andrew Smith
    On Thursday, a bipartisan collection of congressmen introduced a bill that would require to US Attorney General to lead a commission to oversee the process of making recommendations for a cannabis regulation system comparable to the current alcohol regulation…
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  • Cannabis LLCs Need Operating Agreements

    2:00pm By Griffen Thorne
    Cannabis businesses are usually limited liability companies (LLCs). There are a lot of reasons for this, starting with the fact that LLCs are more flexible than corporations, which have much more rigid rules. To take advantage of those flexibilities, and for a…
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  • Customs Seized Our Cannabis Related Property. What’s Next?

    Sat 2:00pm By John McDonald
    The intersection of state and federal law on cannabis has led to some interesting situations at the border, especially where cannabis related property is seized. States such as Washington, Oregon, and California have legalized cannabis for all uses, while the…
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  • New York Issues First Adult-Use Cannabis Cultivation Licenses

    Apr 15, 2022, 2:00 pm By Simon Malinowski
    Yesterday, April 14, 2022 marked a historic event for New York’s adult-use cannabis industry: during the eighth Cannabis Control Board (CCB) meeting, the CCB issued the first adult-use cannabis licenses. The licenses: 52 conditional adult-use cultivation…
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  • What Do Prohibitionists Really Hope to Accomplish?

    Apr 14, 2022, 2:00 pm By Griffen Thorne
    Federal cannabis legalization will happen. It is no longer a matter of “if”, but of “when.” So what do prohibitionists really hope to accomplish? A few weeks back, the House of Representatives again advanced the MORE Act (Marijuana Opportunity and…
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  • Mexico Cannabis FAQ: Part 2

    Apr 13, 2022, 2:00 pm By Adrián Cisneros Aguilar
    Welcome to Part 2 in this series on Mexico cannabis and frequently asked questions. If you missed us yesterday, Part 1 can be found here. What are the requirements to start producing, processing and selling cannabis? Right now, only medical use is fully legal…
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  • Mexico Cannabis FAQ: Part 1

    Apr 12, 2022, 2:00 pm By Adrián Cisneros Aguilar
    Welcome to the first of two blog posts on frequently asked questions on cannabis in Mexico. Because we are one of the American law firms with an office in Mexico that handles Mexico cannabis legal matters, we get a steady stream of questions regarding the…
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  • Is D.C.’s Cannabis “Gifting Economy” In Trouble?

    Apr 11, 2022, 2:00 pm By Nathalie Bougenies
    Last week, D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson called a vote on emergency legislation that aimed, in part, to give the Council the authority to shut down any business that gifts marijuana. Although the proposed bill did not pass (by only one vote),…
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  • Colombia Issues New Cannabis Foreign Trade Regulations

    Apr 10, 2022, 2:00 pm By Fred Rocafort
    Colombia has issued regulations on the import and export of cannabis products. Joint Resolution 539, issued in concert by four Colombian ministries on April 1, 2022, follows up on Decree 811 from last July, which expanded the scope of legal activities…
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  • FTC Cannabis Litigation Picks Up Steam

    Apr 9, 2022, 2:00 pm By Jihee Ahn
    The days where the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) pays no mind to cannabis businesses (marijuana and hemp) are long gone.  These days, the FTC is treating consumer complaints regarding hemp and marijuana businesses similar to complaints against businesses in…
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  • New York’s New Cannabis Tax Deductions

    Apr 8, 2022, 2:00 pm By Simon Malinowski
    New York snuck a pretty significant tax break for cannabis businesses into its 2022 budget. The Revenue Bill included a state tax deduction for cannabis related business expenses that are currently disallowed by § 280E of the federal tax code. We have seen…
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  • International Cannabis Companies

    Apr 7, 2022, 2:00 pm By Jonathan Bench
    We work with international cannabis companies that operate in the U.S., and we regularly field inquiries from others who want to enter the U.S. market. Some are already selling into the U.S. market through an intermediary like a broker or a sales agent. In the…
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  • Our Cannabis Business Insurer Denied Our Claim. What’s Next?

    Apr 6, 2022, 2:00 pm By John McDonald
    Like companies in any other industry, licensed cannabis companies typically carry insurance and sometimes find themselves at odds with their cannabis business insurers. Those companies purchase a policy to cover a specific risk for a stated premium and when…
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  • Cannabis Patents Q&A

    Apr 5, 2022, 2:00 pm By Fred Rocafort
    It should come as no surprise that the number of applications for cannabis patents has been steadily increasing in recent years. In this post we discuss the basics of the subject, with a focus in the United States. While patent systems usually bear some…
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