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  • Breaking News – Lawsuit Filed to Enjoin Arizona’s Social Equity Program Regulations

    Nov 19, 2021, 10:00 am By Ethan Minkin
    On November 18, 2021, the Greater Phoenix Urban League and Acre 41 Enterprises, LLC (the “Plaintiffs”), sued the State of Arizona, the Arizona Department of Health Services (the “Department”), Governor Ducey, and the Director of the Department for…
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  • Cannabis Securities Litigation: SDNY Dismisses Fraud Case Arising from Canadian IPO

    Nov 18, 2021, 10:00 am By Jesse Mondry
    One of the cannabis litigation trends we discussed in a recent webinar was the increasing number of lawsuits alleging some type of fraud by cannabis companies during the capital-raise phase of their businesses.  For most businesspeople, raising capital to…
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  • The Ethical Cannabis Lawyer

    10:00am By Vince Sliwoski
    Last Friday, I spoke on a panel for the American Bar Association (ABA) in Denver. It was the first conference for the ABA’s new Global Cannabis section and the first live event I’ve done since COVID started. The panel discussed “Legal Ethics in…
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  • New Kid on the Block: States Reform Act

    Tue 10:00am By Hilary Bricken
    I feel like we’re living in an upside down world when it comes to cannabis legalization at the federal level. The main reason being that Dems, despite in being in full control of Congress and the White House, just can’t get the ball across the line on a…
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  • Dispatches from Wonderland Miami

    Nov 15, 2021, 10:00 am By Simon Malinowski
    Microdose hosted its annual psychedelics conference in Miami last week (appropriately titled “Wonderland”). We were there, meeting industry insiders and clients, and keeping on the cutting edge of the psychedelics space. For our readers who weren’t able…
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  • Trademarking Psychedelics

    Nov 14, 2021, 10:00 am By Fred Rocafort
    Can companies in the psychedelic space register their trademarks, for psychedelics themselves? This is a question that often comes up, given U.S. trademark law’s requirement that marks be lawfully used in commerce as a precondition to registration. In recent…
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  • Looking Back on 25 Years of California Cannabis: Growing Pains (STILL) Persist

    Nov 13, 2021, 10:00 am By Hilary Bricken
    On the 25th anniversary of Prop. 215, I was recently interviewed on KCRW to give my take on how California (and specifically the City of Los Angeles) has done when it comes to legalizing and licensing cannabis businesses. I’m a pretty tough critic of…
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  • Cannabis in Israel: An Update

    Nov 12, 2021, 10:00 am By Griffen Thorne
    When it comes to medical cannabis, Israel has long been among the leading nations in the world. You can read a post I wrote about Israel’s achievements on that front, both in terms of legality and actual research, here. But despite its deep history with…
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  • Oregon Cannabis: OLCC Will Resume Processing New License Applications!

    Nov 11, 2021, 10:00 am By Jesse Mondry
    Big news from the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) this week as it announced it has resumed accepting and processing of new marijuana retailer, wholesaler, and processor applications submitted after June 15, 2018. This is welcome news as the OLCC…
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  • Is Psilocybin Really a Miracle Drug? Compass Pathways Releases Phase 2B Trial Results

    Nov 10, 2021, 10:00 am By Vince Sliwoski
    Something strange happened yesterday. Psychedelics unicorn Compass Pathways released data for the largest clinical trial ever conducted of a psilocybin drug. Not only did the drug seem to work, but the heavily anticipated data were “breathtaking” in the…
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  • The Corporate Practice of Medicine Doctrine: Dead or Alive for Arizona Ketamine Clinics?

    Nov 9, 2021, 10:00 am By Ethan Minkin
    As we have written about before, the corporate practice of medicine doctrine (“CPOM”) is a creature of state law (click here to review a prior post on CPOM). While some states do not have a CPOM doctrine (like Florida), other states have very strict CPOM…
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  • Cannabis Insurance and Coverage Disputes

    Nov 8, 2021, 10:00 am By John McDonald
    Legal representation in disputes with insurers has become paramount for cannabis companies in an ever-expanding operational environment. Cannabis companies may seek to insure against risk of loss as a result of challenges such as unexpected fires, crop…
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  • Federal Cannabis Legalization is Not Happening Anytime Soon

    Nov 7, 2021, 10:00 am By Griffen Thorne
    Since California passed the Compassionate Use Act in 1996, there have always been folks who insist that federal legalization is right around that corner. As more and more states decriminalized and then regulated cannabis, the ranks of people who believe…
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  • A Strategy for Rescheduling Psilocybin

    Nov 6, 2021, 10:00 am By Mason Marks
    Public and scientific interest in psychedelics such as psilocybin and MDMA is expanding. Once off-limits because of federal prohibition, a trickle of research from the 1990s has grown into a stream. But despite increasing acceptance by the public, and…
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  • The Ketamine Industry is Nothing Like Cannabis

    Nov 5, 2021, 10:00 am By Griffen Thorne
    You are an experienced cannabis operator. You have dealt with nonsensical regulations. You’ve navigated the world of dealing with a highly regulated substance. You’ve solicited large investments and beat out your competitors. You’ve learned enough about…
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  • New York’s Cannabis Control Board: Third Meeting News

    Nov 4, 2021, 10:00 am By Simon Malinowski
    New York’s Cannabis Control Board (CCB) held its third meeting yesterday, November 3, 2021. As will be the case with all CCB meetings, it was broadcast live and a transcript of the meeting will be published here. We were pretty clear with what we were hoping…
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  • Buying a Cannabis Business: Step By Step

    Nov 3, 2021, 10:00 am By Griffen Thorne
    I often write about various discrete aspects of cannabis M&A transactions. A full list of my posts, along with other Canna Law Blog contributors’ posts, is linked at the bottom of this post. Today, rather than looking at individual elements of a cannabis M&A…
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  • New York’s Cannabis Control Board: 18 Months to Licensure

    Nov 2, 2021, 10:00 am By Simon Malinowski
    Since New York passed its adult-use cannabis legislation in March of 2021, we have all been waiting for one thing: a timeline for when adult-use licenses will be issued. We finally have an answer, which is… disappointing. Cannabis Control Board (CCB)…
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  • Ketamine Clinics and the Stark Law – Part I

    Nov 1, 2021, 10:00 am By Ethan Minkin
    The Physician Self-Referral Law, commonly referred to as the Stark law (42 U.S.C. § 1395nn), is one of several federal fraud and abuse laws. We have previously written about the federal anti-kickback statute (“AKS”) (click here to review). While the two…
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  • Remember Cannabis and Forfeiture? It’s Baaaaack

    Oct 31, 2021, 10:00 am By Hilary Bricken
    Some readers may be surprised to realize that a lot of cannabis stakeholders actually don’t want broadsweeping federal legalization. Why? Becuase they know it means that they’ll instantly be competing with well-established companies that are already…
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