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Aug 12, 2021, 10:00 am By Jesse Mondry
Just a few days ago the Texas Court of Appeals published an opinion concerning smokable hemp. Before getting into the ruling, let’s review what happened in Texas after enactment of the 2018 Farm Bill. In 2019, the Texas Legislature enacted statutory…Andrew Cuomo Is Out, Kathy Hochul Is In (And Hopefully So Is New York’s Cannabis Control Board)
Aug 11, 2021, 10:00 am By Simon Malinowski
Yesterday morning New York Governor Cuomo announced his resignation (which will take effect in 13 days), a week after a report from the New York State attorney general concluded that Governor Cuomo sexually harassed nearly a dozen women. Lieutenant Governor…California Cannabis Leases: Assignment Headaches
Aug 10, 2021, 10:00 am By Griffen Thorne
Last month, I wrote a post explaining some of the issues buyers of cannabis businesses face when dealing with the landlords for the purchased business. In a nutshell, leases almost always contain clauses restricting assignment and subletting, and these clauses…FREE Webinar: Starting a Ketamine Clinic– What You Need to Know
Aug 9, 2021, 10:00 am By Canna Law Blog
REGISTER HERE! As psychedelic treatments move to the forefront in healthcare, there has been a proliferation of new ketamine clinics opening throughout the United States. In addition, there is robust activity in the mergers and acquisitions market…Should You Pay $250,000 for an Oregon Cannabis Producer License?
Aug 8, 2021, 10:00 am By Vince Sliwoski
People familiar with the Oregon cannabis industry know of its strange and lucrative secondary market for cannabis producer licenses. For the past few years, but especially the past year, we’ve helped many farmers buy and sell these licenses (or, more…Cannabis M&A: The Purchase Price and How It’s Paid
Aug 7, 2021, 10:00 am By Griffen Thorne
In this post, I want to get into what’s arguably the most important part of any cannabis M&A transaction – the purchase price and how it’s paid. There are virtually infinite ways to structure payment in these transactions, but we’ll take a look today…The Future of Cannabis Won’t be Decided by the Feds. It’s the Locals.
Aug 6, 2021, 10:00 am By Hilary BrickenNationwide, cannabis companies and advocates are hailing the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act as the savior of the future of cannabis (a copy of the bill is here). If the Act passes, we will finally have federal legalization and the consequences of…Oregon Hemp: Grower Sues ODA for Failing to Issue Registrations and Seeks Restraining Order Against Sheriff
Aug 5, 2021, 10:00 am By Jesse Mondry
A hemp grower in Jackson County, Oregon has filed suit against the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) over failure to issue hemp registrations and against the Jackson County Sheriff to prevent the destruction of its hemp. We’ve written on about the…When Loans Go Wrong: Washington Cannabis Property Foreclosures
Aug 4, 2021, 10:00 am By Steve Chianglin
It is difficult to talk about Washington cannabis grows without considering real estate issues for the many companies and individuals that lend or want to lend funds to cannabis businesses. As indoor cannabis growing facilities sprout throughout Washington…Cannabis Litigation: The New-ish Trend in TCPA Claims After Facebook
Aug 3, 2021, 10:00 am By Jihee Ahn
In April, we wrote about the Facebook v. Duguid ruling issued by the Supreme Court was likely going to gut a great number of TCPA cases pending across the United States, some of which involve cannabis companies. As a quick recap, the Supreme Court had narrowed…Washington Cannabis: LCB Bans Conversion of CBD into Delta-9 THC
Aug 2, 2021, 10:00 am By Nathalie Bougenies
On July 22, the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (“LCB”) issued a notice of adoption of an interpretive statement (the “Notice”) in which the agency clarified authorized practices for marijuana processor licensees. The Notice stipulates that…New York Cannabis: Lawyers Can Consume, Advise Businesses and Own Them (if They Dare)
Aug 1, 2021, 10:00 am By Simon Malinowski
In the continuing trend of normalizing the cannabis industry for practical reasons, the New York State Bar Association’s (NYSBA) Committee on Professional Ethics issued Opinion 1225 (the Opinion). In short, the NYSBA now expressly permits lawyers to…Cannabis M&A: Get to Know Your New Landlord
Jul 31, 2021, 10:57 am By Griffen Thorne
Getting to closing on a cannabis M&A transaction is always a hurdle (read about that process in detail here). There are always a lot more contingencies to closing for cannabis M&A transactions than for run-of-the-mill businesses that don’t operate in highly…Elections and Cannabis in Germany: Green All Around
Jul 30, 2021, 10:00 am By Fred Rocafort
Germany will hold parliamentary elections on September 26 of this year. While the ruling Union is expected to win the largest number of seats in the Bundestag, the majority of polls show the Greens (officially Alliance 90/The Greens) taking the second-highest…Oregon’s New “THC in Milligrams” Limit
Jul 29, 2021, 10:00 am By Nathalie Bougenies
Earlier this month, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed into law HB 3000, an omnibus bill covering a wide range of hemp-related issues. Unlike other cannabis bills passed last session, HB 3000 was written to take effect on passage, so it is now law. One of the…Oregon Psilocybin: Advisory Board and Licensing Update
Jul 28, 2021, 10:00 am By Mason Marks
On March 18, Governor Kate Brown appointed members to the Oregon Psilocybin Advisory Board, which held its first meeting on March 31. Since then, the Board has met monthly and created five subcommittees to study facets of the emerging psilocybin industry…FY22 Agriculture Appropriation Bill: A Good Omen for the Hemp Industry
Jul 27, 2021, 10:00 am By Nathalie Bougenies
On June 29, the House Appropriations Committee (the Committee) released the draft of the fiscal year 2022 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies funding bill (the FY22 Agriculture Appropriations Bill), along with its…California Ketamine Clinics: Implications From Epic Medical Management, LLC v. Paquette
Jul 26, 2021, 10:00 am By Ethan Minkin
The corporate practice of medicine doctrine (“CPOM”) and state anti-kickback prohibitions vary from state to state. While some states have statutory prohibitions, other states rely upon case law for CPOM. These issues are typically not heavily litigated.…What You Need to Know When Buying a Cannabis Business, Part 5: Structuring the Purchase
Jul 25, 2021, 10:00 am By Jonathan Bench
Buying a cannabis business does not occur in a matter of days, and transactions fall apart for a variety of reasons, as we discussed in Part 1 of this blog series focused on the buy-side of a cannabis M&A transaction. In Part 2, we focused on the regulatory…Why Most Cannabis Businesses Should Ditch Their SOW Models
Jul 24, 2021, 10:00 am By Hilary Bricken
Lately, in my review of certain cannabis transactional agreements like cannabis intellectual property (IP) licensing agreements, manufacturing agreements, and distribution agreements, I’m seeing a really high number of statements of work (SOWs) attached.…
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