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  • Cannabis Taxes, the Biden Plan, the Oregon Plan and Your Bottom Line

    Apr 16, 2021, 10:00 am By Vince Sliwoski
    Here is a scare article published last week in Portland’s Willamette Week. I like that publication pretty well, but the article makes a trio of tax-related assertions which strike me as wrong. In the author’s defense, suspect cannabis tax reportage is an…
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  • The Perils of Bad Cannabis Leases

    Apr 15, 2021, 10:00 am By Griffen Thorne
    The landlord-tenant relationship is probably the most challenging relationship in the cannabis industry. We’ve seen a lot of deals go south over the years, and while partnership disputes are very common, landlord-tenant disputes are also frequent and in some…
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  • Oregon Cannabis: Why Won’t OLCC Treat Settlement Negotiations as Inadmissible?

    Apr 14, 2021, 10:00 am By Jesse Mondry
    We regularly represent Oregon marijuana licensees in administrative proceedings commenced by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC).  As anyone with a license knows, the OLCC regulates medical and recreational cannabis in Oregon. This includes enforcing…
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  • New York Cannabis Licensing, Part 1: MRTA Adult Use License Types

    Apr 13, 2021, 10:00 am By Simon Malinowski
    Next up in our series of posts on New York’s Marijuana Revenue and Taxation Act (MRTA) is a deep dive into the adult-use licensing provisions.  There is a lot to unpack here and a wealth of information on the license types and the licensing process. So much…
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  • Cannabis Lending Issues in Arizona

    Apr 12, 2021, 10:00 am By Ethan Minkin
    It is not very common for banks and financial institutions to provide commercial loans to cannabis companies in Arizona. So why is that? The answer is not always as simple as it may seem. The first thing to consider is what collateral the lender could secure…
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  • Cannabis Lawyers and Law Firms: The Good the Bad and the Ugly

    Apr 11, 2021, 10:00 am By Hilary Bricken
    The state-legal cannabis industry is often a cutthroat place. State cannabis regulations are difficult to navigate and it usually takes significant capital to get a cannabis business up and running. And even once operating, margins get shrunk by aggressive and…
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  • The First Cannabis Patent Infringement Lawsuit Has Officially Concluded

    Apr 10, 2021, 10:00 am By Jihee Ahn
    We’ve reported pretty extensively on the progress of United Cannabis Corporation’s (UCANN) patent infringement lawsuit against Pure Hemp Collective, Inc. since it was filed back in July 2018. (See posts here, here, here, here, here, here… and here!) In…
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  • Cannabis and Ballots, Part 2: Peru

    Apr 9, 2021, 10:00 am By Fred Rocafort
    Five* Latin American nations are holding presidential elections in 2021, with some important legislative elections taking place as well. Some of these contests have implications for cannabis policy, and we will be looking at what is at stake in each vote. In…
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  • FREE Webinar – Cannabis in New York: Intro to the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act

    Apr 8, 2021, 10:00 am By Canna Law Blog
    Register HERE! New York just became the latest state to legalize recreational cannabis. It will likely be several months before industry regulations are released and license applications are possible, but NOW is the time to start preparing. Join Harris…
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  • How New York Cannabis Legalization Prioritizes Equity

    Apr 7, 2021, 10:00 am By Simon Malinowski
    After years of fits and starts, New York finally legalized adult-use cannabis and expanded its previously restrictive medical cannabis program. As the nation’s third largest economy and fourth most populous state, New York has the opportunity to set the gold…
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  • Washington State Considers the Future of Its Cannabis Industry

    Apr 6, 2021, 10:00 am By Hilary Bricken
    I absolutely loved Washington State when I lived there. I lived in Seattle for seven years and was one of the first attorneys in the state to take on medical cannabis business clients in 2010 and then again with adult use clients in 2012 when I-502 passed. Our…
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  • Breaking News – Facebook v. Duguid: Is this the End of TCPA Litigation?

    Apr 5, 2021, 10:00 am By Jihee Ahn
    The Facebook v. Duguid Supreme Court decision is here: “To qualify as an ‘automatic telephone dialing system’ under the TCPA, a device must have the capacity either to store a telephone number using a random or sequential number generator, or to produce…
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  • What You Need to Know When Buying a Cannabis Business, Part 1: Overview

    Apr 4, 2021, 10:00 am By Jonathan Bench
    Cannabis businesses are unlike typical businesses in large part due to the significant tension between federal and state laws and regulations. This tension creates some uncertainty for every licensed cannabis business and every other business and individual…
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  • THC Edibles in Candy Bags Highlight Risks of Depriving Cannabis Businesses of Trademark Protection

    Apr 3, 2021, 10:00 am By Fred Rocafort
    Florida officials are on “high alert” as THC edibles “are making their way into the hands of children and teens.” Of particular concern is the fact that the goods in question “bear a striking resemblance to ordinary candy.” An image shared by the…
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  • The Future for Smokable CBD Products is Not Great: Part 2

    Apr 2, 2021, 10:00 am By Griffen Thorne
    Back in January, I published the first part of this article, which, not surprisingly, is all about how bad the law is getting for hemp CBD vape companies. Since then, things have, also not surprisingly, gotten even worse. Let’s just jump right into it and…
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  • Not All CBD Topicals Are Treated Equal

    Apr 1, 2021, 10:00 am By Nathalie Bougenies
    Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) released its latest round of warning letters to “cannabidiol” (“CBD”) companies. In letters dated March 15 and March 18, the FDA took issue with the sale and marketing of topicals commonly known…
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  • New York’s Cannabis Control Board – The New Sheriff in Town

    Mar 31, 2021, 10:00 am By Simon Malinowski
    Now that the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (the MRTA) is (just about) law, the most frequent question (really, the only) we get at the Canna Law Blog is: what do I need to do to get a license? The answer is in the hands of the Cannabis Control Board…
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  • Should You Join the Board of Directors of a Cannabis Company?

    Mar 30, 2021, 10:00 am By Vince Sliwoski
    We lawyers get asked to sit on boards pretty frequently. At this law firm, those requests are sometimes made by clients and I believe we have always declined– but not for the reasons you may be thinking. In many cases, a lawyer who sits on the board of a…
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  • California Cannabis Label Alert: New Prop. 65 Requirements Coming

    Mar 29, 2021, 10:00 am By Hilary Bricken
    For better or worse, the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (a/k/a Prop. 65) has long plagued California businesses. And cannabis businesses are no exception (see here and here). Prop. 65 requires businesses to provide “a clear and…
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  • New York’s Comprehensive Cannabis Legislation Released

    Mar 28, 2021, 10:00 am By Simon Malinowski
    The revised version of New York’s comprehensive cannabis legislation that legalizes recreational cannabis and expands New York medical cannabis program has (finally) been released. Still titled the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (the MRTA), the…
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