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  • Puerto Rico: The Recent Election May Still Be Good News for Recreational Cannabis

    Nov 8, 2020, 10:00 am By Fred Rocafort
    Last month, in Puerto Rico: November Surprise for Recreational Cannabis?, we proposed that a victory by opposition candidate Charlie Delgado “might be Puerto Rico’s best shot at recreational cannabis legalization.” As of 2:00 PM local time on November 5,…
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  • Federal Court Dismisses RICO Claims: Remedies Would Violate Federal Law

    Nov 7, 2020, 10:00 am By Jihee Ahn
    RICO claims in the cannabis industry have certainly evolved over the years, but the general trend of the Courts dismissing those claims or cases altogether has held fast. In Shulman, et al. v. Kaplan, et al., a case filed in the Central District of…
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  • Harvest Trademark Dispute Highlights Challenges Faced by Cannabis MSOs 

    Nov 6, 2020, 10:00 am By Alison Malsbury
    Last year, I wrote about an uptick in trademark litigation between cannabis companies. This type of litigation differs from much of the cannabis-related trademark litigation we’d seen to date, where non-cannabis companies with established brands have sued…
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  • FREE Webinar on November 19th: Ketamine, Psilocybin and New Drug Therapies, Part 2!

    Nov 5, 2020, 10:00 am By Canna Law Blog
    REGISTER HERE! For the past decade, Harris Bricken attorneys have advised domestic and international businesses and entrepreneurs on rapidly evolving laws and regulations in the cannabis, hemp, and regulated substances industries. Over the last few years, our…
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  • BREAKING: Preliminary Cannabis and Psychedelics Election Results

    Nov 4, 2020, 10:00 am By Griffen Thorne
          Yesterday was a pretty big day for cannabis and psychedelics at both federal and state levels. Putting aside the presidency and congressional races, which haven’t yet finished, there were a number of statewide efforts to legalize cannabis, one…
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  • Oregon Cannabis Dispensary Sales: What We Are Seeing on Valuation

    Nov 3, 2020, 10:00 am By Vince Sliwoski
    The Oregon secondary market for cannabis licenses and businesses remains lively. We have been helping industry buy and sell these businesses since 2016. This post is mostly about pricing for retail plays, which is still an evolving standard, but a standard…
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  • Cannabis Litigation: Using Confessed and Stipulated Judgments

    Nov 2, 2020, 10:00 am By Jihee Ahn
    Confessed or stipulated judgments are fairly common in the pre-litigation and litigation contexts, and disputes in the cannabis industry are no different. They are slightly different concepts so here’s an overview of both, why they might be the best-case…
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  • Cannabis Litigation: Using Confessed and Stipulated Judgments

    Nov 2, 2020, 10:00 am By Jihee Ahn
    Confessed or stipulated judgments are fairly common in the pre-litigation and litigation contexts, and disputes in the cannabis industry are no different. They are slightly different concepts so here’s an overview of both, why they might be the best-case…
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  • South Dakota Cannabis Legalization Guide (Constitutional Amendment A and Measure 26)

    Nov 1, 2020, 10:00 am By Canna Law Blog
    This November 2020 election, cannabis legalization initiatives will appear on the ballots of five states: Arizona, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota. Leading up to the November 3 elections, Canna Law Blog has published a series of posts…
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  • Do I Need to File Form D in Cannabis Fundraising? What if I Missed the Filing Deadline?

    Oct 31, 2020, 10:00 am By Jonathan Bench
    I have written in the past that cannabis companies of all stripes (whether involved in marijuana or hemp) that are in fundraising mode need to know when they are offering securities for many different compliance-related reasons, the biggest of which is to…
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  • Cannabis Legalization: What’s At Stake on Election Day

    Oct 30, 2020, 10:00 am By Griffen Thorne
    Next week’s elections have the potential to make some serious changes and reforms for cannabis and even psychedelics. In this post, I’ll examine some of the bigger-ticket items to watch. The Presidency: Probably the most impactful thing for the cannabis…
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  • Congress Takes Issue with the (Awful) DEA Hemp Rule

    Oct 29, 2020, 10:00 am By Nathalie Bougenies
    The hemp industry is not the only one that’s pushing back against the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)’s hemp Interim Final Rule (the “Rule”). If you read this blog, you’ll recall the hemp industry sued the DEA following the release of its Rule…
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  • Congress Takes Issue with the (Awful) DEA Hemp Rule

    Oct 29, 2020, 10:00 am By Nathalie Bougenies
    The hemp industry is not the only one that’s pushing back against the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)’s hemp Interim Final Rule (the “Rule”). If you read this blog, you’ll recall the hemp industry sued the DEA following the release of its Rule…
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  • Cannabis Litigation: What is My Marijuana Dispensary Worth?

    Oct 28, 2020, 10:00 am By Jesse Mondry
    As legal marijuana markets have matured in Washington, Oregon, California and elsewhere, so too have the kinds of legal disputes involving marijuana businesses. Increasingly common are legal disputes between owners of a marijuana business that involve…
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  • Oregon Psilocybin: Does Measure 109 Go Far Enough? Does it Go Too Far?

    Oct 27, 2020, 10:00 am By Vince Sliwoski
    We are on record here at the law firm in support of Measure 109. We have friends and colleagues who have worked on the campaign and clients who have written checks, large and small. Legal psilocybin in Oregon? We like the sound of that. But do we…
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  • Cannabis Company Basics: Compliance is Key

    Oct 26, 2020, 10:00 am By Griffen Thorne
    A few weeks ago, we wrote about the lawsuit filed by the California Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC) against Vertical Bliss, Inc., a company which the BCC alleged had manufactured cannabis products and sold them unlawfully in the illicit market. The BCC is…
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  • New Jersey Cannabis Legalization Guide (Public Question 1)

    Oct 25, 2020, 10:00 am By Canna Law Blog
      This November cannabis legalization initiatives will appear on the ballots of five states: Arizona, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota. Every Sunday through November 1, Canna Law Blog will publish a post centered on one of these state ballot…
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  • The Challenge to Watch: Sisley, et al. v. DEA

    Oct 23, 2020, 10:00 am By Jihee Ahn
    With the evolution of the United States’ relationship with cannabis over recent decades, numerous parties have petitioned the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) to reschedule marijuana. As we all know, the DEA has routinely refused to accept or…
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  • Hemp in Mexico? Start Today!

    Oct 22, 2020, 10:00 am By Adrián Cisneros Aguilar
    As we have reported in this blog, new legislation to regulate cannabis is in the works here in Mexico. A draft “Law for the Regulation of Cannabis” (the “Cannabis Law”) is under discussion by the Mexican Congress as we write. The Cannabis Law will be…
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  • Argentine Cannabis: Legalization Coming Soon?

    Oct 21, 2020, 10:00 am By Fred Rocafort
    On November 4, citizens in five U.S. states could wake up to newly-approved measures to legalize recreational or medical cannabis. It appears November could also be a big month for Argentina, with reports indicating that a bill to legalize recreational…
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