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  • The Lawsuit to End Federal Cannabis Prohibition Wouldn’t Really End Federal Cannabis Prohibition

    Nov 3, 2023, 10:00 am By Vince Sliwoski
    The lawsuit filed on October 26 against Merrick Garland to “end federal cannabis prohibition” wouldn’t really end federal cannabis prohibition. If you had that impression, it may be because reporting on this topic has been subpar. Many of the headlines…
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  • Five Reasons Written Contracts Beat Handshake Deals

    Nov 2, 2023, 10:00 am By Griffen Thorne
    One of the best insurance policies a cannabis business can get is a written contract. Paying a lawyer a little bit up front can save hundreds of thousands when things go south. A lot of folks in the cannabis industry are still doing deals on a handshake basis…
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  • China Manufacturing Tips for Cannabis Brands

    Oct 31, 2023, 10:00 am By Fred Rocafort
    We are seeing in an uptick in China-related matters involving cannabis brands. Here are three tips for cannabis brands that are getting their products made in China: 1. Sign a Contract As I recently wrote in our sister blog, “while having a contract provides…
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  • Oregon Cannabis: The OLCC License as Security

    Oct 18, 2023, 10:00 am By Vince Sliwoski
    Can a creditor, landlord or other third party take a security interest in an OLCC license? Can an OLCC licensee collateralize or pledge its license– as if that license were personal property, and not just a permission conferred by the state? These are two…
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  • Is Your Cannabis “Trademark Use” Merely Ornamental?

    Oct 9, 2023, 10:00 am By Canna Law Blog
    The notion of ornamental trademark use is foreign to many cannabis businesses. This is unfortunate, because it’s an important issue to understand in the cannabis industry, where the only federal trademark protection we can obtain is for ancillary goods and…
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  • Beware Ornamental Cannabis “Trademark Use”

    Oct 9, 2023, 10:00 am By Canna Law Blog
    The notion of ornamental trademark use is one that many cannabis clients are initially unaware of when seeking to protect their brands. This is unfortunate, because it’s an important issue to understand in the cannabis industry, where the only federal…
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  • California Gives Up on the Illegal Cannabis Market: An Update

    Oct 6, 2023, 10:00 am By Griffen Thorne
    At the beginning of the summer, I wrote a post entitled “California Gives Up on the Illegal Cannabis Market” in which I went into detail about the state’s failure to meaningfully address the festering illegal market. More recently, I wrote about…
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  • How to Kill Your Cannabis Trade Secrets in One Simple Sentence

    Oct 5, 2023, 10:00 am By Vince Sliwoski
    Cannabis businesses use non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) constantly. This may be due to a series of factors, or some combination thereof: 1) the relative hardship of acquiring and protecting intellectual property over marijuana-related processes and products,…
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  • How to Kill Your Cannabis Trade Secrets in One Simple Sentence

    Oct 5, 2023, 10:00 am By Vince Sliwoski
    Cannabis businesses use non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) constantly. This may be due to a series of factors, or some combination thereof: 1) the relative hardship of acquiring and protecting intellectual property over marijuana-related processes and products,…
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  • Cannabis Businesses Need Privacy Policies

    Oct 4, 2023, 10:00 am By Griffen Thorne
    It’s 2023 and many cannabis businesses are still missing one critical operating document: a privacy policy. I’ve been writing and talking about this issue for years. And things are not getting better. So let’s talk about it once more. To start,…
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  • Cannabis Businesses Need Privacy Policies

    Oct 4, 2023, 10:00 am By Griffen Thorne
    It’s 2023 and many cannabis businesses are still missing one critical operating document: a privacy policy. I’ve been writing and talking about this issue for years. And things are not getting better. So let’s talk about it once more. To start,…
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  • Oregon Marijuana: OLCC Announces Changes to Certificate of Tax Compliance Rule

    Oct 3, 2023, 10:00 am By Jesse Mondry
    The OLCC announced several changes to the tax compliance rule this weekend at the Cannabis & Psychedelic Section of the Oregon Bar Association’s annual conference (where I was pleased to moderate a panel on the failures of legalization). This rule has been a…
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  • Oregon Marijuana: OLCC Announces Changes to Certificate of Tax Compliance Rule

    Oct 3, 2023, 10:00 am By Jesse Mondry
    The OLCC announced several changes to the tax compliance rule this weekend at the Cannabis & Psychedelic Section of the Oregon Bar Association’s annual conference (where I was pleased to moderate a panel on the failures of legalization). This rule has been a…
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  • New York Cannabis: License Number Estimates

    Oct 2, 2023, 10:00 am By Simon Malinowski
    During New York’s Cannabis Advisory Board’s meeting on September 26, 2023, the Office of Cannabis Management’s (OCM) Executive Director Christopher Alexander revealed that the OCM anticipated issuing “over a thousand, closer to 1,500 licenses” as…
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  • New York Cannabis: License Number Estimates

    Oct 2, 2023, 10:00 am By Simon Malinowski
    During New York’s Cannabis Advisory Board’s meeting on September 26, 2023, the Office of Cannabis Management’s (OCM) Executive Director Christopher Alexander revealed that the OCM anticipated issuing “over a thousand, closer to 1,500 licenses” as…
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  • Intoxicating Hemp Product Laws are More Complicated Than They Seem

    Sep 29, 2023, 10:00 am By Griffen Thorne
    When Congress passed the 2018 Farm Bill, did it intend to legalize intoxicating hemp products? If it did, why didn’t it just legalize marijuana? And why didn’t it address the manufacture or sale of intoxicating hemp products? I think the answer to all of…
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  • Intoxicating Hemp Product Laws are More Complicated Than They Seem

    Sep 29, 2023, 10:00 am By Griffen Thorne
    When Congress passed the 2018 Farm Bill, did it intend to legalize intoxicating hemp products? If it did, why didn’t it just legalize marijuana? And why didn’t it address the manufacture or sale of intoxicating hemp products? I think the answer to all of…
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  • Wisconsin Legalization Bill Introduced

    Sep 28, 2023, 10:00 am By Fred Rocafort
    Wisconsin may soon become the latest U.S. state to legalize adult-use cannabis. On September 22 of this year, a bill drafted by Sen. Melissa Agard (D-Madison) and Rep. Darin Madison (D-Milwaukee) was introduced in the state legislature. This is the latest in a…
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  • How Did You Mess Up Your Cannabis Subchapter S Election?

    Sep 27, 2023, 10:00 am By Vince Sliwoski
    The internet is littered with writings on the relative merits of corporate forms and tax elections for cannabis businesses. Even the best of these articles are as dull as ditchwater, because the topic is tax. Most of the authors mention subchapter S taxation…
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  • Cannabis Leasing in Competitive License Jurisdictions

    Sep 26, 2023, 10:00 am By Griffen Thorne
    Cannabis leasing is incredibly complicated for both lessors and lessees. But things can get a lot more complicated in competitive license jurisdictions. I’ve worked with both lessors and lessee-applicants in competitive licensing jurisdictions, and today…
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