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  • ICMYI: Cannabis Edibles, Extracts, and Topicals Are Now Legal in Canada

    Oct 24, 2019, 10:00 am By Alison Malsbury
    A year after Canada’s national legalization of Cannabis, on October 17, 2019, the Government of Canada’s new regulations for edible cannabis, cannabis extracts, and cannabis topicals went into effect. The first round of regulations under the Cannabis Act…
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  • California’s New Housing Laws and Cannabis in Residential Leasing

    Oct 23, 2019, 10:00 am By Julie Hamill
    Recently, Governor Newsom signed 18 bills aimed to combat the housing crisis in California, including the Tenant Protection Act of 2019. The California Association of Realtors argues this new statewide rent control law will “impose onerous standards upon…
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  • Cannabis Business Basics: Product Liability Insurance is a Nonnegotiable Priority

    Oct 22, 2019, 10:00 am By Jonathan Bench
    With Juul recently in the news and vaping bans going into effect around the country (see our recent coverage here, here, here and here), marijuana companies have been asking us questions about what to expect in the near term. In the midst of this…
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  • Five Common Problems in California Cannabis M&A Transactions

    Oct 21, 2019, 10:00 am By Griffen Thorne
    Now that we’re about two years into California cannabis licensing, our California cannabis attorneys are seeing a huge uptick in mergers and acquisitions in the cannabis space. It’s critical for potential M&A transactions to understand California cannabis…
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  • Hemp-CBD Across State Lines: Maine

    10:00am By Nathalie Bougenies
    The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (“2018 Farm Bill”) legalized hemp by removing the crop and its derivatives from the definition of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) and by providing a detailed framework for the cultivation of…
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  • Grading the Presidential Candidates on Marijuana: Tom Steyer

    Sat 10:00am By Molly Nelson
    We recently ran a series of blog posts that take a close look at the Democratic Party candidates for President in 2020. We examined each candidate’s historic approach to marijuana law and policy, and we also canvassed their current respective stances on…
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  • Oregon Cannabis: Someone Might Want to Challenge this Vape Ban

    Oct 18, 2019, 10:00 am By Vince Sliwoski
    Early last week, we covered Governor Brown’s Executive Order No. 19-09 banning flavored vaping products. That ban is six months in duration, and it covers all flavored tobacco and nicotine vaping products, as well as marijuana products flavored with…
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  • Cannabis Trademark Basics: Avoid Overly Broad Specifications!

    Oct 17, 2019, 10:00 am By Alison Malsbury
    Last week I had the pleasure of speaking on a panel called “Expert Perspectives on the Rapidly Evolving Cannabis Industry” at the Midwest IP Institute in Minneapolis, MN. One of the issues that is often a source of confusion, both at IP-focused events and…
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  • California Cannabis Equity Programs are Getting a Boost From State and Private Sources

    Oct 16, 2019, 10:00 am By Alison Malsbury
    Last week was a big one in terms of California’s social equity programs, with the Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC) announcing its award of equity grant funding to a number of local jurisdictions “to be used for commercial cannabis equity programs that…
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  • BREAKING NEWS: California Hemp Laws Get Revamped

    Oct 15, 2019, 10:00 am By Griffen Thorne
    On October 12, 2019, Governor Newsom announced that he had signed SB-153, a bill aimed at making significant changes to California’s hemp cultivation law. As I’ve written before, the bill is a major change for California hemp laws for the following…
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  • Hemp-CBD Pet Foods Are Everywhere But Are They Legal?

    Oct 14, 2019, 10:00 am By Nathalie Bougenies
    According to recent reporting, pet industry spending is expected to reach $96 billion by 2020 with CBD as one of its fastest growing sections. Following the enactment of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (“2018 Farm Bill”), there has been a huge…
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  • Hemp-CBD Across State Lines: Louisiana

    Oct 13, 2019, 10:00 am By Daniel Shortt
    The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (“2018 Farm Bill”) legalized hemp by removing the crop and its derivatives from the definition of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) and by providing a detailed framework for the cultivation of…
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  • Grading the Presidential Candidates on Marijuana: Tulsi Gabbard

    Oct 12, 2019, 10:00 am By Molly Nelson
    Over the course of of eleven weeks, we recently ran a series of blog posts that take a close look at the Democratic Party candidates for President in 2020. We examined each candidate’s historic approach to marijuana law and policy, and we also canvassed…
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  • CBD Products and False Advertising Under the Lanham Act

    Oct 11, 2019, 10:00 am By Jesse Mondry
    A few weeks ago, I wrote a Hemp/CBD litigation forecast in which I predicted that at some point a CBD company will make use of the Lanham Act by claiming that a competitor is engaging in false or misleading advertising. (See here). In that post I promised to…
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  • BREAKING NEWS: Washington State Bans Flavored Vapor Products

    Oct 10, 2019, 10:00 am By Daniel Shortt
    On October 9, 2019, the Washington State Board of Health (“BOH”) voted to adopt emergency rules banning flavored vapor products, including marijuana products, in Washington State. The ban is effective as of October 10 and will run for 120 days. It’s not…
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  • Border Woes: Transporting CBD into Canada is Not OK

    Oct 9, 2019, 10:00 am By Fred Rocafort
    In a recent tweet, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) reminded us that transporting CBD oil into Canada remains illegal. While in most places south of the 49th parallel what CBSA has to say is of little consequence, it certainly matters here in…
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  • Vaping Epidemic and Cannabis: What Cannabis Businesses Can Expect

    Oct 8, 2019, 10:00 am By Hilary Bricken
    Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that the U.S. is facing a vaping epidemic where consumers are potentially inhaling/ingesting very toxic chemicals in the form of vaporized nicotine liquid and THC oil. The Centers for Disease Control and…
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  • Vaping in Oregon: The Flavored Products Ban is Just the Beginning

    Oct 7, 2019, 10:00 am By Vince Sliwoski
    On Friday, Oregon Governor Kate Brown issued Executive Order No. 19-09 (the “Order”), which directs the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) and the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) to “take immediate action to address the vaping public health crisis.”…
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  • Hemp-CBD Across State Lines: Kentucky

    Oct 6, 2019, 10:00 am By Griffen Thorne
    The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (“2018 Farm Bill”) legalized hemp by removing the crop and its derivatives from the definition of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) and by providing a detailed framework for the cultivation of…
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  • ICYMI: The House Passes the SAFE Banking Act!

    Oct 5, 2019, 10:00 am By Jihee Ahn
    Great news! In a pretty historic moment, the House of Representatives officially voted to pass the SAFE Banking Act (H.R. 1595). We’ve extensively covered the Act’s progress in past posts (the latest can be found here and here), but just as a reminder,…
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