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  • Weedmaps Dodges Class-Action Lawsuit by Implementing New Advertising Policy

    Aug 27, 2019, 10:00 am By Jihee Ahn
    Weedmaps, a major online pot shop directory and cannabis marketplace, announced last week that it will finally no longer allow black-market businesses to advertise on its site. Weedmaps’ announcement follows months of complaints from licensed cannabis…
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  • Top Five Hemp Purchase Order Terms

    Aug 26, 2019, 10:00 am By Nathalie Bougenies
    A few weeks ago, we addressed the need for hemp sellers and purchaser to enter into agricultural production agreements (“APAs”), and in doing so, avoid unnecessary litigation.  APAs are generally entered into at the beginning of a contractual…
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  • Hemp-CBD Across State Lines: Hawaii

    Aug 25, 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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  • Grading the Presidential Candidates on Marijuana: Amy Klobuchar

    Aug 24, 2019, 10:00 am By Vince Sliwoski
    Every Saturday, we have been running a series of blog posts that take a close look at the Democratic Party candidates for President in 2020. We examine each candidate’s historic approach to marijuana law and policy, and we also canvas their current…
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  • How to Get a Credit Union Account for Your Hemp Business

    Aug 23, 2019, 10:00 am By Daniel Shortt
    Commercial marijuana activity remains a federal crime,  and the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) generally prohibits financial institutions from accepting marijuana-generated dollars. Financial institutions that work with marijuana businesses must conduct due…
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  • Utah MLM Essential Oils: doTERRA’s Copaiba Oil Challenges Young Living’s CBD Oil

    Aug 22, 2019, 10:00 am By Jonathan Bench
    Recently I wrote about the two dominant global MLM essential oil companies based in Utah: Young Living and doTERRA. Last month Young Living announced it is entering the CBD oil market, but doTERRA publicly stated on its website that it will not (yet) follow…
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  • Cannabis Litigation Options: The Benefits of a Receivership

    Aug 21, 2019, 10:00 am By Jihee Ahn
    Thank you to everyone who joined us for the “The Top 12 Alternative Dispute Resolution Strategies” webinar last week. We received a ton of questions on a lot of really interesting topics, and we will be spending the next few weeks addressing those we…
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  • California Cannabis: Preparing for Phase 3 Licensing in L.A. on September 3rd

    10:00am By Hilary Bricken
    The final countdown is on for Round 1, Phase 3 retail licensing in Los Angeles. On September 3rd at 10 a.m., the L.A. Department of Cannabis Regulation (DCR) will open the flood gates to would-be Round 1 applicants. And in its own announcements on the subject,…
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  • An Update on California’s Proposed Hemp and CBD Laws

    Mon 10:00am By Griffen Thorne
    California’s legislature introduced a potentially game-changing hemp-derived cannabidiol (“Hemp CBD”) bill in January 2019: Assembly Bill 228 (“AB-228”). For those of you who aren’t familiar with AB-228, see my posts here, here, here, and…
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  • Hemp-CBD Across State Lines: Georgia

    Aug 18, 2019, 10:00 am 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 Democratic Presidential Candidates on Marijuana: Andrew Yang

    Aug 17, 2019, 10:00 am By Vince Sliwoski
    Every Saturday, we have been running a series of blog posts that take a close look at the Democratic Party candidates for President in 2020. We examine each candidate’s historic approach to marijuana law and policy, and we also canvas their current…
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  • Four Important Considerations for Any Hemp CBD Company

    Aug 16, 2019, 10:00 am By Griffen Thorne
    State governments and the federal Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) take wildly different approaches when it comes to Hemp-derived cannabidiol (“Hemp CBD”), and for the most part, the ball is still in the government’s court to actually regulate…
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  • Cannabis Patent Litigation: The Claim Construction Process

    Aug 15, 2019, 10:00 am By Jihee Ahn
        In following the progress of the first-ever cannabis patent litigation case, United Cannabis Corporation v. Pure Hemp Collective, Inc., the parties are now in a special phase of patent litigation called “claim construction.” Claim construction is…
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  • Cannabis Disasters: Learning from the Brutal Curaleaf Sequence

    Aug 14, 2019, 10:00 am By Vince Sliwoski
    Today let’s talk about Curaleaf and the trifecta of very bad things that befell the company over a recent two-week span. Then, let’s see what we can learn from this brutal sequence. To recap, between July 22 and August 5: 1) Curaleaf was hit with an FDA…
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  • Cannabis Company Disasters: Learning from the Brutal Curaleaf Sequence

    Aug 14, 2019, 10:00 am By Vince Sliwoski
    Today let’s talk about Curaleaf and the trifecta of very bad things that befell the company over a recent two-week span. Then, let’s see what we can learn from this brutal sequence. To recap, between July 22 and August 5, Curaleaf: 1) was hit with an FDA…
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  • The Biggest Pitfalls of California Cannabis Leases in 2019

    Aug 13, 2019, 10:00 am By Hilary Bricken
    We’ve written many times about how commercial leases to cannabis tenants are their own beasts. Generic leases don’t ever the job done. And, in California, as bad as some landlords want to rely solely on AIR and CAR forms, we generally caution landlords to…
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  • Compliance over Enforcement: The New Normal For Washington Marijuana Businesses

    Aug 12, 2019, 10:00 am By Daniel Shortt
    On July 28, 2019, Senate Bill 5318 (“SB 5318“) went into effect. I wrote about this bill back in April when it was awaiting Governor Jay Inslee’s signature. SB 5318 forces the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (“LCB”) to make some major…
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  • Hemp-CBD Across State Lines: Florida

    Aug 11, 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 Democratic Presidential Candidates on Marijuana: Beto O’Rourke

    Aug 10, 2019, 10:00 am By Vince Sliwoski
    Each Saturday, we have been running a series of blog posts that take a close look at each of the Democratic Party candidates for President in 2020. We examine each candidate’s historic approach to marijuana law and policy, and we also canvas their current…
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  • Winning Before Fighting: Top 12 Alternative Dispute Resolution Strategies for Cannabis Companies (Webinar)

    Aug 9, 2019, 12:00 pm By Canna Law Blog
    Many people think owning and operating a cannabis business is a dream job. The reality is that any dream job can quickly become a nightmare when your business gets pulled into a dispute. Failing to resolve disputes early can be shockingly expensive. Discovery…
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