January 2025

AC Moon:    -Challenges of Cannabis Education - How laws affect the education of society

AC Moon:   -Challenges of Cannabis Education – How laws affect the education of society

Universities are forced to use their extensions to purchase online platforms that may or may not correctly vet information and ...
Gravis Law: Navigating the Complex Landscape of Cannabis Financing in Montana: Legal Frameworks, Restrictions, and Practical Solutions

Gravis Law: Navigating the Complex Landscape of Cannabis Financing in Montana: Legal Frameworks, Restrictions, and Practical Solutions

In the burgeoning field of legalized cannabis, securing adequate financing stands as one of the most significant hurdles for entrepreneurs, ...
CMS: Cannabis Law And Legislation In China

CMS: Cannabis Law And Legislation In China

The PRC Drugs Prohibition Law classifies “marijuana”—products from the plant Cannabis sativa that contain substantial amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)—as drugs ...
Foley Hoag: OCR Provides Update on USVI Cannabis License Application Timeline and Process

Foley Hoag: OCR Provides Update on USVI Cannabis License Application Timeline and Process

In the wake of a prior statement disavowing a schedule that had been widely circulated and purported to outline the ...
Harris Sliwoski: Oregon Cannabis: State of the State (2024)

Harris Sliwoski: Oregon Cannabis: State of the State (2024)

Welcome the ninth annual “State of the State” post on Oregon cannabis. I feel like an old man. As compared ...
Altius Lawyers: CJEU C-793/22 Biohemp – Indoor Cannabis Cultivation: The CJEU Weighs In

Altius Lawyers: CJEU C-793/22 Biohemp – Indoor Cannabis Cultivation: The CJEU Weighs In

In Case C‑793/22, the EU Court of Justice examined a dispute between Biohemp Concept and the Romanian government over a ...
Troutman Pepper: Potential State-Centric Marijuana Policy in the 119th Congress

Troutman Pepper: Potential State-Centric Marijuana Policy in the 119th Congress

With power changing hands in Washington, D.C., what can marijuana industry members expect from the 119th Congress? Two GOP proposals ...
Harris Sliwoski: ADR’s Vital Role in Cannabis Industry Disputes

Harris Sliwoski: ADR’s Vital Role in Cannabis Industry Disputes

As a mediator specializing in cannabis-related conflicts, I’ve witnessed firsthand the increasing need for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in this ...
Norton Rose Fulbright: Australia: Victorian Inquiry into workplace drug testing

Norton Rose Fulbright: Australia: Victorian Inquiry into workplace drug testing

A Victorian parliamentary inquiry report published in August 2024 concerning workplace drug testing (the Report) contains key recommendations relating to medicinal cannabis ...
Bradley: Goin’ Down South: How the Southeastern U.S. Became the Current Hotbed of Cannabis Activity

Bradley: Goin’ Down South: How the Southeastern U.S. Became the Current Hotbed of Cannabis Activity

Part of the reason we started a Cannabis Industry team at a Southeastern-based law firm before any Southeastern state had adopted a ...
Vicente: Cannabis Presents Economic Opportunity for Tribal Nations

Vicente: Cannabis Presents Economic Opportunity for Tribal Nations

When the Eastern Band of Cherokee launched sales of adult-use cannabis in September 2024 through a dispensary in western North ...
Bradley: Federal Court Rules That Illegal Acts Are Legal Because They Are Illegal: Cannabis Law in a Nutshell

Bradley: Federal Court Rules That Illegal Acts Are Legal Because They Are Illegal: Cannabis Law in a Nutshell

Another federal court in California ruled last week that the dormant Commerce Clause in the United States Constitution does not apply to ...
Licks Attorneys: Brazilian Superior Court of Justice authorizes cultivation of industrial hemp for medical purposes and sets regulation deadline for Anvisa

Licks Attorneys: Brazilian Superior Court of Justice authorizes cultivation of industrial hemp for medical purposes and sets regulation deadline for Anvisa

On November 13, 2024, the First Panel of the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (STJ) unanimously authorized the planting, cultivation, ...
Troutman Pepper: Colorado Hemp Company Settles With AG Over Alleged Violations of Consumer Protection Law

Troutman Pepper: Colorado Hemp Company Settles With AG Over Alleged Violations of Consumer Protection Law

The Colorado Attorney General’s (AG) Office recently entered into a settlement agreement with Bee’s Knees Enterprises, LLC, dba Bee’s Knees CBDs, addressing ...

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Author Bios

Canada
Matt Maurer – Minden Gross
Jeff Hergot – Wildboer Dellelce LLP

Costa Rica
Tim Morales – The Cannabis Industry Association Costa Rica

Nicaragua
Elvin Rodríguez Fabilena

USA

General
Julie Godard
Carl L Rowley -Thompson Coburn LLP

Arizona
Jerry Chesler – Chesler Consulting

California
Ian Stewart – Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Otis Felder – Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Lance Rogers – Greenspoon Marder – San Diego
Jessica McElfresh -McElfresh Law – San Diego
Tracy Gallegos – Partner – Fox Rothschild

Colorado
Adam Detsky – Knight Nicastro
Dave Rodman – Dave Rodman Law Group
Peter Fendel – CMR Real Estate Network
Nate Reed – CMR Real Estate Network

Florida
Matthew Ginder – Greenspoon Marder
David C. Kotler – Cohen Kotler

Illinois
William Bogot – Fox Rothschild

Massachusetts
Valerio Romano, Attorney – VGR Law Firm, PC

Nevada
Neal Gidvani – Snr Assoc: Greenspoon Marder
Phillip Silvestri – Snr Assoc: Greenspoon Marder

Tracy Gallegos – Associate Fox Rothschild

New Jersey

Matthew G. Miller – MG Miller Intellectual Property Law LLC
Daniel T. McKillop – Scarinci Hollenbeck, LLC

New York
Gregory J. Ryan, Esq. Tesser, Ryan & Rochman, LLP
Tim Nolen Tesser, Ryan & Rochman, LLP
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Oregon
Paul Loney & Kristie Cromwell – Loney Law Group
William Stewart – Half Baked Labs

Pennsylvania
Andrew B. Sacks – Managing Partner Sacks Weston Diamond
William Roark – Principal Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin
Joshua Horn – Partner Fox Rothschild

Washington DC
Teddy Eynon – Partner Fox Rothschild