May 2025

Benesch: Illinois Cannabis Outlook 2025: WhereAre We and Where Are We Going?

Benesch: Illinois Cannabis Outlook 2025: WhereAre We and Where Are We Going?

Illinois maintained its position as one of the largest cannabis markets in the country with totalcannabis sales exceeding $2 billion ...
Amber Lengacher - Rod Kight:  The sun is setting on proposed hemp bills in the Sunshine State

Amber Lengacher – Rod Kight: The sun is setting on proposed hemp bills in the Sunshine State

The morning of April 30, 2025, Florida Politics reported that the Florida “[l]egislature will not pass a regulatory framework for hemp this ...
Rod Kight: Oklahoma Governor Initiates Attack on Legal Hemp Products

Rod Kight: Oklahoma Governor Initiates Attack on Legal Hemp Products

Oklahoma used to be a hemp-friendly state. Until recently, it was home base to several of the most well-known and ...
Rod Kight: Arizona Attorney General Cracks Down on Hemp Products

Rod Kight: Arizona Attorney General Cracks Down on Hemp Products

On March 24, 2025, the Arizona Attorney General, Kris Mays, issued an open letter to the state’s County Attorneys, Sheriffs, and Chiefs ...
Faegre Drinker:  Supreme Court Decides Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn

Faegre Drinker: Supreme Court Decides Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn

On April 2, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision in Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn, No ...
Chartwell: Evolving Cannabis Law and Workers’ Compensation

Chartwell: Evolving Cannabis Law and Workers’ Compensation

On March 20, 2025, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued a decision that will likely have a ripple effect across ...
Troutman Pepper Locke: Whistleblower Lawsuit Against METRC Raises Significant Compliance and Accountability Concerns for the Legal Cannabis Industry

Troutman Pepper Locke: Whistleblower Lawsuit Against METRC Raises Significant Compliance and Accountability Concerns for the Legal Cannabis Industry

METRC, Inc., the predominant provider of seed-to-sale tracking software used by state regulatory bodies overseeing legal cannabis markets across the ...
Bradley: Court Voids Alabama Medical Cannabis Awards: What’s Next on This Far Too Long, Too Strange Trip?

Bradley: Court Voids Alabama Medical Cannabis Awards: What’s Next on This Far Too Long, Too Strange Trip?

“If we couldn’t laugh, we’d all go insane,” we were told by the late, ever so great Jimmy Buffett. So before I ...
Gleiss Lutz: Cannabis legalisation: What plans does Germany’s incoming government have?

Gleiss Lutz: Cannabis legalisation: What plans does Germany’s incoming government have?

Cannabis legalisation: What plans does Germany’s incoming government have?   The coalition agreement recently concluded between the CDU/CSU and SPD ...
Foley Hoag: Aloha to Increased Hemp Product Oversight? Hawaii Bill Would Require Registration of all Hemp Product Distributors and Retailers Operating in the State

Foley Hoag: Aloha to Increased Hemp Product Oversight? Hawaii Bill Would Require Registration of all Hemp Product Distributors and Retailers Operating in the State

Given that Hawaii is often considered synonymous with “hang loose” counterculture, perhaps it is unsuprising that the state’s consumable hemp ...
Husch Blackwell: Is Alcohol-Style Federal Regulation Coming for THC Beverages?

Husch Blackwell: Is Alcohol-Style Federal Regulation Coming for THC Beverages?

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that “THC beverages” derived from hemp have exploded across America (at ...
Vicente: Frequently Asked Questions About Hemp Beverages: How Federal and State Laws Are Reshaping the THC Drink Market

Vicente: Frequently Asked Questions About Hemp Beverages: How Federal and State Laws Are Reshaping the THC Drink Market

There is no universal definition, but generally, a hemp beverage is any drink, typically a seltzer, soda, or mocktail, containing ...
Torys: Exploring A Canadian Regulatory Framework For Cannabidiol (CBD)

Torys: Exploring A Canadian Regulatory Framework For Cannabidiol (CBD)

Health Canada is seeking stakeholder consultation for a proposed framework that would allow Canadians to access cannabidiol (CBD) containing health ...

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Cannabis Law Journal – Contributing Authors

Editor – Sean Hocking

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