October 2023

Rod Kight: Is CANNRA The New Face Of Cannabis Prohibition?

Rod Kight: Is CANNRA The New Face Of Cannabis Prohibition?

For anyone in the cannabis industry who has not spent the last six months in a sensory deprivation chamber, the ...
Rod Kight: Yes, the Hemp Industry Wants Reasonable Regulations

Rod Kight: Yes, the Hemp Industry Wants Reasonable Regulations

This article follows up on my prior article and addresses two additional misconceptions about the hemp industry: (a) that it ...
Zuber Lawler: The state of cannabis in North Carolina

Zuber Lawler: The state of cannabis in North Carolina

North Carolina – the ninth most populous state in America with a population north of ten million residents – remains ...
Zuber Lawler: Ohio’s Emerging Cannabis Landscape: A Journey from Prohibition to Potential Legalization

Zuber Lawler: Ohio’s Emerging Cannabis Landscape: A Journey from Prohibition to Potential Legalization

In recent years, the landscape of cannabis legalization across the United States has undergone significant transformation, with Ohio poised to ...
Roar Mikalsen: New documentary reveals systemic failure in rights protection 

Roar Mikalsen: New documentary reveals systemic failure in rights protection 

On September 7, Life Liberty Productions released Mikalsen v Norway: Moving a Nation Forward. This three-part documentary connects drug policy ...
VISIONS Act & The Future of Psychedelics

VISIONS Act & The Future of Psychedelics

As cannabis legalization and further medical implementation of the cannabis plant becomes more legal and accessible, the discussion surrounding the ...
Cultiva Law: Red Lake Nation Dispensary

Cultiva Law: Red Lake Nation Dispensary

Being the newest state to fully legalize cannabis within its border, Minnesota has had ample economic and employment opportunities created ...
Cultiva Law: Minnesota’s First Cannabis Regulator Resigns Amid Controversy

Cultiva Law: Minnesota’s First Cannabis Regulator Resigns Amid Controversy

In a surprising development, Erin DuPree, who had recently been appointed as the head of Minnesota’s Office of Cannabis Management, ...
Fox Rothschild: Primer on Cannabis Trademark Law and How Rescheduling Could Change the State of the Law

Fox Rothschild: Primer on Cannabis Trademark Law and How Rescheduling Could Change the State of the Law

With more individuals and businesses entering the cannabis sector, there has been an increased interest in what kind of trademark ...
Troutman Pepper: Troutman Pepper: Legal Cannabis on Trial: Federal Preemption and Connecticut’s Cannabis Challenge

Troutman Pepper: Troutman Pepper: Legal Cannabis on Trial: Federal Preemption and Connecticut’s Cannabis Challenge

On August 9, a lawsuit was filed in Connecticut that aims to stop all legal cannabis activity in the state ...
Duane Morris: Tax Implications of Reclassifying Cannabis as a Schedule 3 Controlled Substance

Duane Morris: Tax Implications of Reclassifying Cannabis as a Schedule 3 Controlled Substance

On August 29, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services responded to President Biden’s October 2022 call for ...
The Rodman Law Group LLC: Marijuana Recommended to be Rescheduled to Schedule III

The Rodman Law Group LLC: Marijuana Recommended to be Rescheduled to Schedule III

On August 29, 2023, the Department of Human and Health Services (“HHS”) sent a letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration ...
Bradley:  Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo: Department of Health Proposes Robust Revisions to Medical Cannabis Regulations

Bradley: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo: Department of Health Proposes Robust Revisions to Medical Cannabis Regulations

Those long-awaited proposed revisions to the Mississippi Department of Health’s medical cannabis program regulations dropped last Thursday afternoon. Thankfully, the department released ...
Downey Brand: Court of Appeal Finds Substantial Evidence Supports City’s Use of Statutory Exemption to Approve a Zoning Overlay District For Commercial Cannabis Uses

Downey Brand: Court of Appeal Finds Substantial Evidence Supports City’s Use of Statutory Exemption to Approve a Zoning Overlay District For Commercial Cannabis Uses

In Lucas v. City of Pomona (2023) 92 Cal.App.5th 508, the Second District of the Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s ...
Prince Lobel: New York Cannabis Business License Application Opens October 4th

Prince Lobel: New York Cannabis Business License Application Opens October 4th

September 12, 2023: New York’s cannabis market got a jump start at this morning’s meeting of the state’s Cannabis Control ...
Husch Blackwell: Alternatives to Bankruptcy for Cannabis Companies (Part 3)

Husch Blackwell: Alternatives to Bankruptcy for Cannabis Companies (Part 3)

Part 1 of this series discussed the lack of bankruptcy protections for cannabis companies since bankruptcy in the U.S. is an ...
Harris Bricken: Banks Get Exposed by New York’s Unlicensed Cannabis Dispensaries

Harris Bricken: Banks Get Exposed by New York’s Unlicensed Cannabis Dispensaries

Major banks like JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, as well as landlords such as BentallGreenOak and Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp., have found ...
Foley Hoag: Cannabis Rescheduling Will Not Open Bankruptcy Doors

Foley Hoag: Cannabis Rescheduling Will Not Open Bankruptcy Doors

As previously discussed by Foley Hoag’s attorneys in its Cannabis practice, a rescheduling of cannabis from a Schedule I Controlled ...
mcmillan: Canada: Competition Bureau Gets Into The Weeds Of The Cannabis Act

mcmillan: Canada: Competition Bureau Gets Into The Weeds Of The Cannabis Act

The Cannabis Act1 (the “Act”) came into force in October 2018, creating a legal and highly regulated market for the production, import ...
Dickinson Wright: How To Protect Your Cannabis Trademarks in a Legal Landscape That Is Half-Baked

Dickinson Wright: How To Protect Your Cannabis Trademarks in a Legal Landscape That Is Half-Baked

In our previous post, we discussed how a cannabis business can take steps to avoid potential trademark infringement claims. In ...
Zuber Lawler: Major Step in Federal Cannabis Policy Reform – The Proposed Rescheduling (But not De-scheduling) of Marijuana

Zuber Lawler: Major Step in Federal Cannabis Policy Reform – The Proposed Rescheduling (But not De-scheduling) of Marijuana

In a groundbreaking development on August 29, 2023, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently concluded ...
Bradley: The Great Divide: The Feds’ Differing Approach to Psychedelics and Cannabis

Bradley: The Great Divide: The Feds’ Differing Approach to Psychedelics and Cannabis

Just as we did, the Food and Drug Administration has recognized the growing enthusiasm for exploring opportunities to use psychedelic medications to ...
weintraub tobin: New Cannabis Discrimination Protections Coming to a California Workplace in 2024

weintraub tobin: New Cannabis Discrimination Protections Coming to a California Workplace in 2024

On September 18, 2022, the Governor approved AB 2188, which amends the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), California’s ...
Husch Blackwell: Alternatives to Bankruptcy for Cannabis Companies (Part 2)

Husch Blackwell: Alternatives to Bankruptcy for Cannabis Companies (Part 2)

Part 1 of this series discussed the lack of bankruptcy protections for cannabis companies since bankruptcy in the U.S. is ...
Dentons: The Cannabis Rescheduling Recommendation: What it Means and What’s Next

Dentons: The Cannabis Rescheduling Recommendation: What it Means and What’s Next

In light of the August 30, 2023 historic recommendation from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reschedule cannabis ...

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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