April 2023
Cultiva Law: Economic Woes Across Cannabis
As the current state of the American economy is one that many of our most esteemed economists would consider to ...
Cultiva Law: California Psychedelics Bill Introduced in Legislature
Over the past few years, since about 2019, several legislative measures on both the state level and within local municipalities ...
Philip Snow @ Rod Kight Law: Is Florida About To Kill Off Its Hemp Industry
As legislative sessions across the country continue this spring, we have started to notice an emerging trend among elected officials ...
Jasmin Mantoufeh – Chamberlains: Medicinal Cannabis: An Australian Workplace Law Perspective
Recent regulatory reforms, including the Narcotic Drugs Amendment Act 2016 (Cth), have ensured that the cultivation, production, and distribution of ...
Amin Danai, The Mediation Group: The Case for Mediation Clauses in Host Community Agreements
A friend who is a cannabis attorney here in Massachusetts reached out recently to discuss community impact fees. For those ...
Caiado Guerreiro: Portugal Updates – Cannabis Related Rules & Regulations
Early in 2023, Portugal has increased the maximum allowed THC level for industrial hemp, while the Portuguese Customs Authority has ...
Marguerite Arnold: Juicy Fields: The Legal Eagle Update Spring 2023
Lars Olofsson and his team of “legal outlaws” as they have begun to describe themselves, have made significant headway this ...
Lisa M. Casa – Partner Forchelli Deegan Terrana, LLP : Cannabis In The Work Place
On March 31, 2021, the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (“MRTA”) was signed into law in New York State. The ...
Michael Sassano & Antonio Guedelha:: GMP #18: Sales Planning for Pharmaceutical GMP Facilities
All startups, including new pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, need to grapple with the complexities of launching. Pharmaceutical products are a considerable ...
Ronald Oddo: RPAPL § 715 as a Tool to Combat Illegal Dispensaries in New York City
In 2021, New York legislators signed into law the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act; the legislation created a new Office ...
Bradley: The Short-Term Consequences of Alabama’s Cannabis Social Equity Policy
Alabama is no exception, and Alabama’s medical cannabis program contains a social equity component. Specifically, Alabama provides by statute that ...
Green Light Law Group: Court Lifts Injunction on NY Cannabis Licenses, Clearing Path for More Dispensaries
Exciting news for New Yorkers came on March 28, 2023, when the Second Circuit Court of Appeals entered an Order ...
Harris Beach: New York Updates Cannabis Testing Guidelines After Discovery of Misleading THC Levels
After a recent exposé by NY Cannabis Insider found conflicts between the actual and advertised levels of THC in several strains of ...
Harris Bricken: New York Cannabis Litigation – There’s More!
After one lawsuit halted a significant portion of New York Conditional Adult Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) program, a new lawsuit filed on March 16, ...
Foley Hoag LLP: New York Regulator Sued by Medical Operators
The only guarantees in life are death, taxes, and cannabis lawsuits, and New York is no different. In a cannabis ...
Balch & Bingham LLC: Employers Review Policies As Medical Cannabis Sales Begin In Mississippi
Now that the Act is in full bloom, employers must ensure they are well-positioned and prepared to handle the eventual ...
Harris Bricken: A Cannabis Gun Control Circuit Split is Coming
Federal law prohibits marijuana users from owning or possessing firearms– even in states with legal marijuana. Over the last few ...
Greenlight Law Group: Oregon Court of Appeals Delivers Landmark Decision on Civil Forfeiture -Implications for Cannabis-Related Civil Forfeiture Cases
Last week, the Oregon Court of Appeals issued its decision in a civil forfeiture case out of Yamhill County, which is the ...
Sheppard Mullin: U.S. Supreme Court Shuts Down Appeal To Overturn Los Angeles County’s Ban On Flavored Tobacco
The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to grant a petition for certiorari filed by tobacco manufacturer R.J. Reynolds and others ...
Bradley: Real or Not Real? The Difference Between Legal Delta-8/Delta-10 THC and Illegal Delta-8/Delta-10 THCO
Last week, we wrote about the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) February 13, 2023 response letter stating that delta-8 THCO and delta-9 THCO ...
Stark & Stark: The Cannabis Paradox: Clarifying the Confusing Legality of Delta-8, THC-O, THCV, and Synthetically Derived THC
Both marijuana and hemp belong to the genus plant cannabis sativa and are slightly different “breeds” of the same “species.” While both ...
Harris Bricken: Peru New Medical Cannabis Regs
Peru has new regulations for the use of medical cannabis, following the issuance of Supreme Decree (Decreto Supremo) No. 004-2023-SA ...
Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA): Cannabis Foods In Greece: A Blurry Legal Framework
Under Greek law, unprocessed products gathered from the cultivation of the Cannabis Sativa L plant which contain tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) at a concentration ...
Seyfarth: What CannI Say? Litigating Cannabis Patents In District Court
Cannabis has become a growing sector for investment with increased focus by investors and entrepreneurs. See our colleague’s impressions from ...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers: NSW Greens to Legalise Recreational Cannabis, and Overhaul Drug Driving
Faehrmann told Sydney Criminal Lawyers the day prior to the Mardi Gras parade that she’ll be moving to introduce legislation seeking to legalise and ...
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