August 2022

Michael Sassano & Antonio Guedelha: GMP #12: Optimizing Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Processes

Michael Sassano & Antonio Guedelha: GMP #12: Optimizing Pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Processes

Manufacturing process optimization aims to increase productivity, decrease operational costs, and make the manufacturing process more robust via a more ...
The Devil Is In The Details: The Hijacking Of Legal Cannabis Frameworks By Those Who Can - A Minnesota Tale of 10,00 Mistakes

The Devil Is In The Details: The Hijacking Of Legal Cannabis Frameworks By Those Who Can – A Minnesota Tale of 10,00 Mistakes

In the State of Minnesota, during the last legislative session, in a uniquely utopian space in time, there came together ...
R Global: UK: Will The Cannabis Industry Be Allowed To Blossom? – Questions To Lawyers And Financial Professionals From Around The World

R Global: UK: Will The Cannabis Industry Be Allowed To Blossom? – Questions To Lawyers And Financial Professionals From Around The World

Experts predict that the UK’s medical cannabis market alone could be worth more than £450 million by 2026, which amounts ...
David Oxenford: Looking at Legislative Proposals that Would Allow Broadcasters to Accept Marijuana Advertising

David Oxenford: Looking at Legislative Proposals that Would Allow Broadcasters to Accept Marijuana Advertising

As more and more states revise their laws to decriminalize or legalize marijuana use (for medical and recreational purposes), and ...
 Norris McLaughlin, PA: Warning For Immigrants: Marijuana Could Impact Your Immigration Status

 Norris McLaughlin, PA: Warning For Immigrants: Marijuana Could Impact Your Immigration Status

As of July 2022, 38 states have legalized the medical use of cannabis to differing degrees. Each jurisdiction has its ...
Green Light Law Group: Disturbing Trend: Hemp Landlords Increasingly Subjected to Criminal Prosecution

Green Light Law Group: Disturbing Trend: Hemp Landlords Increasingly Subjected to Criminal Prosecution

In my last post regarding the rise of civil asset forfeiture in Oregon’s ongoing war on cannabis, I noted some commonalities in ...
McGuireWoods LLP: D.C. Will Protect Employees Who Use Recreational Cannabis

McGuireWoods LLP: D.C. Will Protect Employees Who Use Recreational Cannabis

On July 13, 2022, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser signed new employment protections into law. Although currently unfunded, the Cannabis Employment ...
India: India: The Regulatory Highs And Lows Of Launching Medicinal Hemp Products

India: India: The Regulatory Highs And Lows Of Launching Medicinal Hemp Products

Largely, hemp can be legally cultivated, processed and sold– but only for scientific, medicinal2 or food or industrial purposes3. For the ...
Husch Blackwell LLP: Decoupling of Section 280E from State Tax Codes

Husch Blackwell LLP: Decoupling of Section 280E from State Tax Codes

On May 18, 2022, in a 153-2 vote, the Massachusetts House of Representatives voted to amend the state’s tax code to provide ...
Seyfarth: Federal vs. State Approaches to Cannabis: Recent DEA Data Shows Increase In Enforcement While States Move Toward Decriminalization and Legalization

Seyfarth: Federal vs. State Approaches to Cannabis: Recent DEA Data Shows Increase In Enforcement While States Move Toward Decriminalization and Legalization

One might think that the recent uptick in the legalization of recreational marijuana usage would correlate with a decline in ...
Bradley: The Waiting Is the Hardest Part: Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission Announces Updated Timetable for Licenses

Bradley: The Waiting Is the Hardest Part: Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission Announces Updated Timetable for Licenses

Ever since the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission released its proposed rules governing the cultivation, processing, testing, transporting, and dispensing of medical cannabis ...
Foley & Lardner LLP: Medical Marijuana, Workers’ Compensation, and the CSA: Hazy Outlook for Employers As States Wrestle With Cannabis Reimbursement as a Reasonable Medical Expense

Foley & Lardner LLP: Medical Marijuana, Workers’ Compensation, and the CSA: Hazy Outlook for Employers As States Wrestle With Cannabis Reimbursement as a Reasonable Medical Expense

While each state has its own unique workers’ compensation program, workers’ compensation generally requires employers to reimburse the reasonable medical ...
Clark Hill: The European Cannabis Market: Opportunity Knocks

Clark Hill: The European Cannabis Market: Opportunity Knocks

In this article, we continue our journey reviewing the history of cannabis regulation and proceed to explore the current state of ...
Clark Howell – Legislative Update Newsletter (July 2022)

Clark Howell – Legislative Update Newsletter (July 2022)

In April, we sent you a 2022 legislative update, highlighting 5 bills that help licensees connect with consumers and diversify their offerings ...
Seyfarth: Permission by Prohibition: Cannabis Ads May Be Coming To Your Local TV

Seyfarth: Permission by Prohibition: Cannabis Ads May Be Coming To Your Local TV

In a move that typifies how indirect legislation can achieve what direct legislation may not, the House Appropriations Committee has ...
Prince Lobel:  New York Cease and Desist Letters Regarding Gifting or Bartering  to Disguise Cannabis Sales

Prince Lobel: New York Cease and Desist Letters Regarding Gifting or Bartering  to Disguise Cannabis Sales

NEW YORK – July 8, 2022 – The Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”) recently issued “Cease and Desist” letters to ...
Green Light Law Group: Reefer Madness 2.0: Problems with Oregon Law Enforcement’s Increasing Use of Asset Forfeiture to Battle Illegal Grows

Green Light Law Group: Reefer Madness 2.0: Problems with Oregon Law Enforcement’s Increasing Use of Asset Forfeiture to Battle Illegal Grows

Following up on my Reefer Madness 2.0 post from last summer, various law enforcement agencies around the state have dusted off a ...

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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