Montgomery McCracken: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Issues Ruling in Favor of Medical Marijuana Use and Legitimacy
Last month, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court took a significant step toward ensuring that Pennsylvania protects medical marijuana patients from unjust punishment. On June 18, 2020, the Court issued an important ruling on a fundamental issue of statutory interpretation...
Cozen O’Connor: California Are Your Old Cannabis and CBD Contracts Enforceable? Maybe Not.
Individuals and businesses involved in the cannabis or CBD industry are likely in the habit of making sure they are apprised of new laws and regulations in the jurisdictions impacting their businesses. However, when focusing on the future, sometimes, people forget to...
EU Commission Says CBD From Cannabis Is A Narcotic, Not A Novel Food. What About The UK?
As previously discussed here in this blog, in January of 2019 the European Commission (EC) classified cannabinoids, including CBD, as novel foods. This means that in order to sell a CBD product in the European Union (EU) a manufacturer must submit a Novel Food...
Minden Gross: Israel – Cannabis Around The World Series
Cannabis for medical purposes has been permitted in Israel since the early 1990s. With the support of its Ministry of Health (and a dedicated budget of just over CAD$3 million/year), Israel has become a global leader in cannabis research and innovation. Cannabis...
Sheppard Mullin: Up in Smoke: COVID-19’s Impacts on Hemp & Cannabis M&A
It would be an understatement to say that the COVID-19 pandemic impacted transactional activity for buyers and sellers across a range of industries, the hemp and cannabis merger and acquisition (“M&A”) space being no exception. In particular, the current period...Top 200 Cannabis Lawyers
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