Perkins Coie: New York Cannabis Co. Investor Suit Survives Motion To Dismiss
By Oliver Serafini, Tommy Tobin & Barak Cohen on January 27, 2023 The District Court for the Western District of New York denied a motion on January 6, 2023, to dismiss claims alleging that a publicly traded company misled investors regarding an investigation by...
Morrison & Foerster LLP: This Week At The Ninth: Cannabis Law
24 January 2023 by Alexandra Avvocato (New York) Morrison & Foerster LLP This week, the Court addresses whether plaintiffs may bring civil RICO claims that allege injury to a business that violates federal law. FRANCINE SHULMAN ET AL. V. TODD KAPLAN ET AL. The...
Harris Bricken: Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of RICO Claims Relating to Cannabis
Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of RICO Claims Relating to Cannabis Well, it looks like cannabis RICO lawsuits are not going to happen any time soon. As an update to this post I wrote in 2020, the Ninth Circuit has just affirmed the dismissal of two RICO claims...
Bradley: Removing the Green Tax: Congress Can Bring Cannabis Tax Policy in Line with Cannabis Enforcement Policy
If you give me an opportunity to quote George Harrison, I’m going to do it. In “Taxman,” he wrote: Should five percent appear too small Be thankful I don’t take it all ‘Cause I’m the taxman Yeah, I’m the taxman I suspect “The Quiet One” would be appalled to know the...
Harris Bricken: Google Changes Its CBD Advertising Policies
Cannabis advertising has always been a precarious art. From first amendment commercial speech issues to zealous state marketing and promotion regulations to false claim lawsuits, cannabis advertising can go down some dark rabbit holes. Notoriously, tech giants...Top 200 Cannabis Lawyers
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