Ogletree Deakins: California Expands Marijuana Employment Antidiscrimination Law
On October 7, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) No. 700 into law, expanding California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act to protect applicants from discrimination based on prior cannabis use, with certain exceptions. The amendment takes...
Vicente: Cannabis and Hemp Developments in North Carolina
Public support for medical cannabis in North Carolina is quite strong. In fact, according to a Meredith College poll conducted in February 2023, 73% of North Carolina voters, including 64% of Republicans, support a law allowing the use of marijuana in North Carolina...
Seyfarth: Bankruptcy Court Approves Cannabis Debtor’s Chapter 11 Plan
By William Hanlon on October 5, 2023 On September 20, 2023, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (“Court”) confirmed a plan for a cannabis-related business (“Debtor”) to sell its equity interests in a Canadian cannabis company, Lowell...
Husch Blackwell: The New York marijuana business application window has opened, but will be over in a ‘New York minute’
By Steve Levine, Alyssa Samuel & Husch Blackwell Cannabis Team on October 6, 2023 After months of anticipation, the New York State Office of Cannabis Management began accepting applications for five (5) types of licenses this week: cultivator, processor,...
Harris Sliwoski – Oregon Marijuana: OLCC Announces Changes to Certificate of Tax Compliance Rule
The OLCC announced several changes to the tax compliance rule this weekend at the Cannabis & Psychedelic Section of the Oregon Bar Association’s annual conference (where I was pleased to moderate a panel on the failures of legalization). This rule has been a hot...Top 200 Cannabis Lawyers
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