By Fred Rocafort on June 14, 2023 The Florida Supreme Court will consider the legality of an initiative to get adult-use cannabis legalization on the 2024 ballot. Per Florida law, the state’s attorney general must request an advisory opinion from the Florida...
By James Aldrich & Tim Trunzo on June 14, 2023 While more and more states move to legalize various uses of cannabis, a recent decision on an application for U.S. citizenship demonstrates its possession, use, and distribution remain illegal under federal law...
By Yuefan Wang & Brent Salmons on June 14, 2023 The problems facing the cannabis industry arising from its ongoing status as a federally illegal enterprise are numerous and well documented: 280E tax burdens, limited access to banking, exclusion from capital...
By Lauren Marcus and Dimitrios Markos on June 12, 2023 In a case of first impression, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey found the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act (“the Act”) does not...
12 June 2023 by Michael F. Schaff and Jennie M. Miller Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer Even though New Jersey has legalized the regulated sale, recreational use and possession of cannabis for adults 21 years and older by way of the Cannabis Regulatory Enforcement...
[co-author: Hanna Barker Mullin] On June 8, 2023, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) announced a crackdown on sales by unlicensed cannabis sellers, which could face fines of up to $20,000 a day under recent legislation allowing for enhanced enforcement. The legislation allows the...