December 2021

Baker Hostetler: New York Issues Employer Guidance Regarding Recreational Use of Cannabis

Baker Hostetler: New York Issues Employer Guidance Regarding Recreational Use of Cannabis

Following the legalization of recreational cannabis in New York by the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA) earlier this year, ...
Duane Morris LLP: Cannabis Beverages Are On Fire!

Duane Morris LLP: Cannabis Beverages Are On Fire!

Want to know where the cannabis industry is going? How about the beverage industry? The answer is cannabis beverages! The ...
Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman: Empire State Cannabis Update: CCB Makes Progress In Hemp Program & Chair Hints At Adult-Use Timeline

Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman: Empire State Cannabis Update: CCB Makes Progress In Hemp Program & Chair Hints At Adult-Use Timeline

On November 3, 2021, New York’s Cannabis Control Board (CCB) held its third public meeting during which it made additional ...
Fox Rothschild: New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission Launches Application Process for Recreational-Use Businesses

Fox Rothschild: New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission Launches Application Process for Recreational-Use Businesses

New Jersey’s Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC) held a public meeting on November 9, 2021 and released the 2021 Personal Use (Recreational) ...
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP: United States: UPDATED: The Delta-8 THC Loophole

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP: United States: UPDATED: The Delta-8 THC Loophole

Since the posting of this blog, Drug Enforcement Administration officials have made comments suggesting that delta-8 THC is not a ...
Rod Kight: Is D8 From hemp A Controlled Substance? DEA Says No

Rod Kight: Is D8 From hemp A Controlled Substance? DEA Says No

DEA publicly addressed the legal status of D8 again in the form of a response letter to the Alabama Board ...
Rogoway Law: How Cannabis Companies Can Protect Their Intellectual Property In The Event Of Federal Legalization

Rogoway Law: How Cannabis Companies Can Protect Their Intellectual Property In The Event Of Federal Legalization

On July 1, 2021, when the State of Virginia’s and the State of Connecticut’s cannabis legalization took effect , 18 ...
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP: The U.S. Trademark Office Says Δ8-THC Is Illegal — Usually

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP: The U.S. Trademark Office Says Δ8-THC Is Illegal — Usually

The decriminalization of cannabis in some states, and its partial decriminalization at the federal level, has created an explosive market ...
Green Light Law Group: Vermont CCB Publishes Proposed Social Equity and Craft Cannabis Licensing

Green Light Law Group: Vermont CCB Publishes Proposed Social Equity and Craft Cannabis Licensing

When Vermont passed its cannabis legalization bill in 2020 it largely left licensing and regulatory details to rule making. The Vermont Cannabis ...
Harris Beach PLLC: New York State Office of Cannabis Management Adopts Final Hemp Regulations

Harris Beach PLLC: New York State Office of Cannabis Management Adopts Final Hemp Regulations

On November 24, 2021, the New York state Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) published a Notice of Adoption of the ...
Christopher Tasker:  Cannabis: How do we move forward in 2022?

Christopher Tasker:  Cannabis: How do we move forward in 2022?

Cannabis: How do we move forward in 2022? Since the emergence of the CBD green rush tremendous focus has been ...
Baker & McKenzie: Cannabis and hemp regulations: What it means for foreign investors and the private sector

Baker & McKenzie: Cannabis and hemp regulations: What it means for foreign investors and the private sector

In a recent interview Mr. Anutin Charnvirakul, the Minister of Public Health, lauded the many community enterprises all over Thailand ...
ASTM Workshop Shows Compelling Evidence to Expand the Panel of Heavy Metal Contaminants in Cannabis Consumer Products

ASTM Workshop Shows Compelling Evidence to Expand the Panel of Heavy Metal Contaminants in Cannabis Consumer Products

Long term exposure to heavy metals, irrespective of the source can have serious adverse effects on human health. They can ...
California’s cannabis industry is undergoing major change.. read more.."

California’s cannabis industry is undergoing major change.. read more..”

As of September 27, 2021, cannabis businesses in California have a new set of regulations to comply with, which are ...

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Cannabis Law Journal – Contributing Authors

Editor – Sean Hocking

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