December 2023

Roar Mikalson - AROD: New civil disobedience to resolve the rights of drug users

Roar Mikalson – AROD: New civil disobedience to resolve the rights of drug users

As more and more nations regulate the cannabis market to protect public health, no state can take for granted that ...
Raul E. Injoque, PhD: Breaking Paradigms about cannabis: Opportunities and Challenges in Peru

Raul E. Injoque, PhD: Breaking Paradigms about cannabis: Opportunities and Challenges in Peru

The Vikings conquered what is now the United Kingdom, Greenland, and parts of Europe thanks to their explorers and navigation ...
Cultiva Law: Cannabis Companies Sue Attorney General for Massachusetts

Cultiva Law: Cannabis Companies Sue Attorney General for Massachusetts

As the American cannabis industry continues to grow at the rapid succession that it is, so too will the size ...
Cultiva Law: Bill to Allow Amsterdam-Style Cannabis Cafes in California Goes Up in Smoke With Newsom Veto

Cultiva Law: Bill to Allow Amsterdam-Style Cannabis Cafes in California Goes Up in Smoke With Newsom Veto

As widespread cannabis legalization and mainstream normalization sweep across the American states, so too do the opportunities for social events ...
KIGHT LAW: ATACH USES “REEFER MADNESS” FEAR MONGERING IN COURT FILING AGAINST HEMP INDUSTRY

KIGHT LAW: ATACH USES “REEFER MADNESS” FEAR MONGERING IN COURT FILING AGAINST HEMP INDUSTRY

In a legal brief to the US Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, the American Trade Association for Cannabis and ...
mcglinchey: The Hits Keep Coming to Ohio Marijuana: Legislature Proposes More Limits to Adult-Use Law

mcglinchey: The Hits Keep Coming to Ohio Marijuana: Legislature Proposes More Limits to Adult-Use Law

Last week the Ohio House proposed legislation designed to revise a number of aspects of Issue 2, the Ohio Marijuana Legalization Initiative, ...
PRINCE LOBEL: PROPOSED SETTLEMENTS IN CAURD AND REGISTERED ORGANIZATIONS LAWSUITS WOULD GREENLIGHT DISPENSARY OPENINGS

PRINCE LOBEL: PROPOSED SETTLEMENTS IN CAURD AND REGISTERED ORGANIZATIONS LAWSUITS WOULD GREENLIGHT DISPENSARY OPENINGS

Proposed settlements in two important lawsuits are poised to reshape the landscape of the cannabis industry in New York. The ...
Foley & Lardner LLP: Ohio Legalizes Recreational Use of Marijuana

Foley & Lardner LLP: Ohio Legalizes Recreational Use of Marijuana

Earlier this month, Ohio joined the growing number of states to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. The new law, which ...
Harris Beach: New York Moves to Relieve Cannabis Businesses on Two Fronts

Harris Beach: New York Moves to Relieve Cannabis Businesses on Two Fronts

Even though adult-use cannabis is legal in the state of New York, marijuana is still considered an illegal controlled substance ...
Silk Legal: Navigating the New Cannabis Landscape: Thailand’s Cannabis-Hemp Act Unveiled

Silk Legal: Navigating the New Cannabis Landscape: Thailand’s Cannabis-Hemp Act Unveiled

In the media, these past few days have been confirmation of the direction of the new Cannabis Law. The Public ...
Harris Sliwoski:  Risk Allocation in Cannabis Contracts

Harris Sliwoski: Risk Allocation in Cannabis Contracts

One of the main reasons why I am such a vocal supporter of written cannabis contracts is allocation of risk and liabilities ...
Scarinci Hollenbeck LLC:  New Federal Lawsuit Could Be Gamechanger For Cannabis Businesses

Scarinci Hollenbeck LLC: New Federal Lawsuit Could Be Gamechanger For Cannabis Businesses

A new lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) could dramatically impact cannabis businesses. A new lawsuit ...
Clark Hill: The Cannabis Cure for the Public Pension Crisis

Clark Hill: The Cannabis Cure for the Public Pension Crisis

Pensions are, and have been, an important compensation component for public employees, including teachers, police, fire, and other municipal positions ...
Husch Blackwell: Cannabis Banking: What’s a Financial Institution to Do Right Now?

Husch Blackwell: Cannabis Banking: What’s a Financial Institution to Do Right Now?

When I started representing cannabis businesses in 2010, the biggest epidemic in the industry next to I.R.C. 280E was the overwhelming lack ...
California Enacts Further Protections for Marijuana-Using Workers and Job Applicants

California Enacts Further Protections for Marijuana-Using Workers and Job Applicants

Passed in 2022 and effective January 1, 2024, Assembly Bill 2188 creates Government Code section 12954 to make it unlawful for an ...
Goldberg Segalla: Impact of Cannabis Legislation on Maryland Workers’ Compensation Claims: What Changed in Maryland?

Goldberg Segalla: Impact of Cannabis Legislation on Maryland Workers’ Compensation Claims: What Changed in Maryland?

As of July 1, Maryland’s Cannabis Reform Act allows adults 21 years of age and older to legally possess up ...
Troutman Pepper:  The Corporate Transparency Act and Its Connection to Cannabis

Troutman Pepper: The Corporate Transparency Act and Its Connection to Cannabis

Effective on January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) will require all nonexempt entities to report certain identifying information ...
Troutman Pepper:  Tagging Out: The RFID Debate in Cannabis Compliance

Troutman Pepper: Tagging Out: The RFID Debate in Cannabis Compliance

The cannabis industry has witnessed significant growth in recent years, marked by the legalization of medical and/or recreational marijuana in ...
Fisher Phillips: Puff, Puff, Passed: A 6-Step Plan for Ohio Employers as Recreational Marijuana Legalized

Fisher Phillips: Puff, Puff, Passed: A 6-Step Plan for Ohio Employers as Recreational Marijuana Legalized

Ohio voters just passed a statutory initiative to legalize adult use (and purchase) of recreational marijuana in the state, becoming ...
Kinstellar: Worldwide: Cannabis Use CEE Regulatory Update

Kinstellar: Worldwide: Cannabis Use CEE Regulatory Update

Significant changes in the regulation of cannabis use have occurred in some countries in Central and Eastern Europe since our ...
Vicente: Top Five Countries to Watch for International Cannabis Reform in 2024

Vicente: Top Five Countries to Watch for International Cannabis Reform in 2024

While the cannabis industry in the United States awaits a marijuana scheduling decision from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), many ...
mcglinchy: Ohio Legalizes Adult-Use Marijuana

mcglinchy: Ohio Legalizes Adult-Use Marijuana

On November 7, 2023, voters in Ohio approvedOhio Issue 2, the Marijuana Legalization Initiative(the Initiative), which legalizes marijuana for recreational ...
Jackson Lewis P.C. : Ohio Passes Recreational Marijuana Law: What Employers Should Know

Jackson Lewis P.C. : Ohio Passes Recreational Marijuana Law: What Employers Should Know

Joining 23 other states, Ohio has passed a recreational marijuana law. On November 7, 2023, Ohioans voted to pass an ...
Harris Sliwoski: The Lawsuit to End Federal Cannabis Prohibition Wouldn’t Really End Federal Cannabis Prohibition

Harris Sliwoski: The Lawsuit to End Federal Cannabis Prohibition Wouldn’t Really End Federal Cannabis Prohibition

The lawsuit filed on October 26 against Merrick Garland to “end federal cannabis prohibition” wouldn’t really end federal cannabis prohibition. If you ...

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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