December 2024

Who Does the US Cannabis Counsel Really Represent?

Who Does the US Cannabis Counsel Really Represent?

The US Cannabis Counsel (USCC) recently rejected four applicants from the hemp industry to its Board. The applicants, Mood, Apotheca, ...
Take A Hit: Encouraging the Commercial Insurance Market to Underwrite Marijuana 

Take A Hit: Encouraging the Commercial Insurance Market to Underwrite Marijuana 

As of 2023, thirty-nine states/territories have legalized medical marijuana with twenty also legalizing its recreational use.  While support for the ...
Troutman Pepper: Colorado Hemp Company Settles With AG Over Alleged Violations of Consumer Protection Law

Troutman Pepper: Colorado Hemp Company Settles With AG Over Alleged Violations of Consumer Protection Law

The Colorado Attorney General’s (AG) Office recently entered into a settlement agreement with Bee’s Knees Enterprises, LLC, dba Bee’s Knees CBDs, addressing ...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers: Duopoly Killjoys Cannabis Bill, as Historic First Vote Takes Place in Federal Parliament

Sydney Criminal Lawyers: Duopoly Killjoys Cannabis Bill, as Historic First Vote Takes Place in Federal Parliament

NSW Greens Senator David Shoebridge is the first federal parliamentarian to have brought on a parliamentary vote on the question ...
Mandelbaum Barrett: New Jersey’s New Hemp Regulations Create More Problems Than They Solve

Mandelbaum Barrett: New Jersey’s New Hemp Regulations Create More Problems Than They Solve

Governor Phil Murphy’s signing of Senate Bill 3235 on September 12, 2024, represents a significant shift in the regulation of ...
Holland & Knight: Navigating Cannabis Leasing: Legal and Practical Considerations for Landlords

Holland & Knight: Navigating Cannabis Leasing: Legal and Practical Considerations for Landlords

The cannabis industry in the United States has experienced rapid growth, with an increasing number of states legalizing the use ...
Reed Smith: N.Y. Court Holds That The Federal Controlled Substances Act Did Not Preempt New York’s Liberal Marijuana Laws/Regulations

Reed Smith: N.Y. Court Holds That The Federal Controlled Substances Act Did Not Preempt New York’s Liberal Marijuana Laws/Regulations

Cannabis Impact Prevention Coalition, LLC v. Hochul, 2024 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 14151 (Sept. 30, 2024),in which opponentsof New York State ...
Husch Blackwell: Cannabis Receiverships Are (and Will Be) On the Rise

Husch Blackwell: Cannabis Receiverships Are (and Will Be) On the Rise

Based on a recent article in the Green Market Report (and corresponding public filings), “$1.83 billion of . . . debt is ...
Foley Hoag: U.S. Virgin Islands Opens Adult-Use Cannabis License Application Process

Foley Hoag: U.S. Virgin Islands Opens Adult-Use Cannabis License Application Process

On April 17, 2024, the Virgin Islands Cannabis Advisory Board (“VICAB”) approved regulations outlining the requirements for its new adult-use cannabis program, ...
Troutman Pepper: First Circuit Greenlights Federal Prosecution of Maine Couple in Cannabis Case

Troutman Pepper: First Circuit Greenlights Federal Prosecution of Maine Couple in Cannabis Case

In a pivotal ruling issued on October 15, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed the district court’s decision ...
Bradley: Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss? The Impact of a Second Trump Presidency on American Cannabis Policy

Bradley: Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss? The Impact of a Second Trump Presidency on American Cannabis Policy

The title of this post comes, of course, from The Who’s classic track “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” This post analyzes whether there ...
Let’s Talk Turkey: Prohibitions on Marijuana Next on the Menu for a City or State Near You?

Let’s Talk Turkey: Prohibitions on Marijuana Next on the Menu for a City or State Near You?

In Pennsylvania, fall is in full swing, football season is hitting its stride and Thanksgiving is just around the corner.  ...
Jackson Lewis: Navigating Cannabis Rescheduling: Key Insights for Healthcare

Jackson Lewis: Navigating Cannabis Rescheduling: Key Insights for Healthcare

Earlier this year, the DEA responded to President Biden’s directive to reschedule cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of ...
mcglinchey: Major Changes Could be in Store for Hemp in 2025

mcglinchey: Major Changes Could be in Store for Hemp in 2025

Proposed language in the next Farm Bill could substantially impact the hemp industry in the United States. The Farm Bill ...
Macias Gini & O’Connell- Your Guide To Navigating The Intoxicating Hemp Market

Macias Gini & O’Connell- Your Guide To Navigating The Intoxicating Hemp Market

Intoxicating hemp products have had explosive growth but are now facing regulatory and other headwinds, with states like California, Missouri, ...

Top 200 Cannabis Lawyers

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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