February 2023

Michael Sassano & Antonio Guedelha: GMP# 17: GMP Market Forecasting and Budget Management
GMP processes are slow and have an intense workload for documentation of new products that depend on the country regulators' ...
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Simplifya: With Economic Headwinds Blowing, Cannabis RegTech Is Here to Stay
With the SAFE Banking Act failing to pass this past December, federal reforms nowhere on the horizon, inflationary pressures surging, ...
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R. Global: The Structure of the Global Cannabis Economy
By many estimates, the global cannabis economy is expected to exceed $95B by 2025. Roughly half of that value is ...
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Roar Mikalsen -AROD: Norwegian courts will not let drug users question the law – The European Court is next
A key assignment for the courts is to settle disputes and, through legal decisions, to control the exercise of state ...
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Beveridge & Diamond: FDA Passes New Cannabis Guidance for Clinical Research
What Happened: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized a 2020 draft guidance detailing the agency’s recommendations for clinical research for ...
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Perkins Coie: New York Cannabis Co. Investor Suit Survives Motion To Dismiss
By Oliver Serafini, Tommy Tobin & Barak Cohen on January 27, 2023 The District Court for the Western District of New York denied a motion on ...
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Morrison & Foerster LLP: This Week At The Ninth: Cannabis Law
24 January 2023 by Alexandra Avvocato (New York) Morrison & Foerster LLP This week, the Court addresses whether plaintiffs may bring civil ...
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Harris Bricken: Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of RICO Claims Relating to Cannabis
Well, it looks like cannabis RICO lawsuits are not going to happen any time soon. As an update to this post I ...
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Bradley: Removing the Green Tax: Congress Can Bring Cannabis Tax Policy in Line with Cannabis Enforcement Policy
If you give me an opportunity to quote George Harrison, I’m going to do it. In “Taxman,” he wrote: Should ...
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Harris Bricken: Google Changes Its CBD Advertising Policies
Cannabis advertising has always been a precarious art. From first amendment commercial speech issues to zealous state marketing and promotion regulations to false ...
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Zuber Lawler: The Future of Marijuana Legalization in Minnesota
In 1964, Minnesota music legend Bob Dylan warned the world that “the times they are a-changin.” Sixty years later and ...
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Greenberg Traurig: California Will Soon Protect Employees’ Off-Duty Cannabis Use
As discussed in our recent alert on California’s 2023 Legislative Update, beginning Jan. 1, 2024, California employers will be prohibited from ...
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Clyde & Co: UK / Bermuda: Truss left a conservative legacy on cannabis
A range of missteps have been blamed on Liz Truss, but one of the less well known is the future ...
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Shipman: United States: Cannabis Leases: Important Considerations For Commercial Property Owners, Landlords And Tenants
As Connecticut awards provisional licenses to various types of cannabis establishments throughout the state, cannabis business owners, commercial real estate ...
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Perkins Coie: What Are The New Employment Laws Implemented In California?
As 2022 drew to a close, the Wall Street Journal reported that the FDA is finally considering releasing potential guidance regarding cannabidiol ...
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Arent Fox Schiff: District of Columbia Medical Cannabis Amendment Act Makes Sweeping Changes to Local Cannabis Laws
Medical marijuana has been legal in DC since 2011. In recent years, the District has adopted piecemeal amendments to its ...
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Altius: EU harmonizes THC limits in hemp seed (food) as from 1 January 2023
Hemp seeds have been eaten in the EU for a long time. The seeds may contain trace amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol ...
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Harris Bricken: New York’s Cannabis Retail Dispensary Regulations, Part 3: Hiring and Training Your Employees
As we previously broadly summarized on October 31, 2022, the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) released its “Guidance for Adult-Use Dispensaries” (the ...
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AEON Law: Patent Poetry: Can cannabis patents be enforced?
Can pot patents be Enforced in federal courts? It’s up in the air… ...
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Tonkon Torp LLP: Why Struggling Cannabis Companies May Want to Turn to a Receivership
The cannabis industry in Oregon has been struggling in recent years. In addition to being impacted by inflation and an ...
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