July 2022
Susan Burns: DELTA 8 IS FEDERALLY LEGAL: BANNING AT THE STATE LEVEL TEES UP A GAME OF WHAC-A-MOLE
In its recent ruling in AK Futures LLC v. Boyd Street Distro, LLC, the 9th Circuit held that the plain ...
Lisa L. Pittman, Pittman Legal: Pop the Top, Let’s Take a Look at This Thing: Cannabis Insurance Coverage Cases for the Uninitiated
Insurance coverage is complicated. An insurance policy can consist of a couple hundred pages that include numerous coverage forms; lists ...
Snell & Wilmer: Ninth Circuit Upholds Trademark Protections for Manufacturer of E-Cigarettes Containing Delta-8 THC
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction in favor of AK Futures LLC (“AK Futures”), a manufacturer of e-cigarette and vaping products, ...
Green Light Law Group: Oregon’s New Artificially Derived Cannabinoid Rules Begin July 1
Artificially derived cannabinoid (ADC) products are leaving Oregon grocery stores and convenience stores beginning July 1, 2022. Following the effective ...
Green Light Law Group: Washington: WSLCB Enforcement Changes Policy on Plant Canopy
My colleagues and I recently attended the Washington Cannabis Association’s (WACA) summer meeting in Walla Walla, WA. We heard from ...
Duane Morris: U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Cases Seeking Workers’ Comp for Medical Marijuana
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear two cases challenging Minnesota’s denial of workers’ compensation for medical marijuana used to treat work-related ...
Bradley: Now I Know My CBDs – Louisiana Court Favors Employee Terminated for Failing Marijuana Test
This country’s relationship with cannabis is a complicated one, and as is often the case in complicated matters, words matter ...
Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC: Can I get a trademark, copyright, or patent for Cannabis-related products?
Individuals and businesses crave certainty. With every emerging area of law; however, comes a certain degree of uncertainty. You can ...
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP: A Brief Summary Of Patent Proceedings Involving Cannabis Patents
To date, there have been relatively few patent proceedings relating to cannabis patents and no court has issued a finding ...
Pullman & Comley: Keep Off the Grass: A Reminder That Employers Must Address the Implications of Connecticut’s Legalization of Recreational Cannabis in the Workplace Before July 1
Beginning July 1, 2022, Connecticut’s law legalizing the recreational use of cannabis for adults 21 and over imposes new restrictions ...
Bond Schoeneck & King: General Counsel’s Corner: Cannabis and the Campus
Cannabis—also known as marijuana—has been legalized in the last two decades in more than half of the states. Thirty-nine states ...
Perkins Coie: State AGs Call for Congressional Action on Copycat THC Edibles
More than 20 state attorneys general (AGs) authored an open letter to congressional leaders calling for legislation that would regulate tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) ...
Morrison & Foerster LLP: This Week At The Ninth: Drug Tests
This week, the Ninth Circuit addresses the employment status of job applicants made to take drug tests and the availability ...
Holland & Hart: The Great Delta-8 Debate: Many Shades of Grey?
Confused by the legal status of Delta-8? Why wouldn’t you be?… it is confusing. Delta-8 is a legally complicated derivative ...
Bradley: The Weeds Thicken: Making Sense of the Ninth Circuit’s Decision Finding Delta-8 Legal Under Federal Law
Delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ8-THC) is legal under federal law. Or is it? It depends on who you ask. The Ninth Circuit has ...
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP: Virginia Cannabis Control Act: A Tale of Two Legislatures
It was the best of times… the passage of the Virginia Cannabis Control Act (CCA) in 2021 was celebrated by ...
Green Light Law Group: New York Proposes Adult-Use Cannabis Packaging and Labeling Rules
New York’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) recently proposed Adult-Use Packaging and Labeling Rules. The proposed rules will be published ...
Falcon Rappaport & Berkman: New York Takes Another Step Closer To Adult-Use Cannabis: OCM Releases Draft Rules On Packaging And Marketing
At the start of this month, the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) released draft regulations for the packaging, labeling, marketing, and advertising of cannabis products in New York ...
Klein Moynihan Turco LLP: Cannabis Board Approves NY Marijuana Marketing Regulations
The New York (“NY”) Cannabis Control Board recently approved regulations for Adult-Use Cannabis, including those applicable to packaging, labeling, marketing, advertising and ...
SLAW: Canada – Dismissal for Cannabis Fuelled Safety Incident Upheld
In Canadian Pacific Railway v United Steelworkers – TC Local 1976 (“Canadian Pacific”), an employer’s dismissal of an employee who committed a ...
Bradley: What the Court’s Treatment of Roe and a Workers’ Compensation Case Reveal about President Biden’s Approach to Cannabis
The leaked opinion overturning Roe, combined with a largely unknown workers’ compensation case pending before the Supreme Court, reveal the Biden ...
Foley Lardner: Weed in the Workplace: D.C. City Council Approves Bill Resricting Employer Cannabis Testing
Washington, D.C. is poised to join a growing number of state and local jurisdictions that restrict employers from testing employees ...
Seyfarth: In Case You Missed It: Key Marijuana Law Developments in 2022
It has already been a busy year for marijuana law! Catch up on key legislative, regulatory, and legal developments affecting ...
Luis Armendariz: MEXICO CANNABIS LEGAL UPDATE #23 TIME FOR A REALITY CHECK
Over a year ago, we reported on a General Declaration of Unconstitutionality (Declaratoria General deInconstitucionalidad; “DGI“) issued by the Mexican Supreme Court of ...
Dentons: Argentina Congress passed the law regulating the industry of medicinal cannabis and industrial hemp
On Thursday May 5th, 2022, the Chambers of Deputies of the Argentine Congress passed the law regulating the medicinal cannabis ...
J.S. Held: Cannabis & THC: Understanding the Effects & Liability
State legalization of cannabis (i.e., marijuana) for medical and/or recreational use has spurred many questions regarding exposure concerns and drug ...
Adams & Adams: Budding Breeders – Cannabis And Intellectual Property Rights
In 2018 the Constitutional Court of South Africa ruled that personal and medical marijuana use in South Africa was deemed ...
Greenberg Traurig, LLP: New California Bill Would Prohibit Employers From Acting Against Workers for Off-Work Cannabis Use
A bill introduced in the California Assembly in February 2022 would prohibit employers from discriminating against workers and job applicants ...
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz: Promoting “Weed,” “Pot,” And “Sticky Buds” — New York Releases Proposed Rules On Cannabis Marketing
On Wednesday, the New York State Cannabis Control Board released proposed regulations governing the advertising and labeling of cannabis products in New York. After ...
Duane Morris: United States: Cannabis Product Safety Is Paramount
Last week, my colleague Seth Goldberg and I published a client alert highlighting a series of cases filed in Oregon federal court ...
mcglinchey: Cannabis Companies Lacking Bankruptcy Protections Can Explore State Options
As the trend to legalize the medical and recreational use of marijuana continues to blaze through the states, federal law, ...
Green Light Law Group: How Did One Bill Reshape Oregon’s Hemp Industry?
Oregon House Bill 3000 (HB 3000) passed in 2021 with bipartisan and industry support. The legislation passed with two clear ...
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