June 2022

FOIA Suit Uncovers True CBP Policy Regarding Immigration Admissibility Of Individuals Connected to Legal Foreign Cannabis Industry

FOIA Suit Uncovers True CBP Policy Regarding Immigration Admissibility Of Individuals Connected to Legal Foreign Cannabis Industry

It took years, but Davis Wright Tremaine (DWT)’s cannabis group finally prevailed in obtaining U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)’s ...
Michael Sassano & Antonio Guedelha: GMP #11: Stock Management in GMP Manufacturing

Michael Sassano & Antonio Guedelha: GMP #11: Stock Management in GMP Manufacturing

In Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) facilities, managing your stock is critical for Quality Assurance (QA). Your QA team needs to ...
Susan Burns: Hemp is legal. Except when it’s not. The Loveless reach of the Minnesota Court of Appeals and herculean legislative efforts for course correction.

Susan Burns: Hemp is legal. Except when it’s not. The Loveless reach of the Minnesota Court of Appeals and herculean legislative efforts for course correction.

The Agricultural Act of 2014 a/k/a “The Farm Bill” defined industrial hemp as “the plant Cannabis sativa L. or any part of ...
Kenzi Riboulet-Zemouli: High Compliance .. UN Treaties "Reviewing The Reviewers"

Kenzi Riboulet-Zemouli: High Compliance .. UN Treaties “Reviewing The Reviewers”

After Uruguay and Canada, Malta became the third sovereign State, in late 2021, to legalize cannabis for non-medical purposes. These ...
Collateral Base: Social Equity Licensing in Cannabis & the Dormant Commerce Clause

Collateral Base: Social Equity Licensing in Cannabis & the Dormant Commerce Clause

The dormant Commerce Clausse of the Constitution prevents states from discriminating against out-of-state actors in interstate commerce. The dormant term refers ...
Prince Lobel: M&A Trends: Outlook and Key Considerations When Acquiring or Selling a Social Equity Business

Prince Lobel: M&A Trends: Outlook and Key Considerations When Acquiring or Selling a Social Equity Business

On a macro level, business transactions in the cannabis industry continue to proceed at a robust pace in 2022. In ...
Perkins Coie: FDA Issues New CBD Warning Letters for Animal Products

Perkins Coie: FDA Issues New CBD Warning Letters for Animal Products

On May 26, the FDA issued warning letters to four companies alleging that the companies sold unapproved animal drugs containing cannabidiol (CBD) ...
Miller Nash LLP: The Ninth Circuit Leaves Open the Delta-8 THC Legal Loophole in an Intellectual Property Dispute

Miller Nash LLP: The Ninth Circuit Leaves Open the Delta-8 THC Legal Loophole in an Intellectual Property Dispute

In the first federal appellate ruling on delta-8 THC, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals deemed the substance legal—at least ...
McGlinchey Stafford: United States: Ninth Circuit Holds Delta-8 THC Products Are Federally Legal

McGlinchey Stafford: United States: Ninth Circuit Holds Delta-8 THC Products Are Federally Legal

In 1965, Bob Dylan sang in  Subterranean Homesick Blues  that “you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.”  Thanks ...
Ward & Smith P.A: It’s About Time: Federal Court Addresses Delta-8

Ward & Smith P.A: It’s About Time: Federal Court Addresses Delta-8

We have tracked those issues as they have evolved.  Like many things in the hemp-derived world, federal courts and regulatory agencies have ...
Thompson Hine: U.S. Court of Appeals Weighs in on Hemp-Derived Delta-8 THC Classification Cannabis Practice Update

Thompson Hine: U.S. Court of Appeals Weighs in on Hemp-Derived Delta-8 THC Classification Cannabis Practice Update

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has weighed in on the legal gray area that hemp-derived Delta-8 ...
Green Light Law Group: Federal Court Rules Hemp-Derived Delta-8 THC is Lawful

Green Light Law Group: Federal Court Rules Hemp-Derived Delta-8 THC is Lawful

On May 19, 2022, the United State Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Circuit) ruled in a landmark case regarding the ...
Goodwin Law: Ninth Circuit Rules Delta-8 THC Is Legal

Goodwin Law: Ninth Circuit Rules Delta-8 THC Is Legal

A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the United States District Court ...
Clark Hill: FDA Warns Companies Allegedly Illegally Selling CBD and Delta-8 THC Products to Label and Brand More Carefully

Clark Hill: FDA Warns Companies Allegedly Illegally Selling CBD and Delta-8 THC Products to Label and Brand More Carefully

For the first time, the U.S. Federal Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) this week issued consumer warnings and sent letters to five ...
Foley Hoag LLP: Rhode Island Becomes 19th State To End Marijuana Prohibition

Foley Hoag LLP: Rhode Island Becomes 19th State To End Marijuana Prohibition

On May 24th, Governor Daniel McKee signed the Rhode Island Cannabis Act  (the “Act”) into law, making the Ocean State the 19th state ...
Locke Lord: Legalized Marijuana in Rhode Island ‎Presents New Challenges ‎for Employers

Locke Lord: Legalized Marijuana in Rhode Island ‎Presents New Challenges ‎for Employers

On Tuesday, May 24, the Rhode Island General Assembly passed legislation legalizing the ‎recreational use of marijuana. The bill will ...
Archer & Greiner P.C: New Jersey Court Upholds Arbitration Of Employee’s Discrimination Claims Arising From His Use Of Medical Marijuana

Archer & Greiner P.C: New Jersey Court Upholds Arbitration Of Employee’s Discrimination Claims Arising From His Use Of Medical Marijuana

The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, recently upheld a private employer’s arbitration provision and found that the employee’s ...
Seyfarth Shaw LLP: Patent Enforcement In The Cannabis Industry – Litigation Heats Up As Competitors Jockey For Market Position

Seyfarth Shaw LLP: Patent Enforcement In The Cannabis Industry – Litigation Heats Up As Competitors Jockey For Market Position

The buzz of the cannabis industry has brought with it significant competition. The “green rush” of legalization produced a small ...
Haseltine Lake Kempner LLP: Interpreting Biological Sequence Claims At The EPO – A Cannabinoid Case Study

Haseltine Lake Kempner LLP: Interpreting Biological Sequence Claims At The EPO – A Cannabinoid Case Study

Historically, as commercial and medical interest in cannabinoids increased, technologies, and resulting patent filings, focussed on methodologies for extracting relevant ...
Hogan Lovells: FDA Cites Five Companies for Illegally Selling Delta-8 THC and CBD Products

Hogan Lovells: FDA Cites Five Companies for Illegally Selling Delta-8 THC and CBD Products

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued Warning Letters to five companies selling products containing delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-8 ...
BCL Solicitors LLP: David Hardstaff And John Binns Write For Open Access Government Exploring Shifting Sands In The UK CBD Industry

BCL Solicitors LLP: David Hardstaff And John Binns Write For Open Access Government Exploring Shifting Sands In The UK CBD Industry

UK-based CBD companies may feel they have had a rough ride of late. From operating within a light-touch regulatory regime, ...
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP: MORE Than Meets the Eye? How Federal Marijuana Legalization Legislation Could Affect Employers

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP: MORE Than Meets the Eye? How Federal Marijuana Legalization Legislation Could Affect Employers

Roughly a month ago, the U.S. House of Representative voted to pass the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, ...
Davis+Gilbert LLP: Cannabis Financing Market Insights

Davis+Gilbert LLP: Cannabis Financing Market Insights

Most agree there will be no new significant law enacted by Congress until after the mid-term elections. Hopes have faded ...
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP: Assessing the Playing Field After Mississippi’s Medical Cannabis Opt-Out Deadline Expires

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP: Assessing the Playing Field After Mississippi’s Medical Cannabis Opt-Out Deadline Expires

May 4th celebrates Star Wars, and May 5th is Cinco de Mayo. While not as popular, May 3rd still likely means a lot ...

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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