March 2022

Caiadoguerreiro Law Firm: Industrial Hemp In Portugal -  The most recent legislative amendments

Caiadoguerreiro Law Firm: Industrial Hemp In Portugal – The most recent legislative amendments

In early 2022 Portugal has introduced relevant changes to the rules on cannabis cultivation for industrial purposes, thus bringing much ...
Squire Patton Boggs: Cannabis & District Courts: Are Those Court House Doors Closed Too?

Squire Patton Boggs: Cannabis & District Courts: Are Those Court House Doors Closed Too?

Mark Salzberg is a partner in Squire Patton Boggs’ Washington DC office and the firm’s Restructuring & Insolvency Practice Group ...
Silk Legal: The green rush goes brown: Cannabis to remain highly regulated despite partial decriminalisation

Silk Legal: The green rush goes brown: Cannabis to remain highly regulated despite partial decriminalisation

The excitement expressed during the recent Cannabis decriminalisation may be dashed as an upcoming ministerial announcement, signed on 8 February ...
Alexander Hymowitz: New York’s Conditional Cannabis Cultivation Bill Breakdown

Alexander Hymowitz: New York’s Conditional Cannabis Cultivation Bill Breakdown

On February 22, 2022, New York’s Governor, Kathy Hochul, signed into law a new adult-use cannabis cultivator license program that ...
Green Light Law Group: Six Mistakes to Avoid if You Want a New York Cannabis License

Green Light Law Group: Six Mistakes to Avoid if You Want a New York Cannabis License

In recent months, our office has received inquiries from entrepreneurs eager to obtain a license in New York’s yet-to-be established ...
Baker Hostetler: While CBD is Widely Available, Registering Marks for Ingestibles with CBD is Not

Baker Hostetler: While CBD is Widely Available, Registering Marks for Ingestibles with CBD is Not

In two recent decisions, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) made it abundantly clear that attempting to register a ...
Troutman Pepper: The Status of Cannabis Legalization in the South

Troutman Pepper: The Status of Cannabis Legalization in the South

While cannabis legalization moves full steam ahead through much of the Northeast, the southeastern U.S. has been notably slow to ...
Foley Hoag LLP: Massachusetts Legislature Plans Big Changes for Cannabis Policy in the Commonwealth

Foley Hoag LLP: Massachusetts Legislature Plans Big Changes for Cannabis Policy in the Commonwealth

Last week, the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy (the “Committee”) released a new cannabis bill (H 174/S 72, the ...
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP: Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP: Bankruptcy Court Won’t Dabble in Case Concerning a Marijuana Business

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP: Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP: Bankruptcy Court Won’t Dabble in Case Concerning a Marijuana Business

“[E]nsnared between his involvement in a business that is legal under the laws of Arizona but illegal under federal law,” ...
BCL Solicitors LLP: The UK’s Doomed Medical Cannabis (Access) Bill

BCL Solicitors LLP: The UK’s Doomed Medical Cannabis (Access) Bill

It is becoming difficult to remember a week in UK- parliamentary politics that wasn’t defined by some sort of alleged ...
Sheppard Mullin:  Federal Cannabis Reform – Is 2022 the Year?

Sheppard Mullin: Federal Cannabis Reform – Is 2022 the Year?

Hope soared with the possibility of federal cannabis reform in 2021.  And for good reason –  the induction of a ...
Wolf Greenfield & Sacks: TTAB Affirms “Unlawful Use” Refusal Of Harbor Hemp Company For Supplements “Containing Legally Produced Industrial Hemp Extract”

Wolf Greenfield & Sacks: TTAB Affirms “Unlawful Use” Refusal Of Harbor Hemp Company For Supplements “Containing Legally Produced Industrial Hemp Extract”

Applicant Harbor Hemp applied to register the mark HARBOR HEMP COMPANY in standard character and design form (below), for non-medicated skin preparations ...
Chartwell Law: Marijuana in the Workplace: Uncertainty and Risks for Employers

Chartwell Law: Marijuana in the Workplace: Uncertainty and Risks for Employers

Employers continue to grapple with New Jersey’s marijuana laws. First enacted in 2010, and amended in 2019, the Jake Honig Compassionate Use ...
Jackson Lewis: Mississippi Enacts Medical Marijuana Law

Jackson Lewis: Mississippi Enacts Medical Marijuana Law

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves signed legislation legalizing medical cannabis on February 2, 2022. Known as the “Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act”, ...
Green Light Law Group:  Oregon Cannabis Legislative Preview: Producer Moratorium, Equity, State Banking and More

Green Light Law Group: Oregon Cannabis Legislative Preview: Producer Moratorium, Equity, State Banking and More

HB 4016 authorizes the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) and Oregon State Department of Agriculture (ODA) to unilaterally issue moratoriums ...

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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