March 2022

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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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,” ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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”, ...
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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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