November 2022
Dentons: Key Proposals Paper: New Details on Planned Cannabis Legalization in Germany
On October 25, the German Federal Ministry of Health, with Karl Lauterbach as Minister of Health, published a key proposals ...
Portugal: Home Grown Cannabis: personal consumption or trafficking?
A man has been convicted in Portugal for minor drug trafficking after cultivating and possessing cannabis plants which were being ...
Prince Lobel: MRTA Legislation Breakdown
The recently passed MRTA is New York’s legislation dedicated to legalizing the cultivation, processing, distribution, sale, delivery, and personal use ...
Roar Mikalsen: The Director of Public Prosecutions’ responsibility for human rights in Norwegian drug policy
The Alliance for Rights-Oriented Drug Policy (AROD) is asking the Director of Public Prosecutions to issue charges following the cannabis ...
Michael Sassano & Antonio Guedelha: GMP #14 Client Management in GMP
Pharmaceutical cannabis companies with industrial manufacturing facilities operate in a global market and can cater to a broad range of ...
Green Light Law Group: New York Takes a Hard Stand Against Vertical Integration
The Cannabis Control Board (CCB) and Office of Cannabis Regulations (OCM) recently issued “Guidance for Adult-Use Retail Dispensaries.” The twenty-seven-page ...
Morrison Foerster: Germany: Ministry Of Health Grants First Glimpse On The Upcoming Cannabis Legalization And Seeks Green Light From The European Commission
In November 2021, in its coalition agreement, the newly elected German Federal Government announced its plans to legalize cannabis for ...
Harris Bricken: A Peek at German Marijuana Legalization
Some of the details of German marijuana legalization were given over to the German press last week. Yesterday though, the government’s plan for German ...
Harris Bricken: Cannabis and Novel Food Authorizations in the EU: Q&A
Novel foods are regulated in the European Union by the so-called Novel Food Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2015/2283). In principle, all foods that ...
Perkins Coie: Cannabis Legal Report – October 2022 #2…. Federal Court Allows State To Import Cannabis-Related Paraphernalia
The Court of International Trade (CIT) recently held that a company in Washington state could lawfully import cannabis paraphernalia from ...
Louis Vlahos: Cannabis & the Mid-Terms: What Tax Policy?
Most candidates for federal office do not see cannabis as an issue prominent enough to discuss, and deep partisan differences ...
Dentons: Costa Rica: Who else wants to expand the Hemp and Cannabis business?
Recently, the Costa Rican Government has signed and approved two regulations to Law 10113, Law on Cannabis for Medical and ...
Foley Lardner: Takeaways From President Biden’s Announcement On Marijuana Policy Reform
On October 6, 2022, President Joe Biden issued a statement on marijuana policy reform, accompanied by a proclamation and decision to pardon individuals prosecuted ...
Zuber Lawler: President Biden’s Cannabis Announcements Bring Hope, and Questions
On October 6, President Joe Biden announced that he will be issuing pardons to everyone who has been convicted of ...
Paul Hastings: California Expands Employee Protections: A Dozen New Employment Laws Impacting Employers
California’s Legislature recently ended another busy session, sending a slew of new employee-friendly bills to Governor Gavin Newsom, who was ...
Troutman Pepper: FDA Hires Cannabis Policy Expert: Is a New CBD Regulatory Framework Around the Corner?
FDA has hired Norman Birenbaum, an experienced cannabis policy expert, as a senior public health advisor at the Center for Drug Evaluation ...
Arent Fox Schiff: California Bans Employment Discrimination For Marijuana Use
California has enacted legislation broadly protecting employees from discrimination for the use of marijuana, which has been legal in the ...
Prince Lobel: Biden’s Pardon and its Impact October 7, 2022
On October 6, 2022, President Biden announced that he will issue pardons for all prior federal simple marijuana possession offenses, clearing these ...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers: Australia: Let’s Legalise It: Senator Shoebridge on Legislating Lawful Cannabis Nationwide
Since Australian Greens Senator David Shoebridge announced he’ll be introducing legislation into federal parliament with the aim of legalising cannabis ...
Miller Nash: The Struggle is Real: Federal Trademark Registration for Cannabis and Hemp-Derived Food and Beverages Remains Illusive
Although commercial use of a trademark alone triggers rights in a mark, wise business owners endeavor to take advantage of ...
Stoel Rives: AB 2188 Leaves California Employers’ Policies on Marijuana Use up in Smoke
On September 18, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2188 into law, which prohibits employers from taking any adverse employment ...
Bond Schoeneck & King : General Counsel’s Corner: Cannabis on Campus – The Personnel Edition
This latest edition of our series on cannabis related developments and issues in higher education addresses the impact of the ...
Weintraub Tobin: New Cannabis Discrimination Protections Coming to a California Workplace in 2024
On September 18, 2022, the Governor approved AB 2188, which amends the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), California’s ...
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