Damaging hailstorm hits Oregon hemp farms, causes potentially millions in losses
FeaturedIndustrial Hemp NewsMarijuana Laws, Regulations, & PoliticsOregon August 14, 2019 0
Winning Before Fighting: Top 12 Alternative Dispute Resolution Strategies for Cannabis Companies (Webinar)
CaliforniaOregonUncategorized August 10, 2019
Many people think owning and operating a cannabis business is a dream job. The reality is that any dream job can quickly become a nightmare when your business gets pulled into a dispute. Failing to resolve disputes early can be shockingly expensive. Discovery — of documents and by depositions — is usually costly, and risky…
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Oregon Hemp Litigation: Failure to Pay for 10,000 Pounds of Seeds Alleged
HempOregonUncategorized August 5, 2019
As we predicted, litigation concerning hemp production continues to rise. At this point, it is the rare week that we do not see at least one new lawsuit on the state or federal docket– and that is just in Oregon. Given the extraordinary growth in hemp licensure and cultivation nationwide, it seems the courts will…
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Oregon Limits the Import and Export of Hemp and Hemp Products
HempOregonUncategorized August 2, 2019
A few weeks ago, we explained what Oregon’s “total THC” testing requirement is and why it matters from a contractual point of view. Today, we further explore this issue and discuss how it is affecting industry players’ ability to export and import hemp and hemp products to the Beaver State. Back in 2018, Oregon law…
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Oregon Cannabis Litigation: Business Between Friends Leads to $4.2 Million Lawsuit
OregonUncategorized July 16, 2019
“A friendship founded on business is a good deal better than a business founded on friendship,” said John D. Rockefeller. In our experience, this adage applies with force in the cannabis industry where –because of its black-market origins – people became accustomed to business arrangements founded on a handshake when recourse from the legal system…
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Too much weed? Oregon’s got a marijuana surplus and officials aren’t happy
Marijuana Industry NewsOregon July 13, 2019 0
Oregon’s New Cannabis Laws: The Definitive List
OregonRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized July 10, 2019
The 2019 Oregon legislative session formally concluded on June 30 and it was a doozy. With respect to cannabis, however, the session was significantly less eventful than any conference since 2015 (and that is mostly a good thing). If you’d like to track how we got here, we previewed the 2019 session in March and…
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Clearing Up The SB 218 (Application Caps) Confusion in Oregon
Marijuana Industry NewsOregon July 4, 2019 0
Oregon Hemp-CBD Litigation: Another Tale on the Importance of Due Diligence Before Contracting
HempOregonUncategorized June 28, 2019
Most of the hemp litigation we’ve written about has concerned a hemp purchaser suing a hemp farmer. This week concerns a $2.5 million lawsuit recently filed in Oregon wherein a hemp farmer sued a CBD processor. The plaintiff, JNV Farms, alleges that in the fall of 2018 it entered into a manufacturing agreement with one…
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