Oregon Hemp-CBD Litigation: Another Tale on the Importance of Due Diligence Before Contracting

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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NJ medical marijuana bill helps patients from other states. But there’s one big problem.
Just as thousands of tourists flock to the Jersey Shore for the Fourth of July, the New Jersey medical marijuana program is on the verge of opening its doors to out-of-state patients for the first time. Under the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act, visitors with medical marijuana cards from their home... Read more
Curaleaf Announces Two Acquisitions to Open 7th and 8th Stores in Phoenix Metro Area Provides Curaleaf with the Leading Retail Footprint in the Phoenix Metro Area WAKEFIELD, Mass., June 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (CSE: CURA /OTCQX: CURLF), a leading vertically integrated cannabis operator in the United... Read more
Columbia Care Enters World’s Largest Regulated Cannabis Market with Grand Opening of Flagship Dispensary in San Diego, California Global medical cannabis leader launches west coast expansion plan in California’s largest, limited license metropolitan market Nationally proven high-touch, provider-based dispensary model and proprietary pharmaceutical-quality products bring novel, impactful and personalized... Read more
Legal marijuana is coming to Illinois as Gov. Pritzker signs bill he calls an ‘important and overdue change to our state’
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday signed into law a bill that will legalize marijuana in Illinois next year, marking a momentous shift in how the state treats drug use.  The bill will allow the licensed growth, sales, possession and consumption of cannabis for adults 21 and older. The signing... Read more
Faced with a significant cannabis surplus, a new law in Oregon could ultimately enable business owners to export pot to other states. Kate Brown, Oregon’s Democratic governor, has signed Senate Bill 582 into law, which allows the state to negotiate and enter into agreements to ship its marijuana off... Read more
Illinois just became the 11th state to legalize recreational marijuana. Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into effect on Tuesday that will automatically expunge and pardon the records of 800,000 state residents with a record of non-violent small scale cannabis possession.  “Today Illinois is demonstrating everything that can... Read more
Concerned over e-cigarettes’ health risk to residents, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to become the first major United States city to ban the sale of the products. The prohibition applies to both in-store sales and delivery of e-cigarettes to city addresses. It will take... Read more
Member Blog: Legal Cannabis in Illinois – Expanded Possibilities For All
by Payal Shah, Cannabis Insight Collective Today, Governor Jim Pritzker of Illinois signed the historic House Bill 1438, The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, into law, ending prohibition for recreational cannabis usage across the state, and making it the 11th state where cannabis is legal. I, along with so... Read more
Oregon has too much cannabis. Two laws may help the state manage its surplus
You are here: Home / Policy & Legal / Oregon / Oregon has too much cannabis. Two laws may help the state manage its surplus June 25, 2019 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment Matt Miller’s family has farmed pot in Oregon since well before it became legal. But since... Read more
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