The Business of Marijuana in Northern California: Join Us January 17 and 18 in San Francisco!
CaliforniaUncategorized January 8, 2019
On Thursday and Friday of next week, January 17 & 18, our own Daniel Dersham and Julie Hamill will present at a two-day continuing legal education (CLE) event in San Francisco called The Business of Marijuana in Northern California, to discuss cannabis real estate and land use issues in California. The roster of speakers lined…
Read moreMember Blog: News Flash – Quirky Cannabis Regulations Unchecked
CaliforniaMarijuana Laws, Regulations, & PoliticsUncategorized January 7, 2019 0
We’ve previously written about some of the pitfalls for landlords to avoid when leasing to commercial cannabis tenants in California. We’ve also recently discussed some relevant issues for landlords created by the state’s near-final regulations. And we’ve also looked at some of the biggest uncertainties remaining after the state issued those regulations. Now that we…
Read moreCalifornia Cannabis Red Tape Alert: New BCC “Change of Ownership” Rules
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized January 7, 2019
Our California cannabis lawyers are seeing a major spike in mergers and acquisitions (M & A), and it’s time to discuss what’s on the horizon for changes of ownership for some California cannabis businesses. In every cannabis state, M & A is no breeze because the regulators almost always require pre-approval of the transaction or…
Read moreGift of pot? Marijuana businesses work in Michigan law’s gray area
Marijuana Industry NewsMichiganRecreational Marijuana January 6, 2019 0
The Road to Recreational Marijuana in Florida Starts Next Week
FloridaMarijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaRecreational Marijuana January 6, 2019 0
It’s 2019 and Oregon employees can still be terminated for off-work marijuana use. That includes not just recreational use, but off-work medical use by registered cardholders in the Oregon Health Authority system– even patients with debilitating medical conditions like cancer or epilepsy. This means that Oregon, which has been on the forefront of decriminalization and…
Read moreThe California Cannabis Packaging and Labeling Mess Will Soon Begin
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized January 4, 2019
In early December, California’s cannabis regulators released their proposed final regulations. If the regulations aren’t changed, it’s expected that they will take effect at some point this month, or shortly after. These regulations have some pretty important changes from the current readopted emergency regulations. One of the notable areas of change is the packaging and…
Read moreArizona ‘very much on the map’ as marijuana companies expand, consolidate
ArizonaMarijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaRecreational Marijuana January 3, 2019 0
Now for the Hard Part: Getting Californians to Buy Legal Weed
CaliforniaMarijuana Industry NewsRecreational Marijuana January 3, 2019 0