Deeply conservative Oklahoma became the 30th U.S. state to legalize medical marijuana after voters approved a ballot initiative by a 57-43 margin on June 26. The move signaled new inroads among Bible Belt constituencies, where, by and large, state policies have restricted medical cannabis use to hemp-derived CBD products... Read more
Official USPTO position on industrial hemp CBD marks. With the cannabidiol (CBD) industry continuing to boom, I’ve had numerous inquiries from my CBD-selling clients regarding federal trademark protection for their CBD brands, particularly when the CBD they are selling is derived from Farm Bill hemp and grown in accordance... Read more
Deeply conservative Oklahoma became the 30th U.S. state to legalize medical marijuana after voters approved a ballot initiative by a 57-43 margin on June 26. The move signaled new inroads among Bible Belt constituencies, where, by and large, state policies have restricted medical cannabis use to hemp-derived CBD products... Read more
Edmonton, AB – June 26, 2018 – PRESS RELEASE – Aurora Cannabis Inc. announced today that it has agreed to a new $200 million debt facility, with a potential upsize to $250 million, with the Bank of Montreal (“BMO”). The facility will consist of a $150 million term loan and... Read more
Edmonton, AB – June 26, 2018 – PRESS RELEASE – Aurora Cannabis Inc. announced today that it has agreed to a new $200 million debt facility, with a potential upsize to $250 million, with the Bank of Montreal (“BMO”). The facility will consist of a $150 million term loan and... Read more
The marijuana market has continued to show a large amount of promise over the course of the past year or so. With new legislation going into place around North America and the world, it seems as though the cannabis industry is just now getting started. Momentum during the past... Read more
A Ukiah man was arrested Monday after police found him driving through an area of Spring Valley under mandatory evacuations, his car packed with two pounds of marijuana and a loaded handgun, authorities said. Helicopters work to extinguish the Pawnee fire burning east of Spring Valley, Calif., Monday, June... Read more
The fate of a nascent effort to create a bank owned by the city of Los Angeles and meant to help legally-permitted cannabis businesses could be decided by voters this fall. The City Council on Tuesday will vote on whether to start the process of placing a measure on... Read more
Moreno Valley voters will be asked to tax commercial marijuana sales and production in Riverside County’s second-largest city when they go to the polls in November to elect a new California governor. The Moreno Valley City Council recently voted to place such a tax measure on the ballot. The... Read more
PHELAN — It was already in the mid-80s early Thursday morning when detectives arrived to the first illegal marijuana grow raid of the day, and the heat only grew more searing by the hour. Yet none of this seemed to deter the six-man San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Marijuana... Read more
