Federal Antitrust Scrutiny and (Certain) Cannabis Deals
Medical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized November 6, 2019
If you follow state-by-state legal cannabis legalization, you’re aware that despite the federal illegality of cannabis, certain federal agencies police the cannabis industry like they do any other legal industry. For example, the NLRB has been known to go after cannabis companies engaged in hostile workplace conduct and the Department of Treasury contemplates banking services to…
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California Cannabis Bill Roundup for October 2019
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized October 29, 2019
Seems like not a month goes by in California where the Assembly isn’t trying to pass a slew of cannabis bills to help regulate the state’s industry under the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (“MAUCRSA”). And October was no different. As of October 13, 2019, California has some new cannabis laws on…
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Grading the Presidential Candidates on Marijuana: Overall Rankings
Medical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized October 26, 2019
In a recent 13-part series, we reviewed the stance of each of the 2020 presidential candidates’ on marijuana, and we assigned each candidate a letter grade corresponding with our analysis. Our grading criteria is as follows: Current stance on marijuana: What have they recently said about marijuana legislation? When did they adopt this stance? We…
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Grading the Presidential Candidates on Marijuana: Tom Steyer
Medical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized October 20, 2019
We recently ran a series of blog posts that take a close look at the Democratic Party candidates for President in 2020. We examined each candidate’s historic approach to marijuana law and policy, and we also canvassed their current respective stances on marijuana. In all, we covered Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg, Corey Booker, Beto O’Rourke, Andrew Yang, Amy…
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Grading the Presidential Candidates on Marijuana: Tulsi Gabbard
Medical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized October 12, 2019
Over the course of of eleven weeks, we recently ran a series of blog posts that take a close look at the Democratic Party candidates for President in 2020. We examined each candidate’s historic approach to marijuana law and policy, and we also canvassed their current respective stances on marijuana. In all, we covered Joe Biden, Bernie…
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Vaping Epidemic and Cannabis: What Cannabis Businesses Can Expect
Medical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized October 8, 2019
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that the U.S. is facing a vaping epidemic where consumers are potentially inhaling/ingesting very toxic chemicals in the form of vaporized nicotine liquid and THC oil. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevent (CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and state and local governments are still trying…
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Seizures at School: Arizona Federal Court Says IDEA Protections Do Not Extend to Medical Cannabis Use
Medical MarijuanaUncategorized September 29, 2019
We’ve written a lot about cannabis and the Controlled Substances Act. From immigration to waste dumping. From the Fair Labor Standards Act to the STATES Act, our articles run the gamut. Not long ago we wrote about a decision by the Second Circuit that may force the DEA to re- or deschedule marijuana after writing…
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Terrible, No Good California Cannabis Distribution Contracts
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized September 25, 2019
Since January 2018, distributors have played an interesting role in California cannabis. From a regulation perspective, dealing with a distributor is not optional. However, from the business decision vantage point, they’re not all that necessary. Still, some manufacturing and cultivation licensees opt to utilize distributors for sales and retail relationships with the distributor attempting to…
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Grading the Presidential Candidates on Marijuana: Donald Trump
Medical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized September 13, 2019
Over the course of of ten weeks, we recently ran a series of blog posts that take a close look at the Democratic Party candidates for President in 2020. We examined each candidate’s historic approach to marijuana law and policy, and we also canvassed their current respective stances on marijuana. In all, we covered Joe Biden, Bernie…
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The Regulatory Twilight Zone: California Cannabis Transactions
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized September 9, 2019
For years now, I’ve seen and analyzed many different cannabis business relationships across the industry spectrum. Specifically, many proposed and draft agreements have come across my desk detailing the contractual relationships between a variety of parties in the cannabis industry for various purposes–from investors, ancillary services providers, and licensees to intellectual property holding companies, equipment…
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