California Cannabis: L.A. Phase 3 Social Equity Window Opens Today
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized May 29, 2019
The prelude to Phase 3 licensing in the City of L.A. is finally upon us. Today, L.A. will begin accepting applications for Phase 3 social equity applicants for retail and delivery in the City. Specifically, Phase 3 social equity applicants will have from today through July 29th to prove up their Tier 1 or Tier…
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ICYMI: Phase 3 Marijuana Retail Licensing in L.A. Shoots to Commence in September
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized May 15, 2019
In case you missed it, at the end of last month, the City of L.A. finally decided on what to do with Phase 3 cannabis licensing regarding retail and retail delivery (see here and here for the City’s newest ordinances). In addition, City Council instructed the Department of Cannabis Regulation (“DCR”) to begin the pre-vetting process for social…
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Top Five Things to Know if You’re Building Your Cannabis Empire Through M&A
Medical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized May 6, 2019
It’s no secret that multiple state-by-state operators are building their cannabis empires through aggressive mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”). Last year, our cannabis business attorneys closed more than $100 million in cannabis company acquisitions, and that shows no signs of stopping in 2019. Cannabis M&A is not your run-of-the-mill business dealing though, and working from boilerplate,…
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The Business of Marijuana in Oregon: Join Us May 17!
HempMedical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized May 3, 2019
In exactly two weeks, on May 17, 2019, our own Vince Sliwoski will co-chair an all-day continuing legal education (CLE) event in Portland called The Business of Marijuana in Oregon, along with Danica Hibpshman, Director of Statewide Licensing at the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC). The roster of speakers lined up for this CLE is better than any year…
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California Cannabis: Los Angeles Moves to Reform Phase 3 Cannabis Licensing
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized April 23, 2019
This past weekend was the hallowed 4/20 holiday for those who celebrate and participate. Prior to 4/20, the City of L.A. made some progressive moves towards bolstering consumer protection in the City concerting illegal cannabis (see this pretty great interactive map for your legal cannabis providers in City borders) and rounding out (legally speaking) the…
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Cannabots: Are the Robots Coming For Your Weed?
Medical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized April 22, 2019
Everyone seems to agree that few of us are safe from the impending roboacolypse. Not the farmers, not the restaurant workers, not even the fashion models or (gasp!) the lawyers. What about those employed in the cannabis industry? Not according to a recent article on Seedo, “an Israeli and Maryland based startup that claims to…
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Mexican Cannabis: The New Legal Landscape
Medical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized April 20, 2019
We are committed to keeping our knowledge of international cannabis news current, and as legalized cannabis has become an international reality, our lawyers in Spain and in China are naturally seeing more of this work. Zozayacorrea Sahagún Arizaga, a leading law firm based in Guadalajara, Mexico, gave Harris Bricken the express permission to provide our…
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Prop. 65 Potentially Expanding to Cover More California Cannabis Products
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized April 11, 2019
We’ve written time and again about the looming terror of Prop. 65 violations for cannabis businesses when it comes to packaging and labeling their products with the correct safe harbor language. The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (a/k/a Prop. 65), requires the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) to publish a…
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The More You Know: California Cannabis Provisional Licensing Update
CaliforniaMedical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized April 4, 2019
If you’re in the cannabis licensing game in California, you know that it’s taking months and months to secure annual licensing from all three agencies overseeing the implementation of the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act. To date, temporary licensing has propped up the industry. However, those temp licenses can no longer be issued…
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Far Beyond the Spanish Cannabis Scene: Spannabis 2019
Medical MarijuanaRecreational MarijuanaUncategorized March 23, 2019
It’s amazing to experience such an impressive international gathering like Spannabis taking place in a country where, regardless of the massive cannabis culture and high social tolerance, legislation on the matter is way behind, and keeps criminalizing and punishing anything that goes beyond private consumption and self-growing. Culture, industry, business, mainstream and specialists, celebrities, growers,…
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