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Labeling CBD-Infused Foods in Oregon

Hemp Oregon Uncategorized November 6, 2018

Since the beginning of the year, our firm has received a growing number of inquiries related to the labeling of cannabinoids (“CBD”)-infused foods. This legal issue is particularly confusing given the fact that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has yet to provide clear guidance for this category of products. This post aims to…

Working with Outside Sales Persons in Oregon Cannabis

Oregon Uncategorized November 4, 2018

Outside sales people can be a great tool to sell your cannabis product. They may be invaluable to your company. In Oregon, outside sales people may be exempt from minimum wage and overtime requirements if certain requirements are met. Lately, we’ve seen more and more Oregon marijuana companies start working with outside sales people (sometimes…

Cannabis RICO Lawsuits Are Failing: Oregon and Colorado Updates

Colorado Oregon Recreational Marijuana Uncategorized November 2, 2018

We’ve been writing about RICO lawsuits on this blog for a while. These lawsuits are typically brought by neighbors of state-licensed cannabis farms, who allege they are bothered by noise and smells associated with cannabis production, and that their property values have been damaged by extension. Generally speaking, these plaintiffs tend to have strong prohibitionist…

Paying Cannabis Workers Equally Under the Oregon Equal Pay Act: Part 3

Oregon Uncategorized October 28, 2018

This series of posts has been exploring Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) proposed rules implementing Oregon Equal Pay Act and how it will affect cannabis businesses. Last week, I discussed what “work of a comparable character” means. The week before that, I explored what compensation is. This... Read more

Paying Cannabis Workers Equally Under the Oregon Equal Pay Act: Part 2

Oregon Uncategorized October 20, 2018

In 2017 Oregon passed sweeping Equal Pay Legislation. Towards the end of August, Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) issued draft rules implementing the Oregon Equal Pay Act. This series of post is exploring those new rules and how they will affect cannabis businesses. In my last post,... Read more

Cannabis Tax Crimes: Don’t Even Think About It

Oregon Uncategorized October 15, 2018

Today let’s talk about Matthew Price, the Oregon marijuana businessman headed to jail for tax crimes. This story got a lot of coverage when it broke last month, partly because it was the first known tax-related prosecution for a licensed pot business owner, and partly because Price was fairly... Read more

Paying Cannabis Employees Equally Under the Oregon Equal Pay Act: Part 1

Oregon Uncategorized October 14, 2018

Back in 2017, the Oregon legislature passed equal pay legislation prohibiting employers from asking applicants about compensation history. The law is known as the Equal Pay Act. This law, like other employment laws, applies to cannabis businesses. The equal pay provision of the law goes into effect on January... Read more

Cities Should Not License Cannabis Businesses. They Should Support Them.

Medical Marijuana Oregon Recreational Marijuana Uncategorized October 9, 2018

. City cannabis licensing in action. Recently, the City of Portland announced that it would lower cannabis business licensing fees. Most notably, retail license fees have been reduced from $4,975 to $3,500, in line with other license types.... Read more

Cannabis Cybersecurity: Information Security Standards in Oregon

Medical Marijuana Oregon Recreational Marijuana Uncategorized September 29, 2018

Last week we discussed the data breach notification laws with which cannabis companies doing business in Oregon must comply following a cyber intrusion. Today, we discuss the safeguards these companies must adopt to protect the security, confidentiality and integrity of customers and employee (collectively, “Consumer”)’s personal information, who reside... Read more

Oregon Cannabis: Employees and Changes in Ownership

Medical Marijuana Oregon Recreational Marijuana Uncategorized September 28, 2018

Your license transition plan should consider employees. You’re new to the Oregon cannabis scene and quickly realize you won’t be able to open a newly licensed cannabis retail store due to the Oregon Liquor Control Commissions (OLCC) pause on issuing new licenses that went into effect on June 15.... Read more