Alison Malsbury of Canna Law Group is cautious on CBD for pets from a legal perspective. While her blog post certainly isn’t definitive, she raises several issues that suggest...
Alison Malsbury of the Canna Law Group notes that investors are stepping up their interest in front of potential legalization in California. She cautions that the ability for companies to...
Lawyer Phil Silvestri recently explained the timeline in Nevada’s cannabis licensing market, predicting a license bust and urging holders of licenses to act quickly if they aren’t intending...
Hilary Bricken takes a look at a hot topic: Recalls. In Denver, there were 15 different recalls during the last four months of 2015, the most recent of which...
After its denial to open a master account earlier this year, Fourth Corner Credit Union sued the Federal Reserve. Today, federal judge R. Brooke Jackson heard arguments in Colorado. Unfortunately,...
Following up on a recent article about selling licenses in Nevada, Canna Law Group attorney Robert McVay discusses a pickup in activity in Washington. His observations about the market...
Access to banking remains a major hurdle for cannabis business operators. In Colorado, the first state to fully legalize and one with a long history of regulated medical cannabis,...
Canna Law Group attorney Robert McVay takes a hard look at the potential of derivative contracts for the cannabis industry and concludes that it’s an idea that is ahead...
Phil Silvestri posted his views on the Canna Law Blog, suggesting to license holders in Nevada that they consider the strong near-term demand for licenses in the state and...
Alison Marbury of Canna Law Group posted a great article on the very complicated issues surrounding patents and trademarks in the cannabis industry. She notes: Ownership of IP in...
The ink isn’t even dry on the recent historic legislation to regulate California’s medical marijuana market two decades after its inception, but a lawsuit has already been filed....
As if there aren’t enough challenges for entrepreneurs and investors in the cannabis industry, the Canna Law Group’s blog discusses yet another one: Investing in U.S. cannabis operations as...
Hilary Bricken, a lawyer at Harris, Moure PLLC in Seattle and part of its Canna Law Group practice and who is deeply entrenched in the cannabis industry, takes a look at...
Rebecca Millican looks at the recent lawsuit filed against Colorado dispensary and cultivator LivWell and shares some advice to others: As we’ve long argued, in this industry, which lacks...
On the eve of Governor Brown signing three pieces of historic legislation that will overhaul California’s two-decade-old medical marijuana laws, Hilary Bricken of Canna Law Group shared her insight:...
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) finally issued its draft rules yesterday for Oregon’s recreational marijuana program. The rules weigh in at a hefty 70 pages and you can...
Rebecca Millican heads up the Canna Law Group’s Illinois practice A few weeks ago we ran a post examining the “illegal” nature of marijuana contracts and the challenge of...
It’s long been the commonly held view that “Big Alcohol” doesn’t get along with the burgeoning marijuana industry in the U.S. The logic is that because marijuana is a substitute for...
Cannabis companies and those providing ancillary products and services face many obstacles due to federal illegality. We are all familiar with the challenges of banking, but one impediment perhaps...
In a few weeks, the citizens of Ohio will consider whether to legalize recreational and medical marijuana and many more states will be considering legalization in November 2016. When a state...
Less than a week from today, on October 1, Oregon’s licensed medical marijuana dispensaries may begin selling certain types of marijuana to everyone 21 years or older (unless you...
The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) yesterday issued new emergency rules for medical marijuana that will take effect immediately and issued proposed rules that regulate medical marijuana cultivating, processing,...
The Suquamish Tribe and the State of Washington recently signed and entered into the first ever marijuana compact to allow a Native American Tribe to cultivate, process, and sell marijuana within a...
Hawaii’s new medical cannabis program has people across the country seeing green in the Rainbow State. What’s got so many stoked even though Hawaii has had legal cannabis since 2000?...
On Friday, the California Senate and Assembly voted to approve the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act, marking a big step toward regulating cannabis in California. We’ve consistently written...
