On June 15, 2023, the OLCC approved temporary rules requiring marijuana retailers to obtain a Certificate of Tax Compliance (“Certificate”) from the Oregon Department of Revenue (“DOR”) as a condition for acquiring or renewing a marijuana retailer license, as well as for changes of ownership and adding someone to a license. These new rules resulted
Last month, Washington governor Jay Inslee signed SB 5367, a largely unpublicized bill “concerning the regulation of products containing THC”. Among other things, the bill amends the definition of "cannabis product" in the state’s Controlled Substances Act to include products with any detectable amount of THC concentration. Selling such CBD products will require licensure by
انتشر الخبر ببطء، ثم فجأة: توصلت نيويورك إلى تسوية في قضية «فاريسكايت»، وتم رفع الأمر القضائي الذي كان يحظر إصدار تراخيص «محلات البيع بالتجزئة المشروطة لاستخدام البالغين» (CAURD) في منطقة فينجر ليكس. تمت الموافقة على التسوية خلال اجتماع مجلس مراقبة القنب (CCB) في 30 مايو 2023، مما مهد الطريق لإصدار تراخيص CAURD جديدة
منذ أن أقر الكونغرس «قانون تحسينات الزراعة لعام 2018» (أو «قانون الزراعة لعام 2018») ، سعى الناس إلى إيجاد طرق مبتكرة لبيع المنتجات المخدرة المشتقة من القنب. ومن الأمثلة على ذلك منتجات THCA، مثل أزهار THCA، التي تحتوي على مستويات عالية جدًا من مادة THCA. لكن هل مادة THCA قانونية؟ اليوم، أود أن أتناول مسألة شرعية
The Florida Supreme Court will consider the legality of an initiative to get adult-use cannabis legalization on the 2024 ballot. Per Florida law, the state's attorney general must request an advisory opinion from the Florida Supreme Court on whether the proposed measure complies with certain legal requirements. One of the issues is whether the initiative
We’ve recently received a number of inquiries about whether it is legal to import marijuana seeds into the United States. These are seeds derived from marijuana plants that have a THC content less than 0.3%, but when planted will germinate into marijuana plants that have a THC content more than 0.3%. The seeds themselves have
The famed Nat Sherman Townhouse is due for a revival. For those unaware of its history, Nat Sherman was a line of cigars that were sold out of the Nat Sherman Townhouse on 42nd Street in Manhattan for almost 90 years. The storefront permanently closed in the midst of the pandemic in September 2020. Recent
Cannabis users cannot own or possess firearms under federal law. This is true even in states where cannabis is legal, and even for medical patients. These gun rights are very likely going to be held unconstitutional. But the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is clinging to them nevertheless. I've written pretty extensively
As a corporate attorney, one of the most common errors I see is failure to implement even basic corporate governance practices. This can lead to astoundingly bad places in certain circumstances. But even when it doesn't, it is often costly to reconstruct past corporate actions. And that cost can be defrayed relatively easily. One way
تلقينا العديد من الأسئلة الجيدة في الأسبوع الماضي عقب الندوة الإلكترونية التي عقدناها حول الدعاوى القضائية المتعلقة بالقنب في ظل تراجع السوق الحالي. وكان أحد هذه الأسئلة يتعلق باسترداد أتعاب المحاماة ومدى احتمالية حدوث ذلك. ويُعد احتمال استرداد أتعاب المحاماة أحد الاعتبارات المهمة في بداية أي قضية، ولكن يمكن
