Los litigios civiles en el sector del cannabis, al igual que en cualquier otro sector, suelen desarrollarse siguiendo un orden previsible. En primer lugar, se presenta y se notifica una demanda. Esto da inicio al proceso judicial y obliga al demandado a presentar un escrito de contestación para evitar una sentencia en rebeldía. En segundo lugar, las partes llevan a cabo la fase de intercambio de pruebas por escrito: es decir, recopilan documentos pertinentes, identifican posibles testigos y envían cuestionarios y

Like all commercial litigation, cannabis business litigation is expensive and in most circumstances a party cannot recover its attorneys’ fees. The exception is where recovery is authorized by a contract or a statute. This post discusses how a party in commercial litigation—whether involving cannabis or not—can use an Offer of Judgment to leverage a more

Like companies in any other industry, licensed cannabis companies typically carry insurance and sometimes find themselves at odds with their cannabis business insurers. Those companies purchase a policy to cover a specific risk for a stated premium and when that risk presents itself, their business insurers suddenly have fine-print explanations for everything. In these situations,