“I tend to think it’s marijuana practically speaking if not legally speaking…THCa is probably a risk that most people shouldn’t take, there are so many ways it can go wrong.”

“It takes a lot of time and money to get a license. It’s very easy to lose that license,” said Griffen Thorne, a California-based attorney with the Harris Sliwoski law firm.

Vince Sliwoski, an attorney with the Harris Sliwoski law firm, theorized that federal courts are “sliding backward” in regards to honoring contracts involving cannabis companies. He cited several recent decisions to make the case that cannabis litigants might be better served in state courts.

“I think it also shows [that federal agencies] are working in good faith and want to make rules that work for the industry,” he said. “They actually want it to grow, and taking feedback from folks in the industry is a good way to help understand what needs to be done.”

Griffen Thorne, an attorney at cannabis law firm Harris Sliwoski, says the judge’s Thursday ruling raises a “pretty significant” point—that some of the plaintiffs lack a delivery-related ordinance.

While the cities had said they might adopt such ordinances, “[Judge McGuire] just knocked that argument out of the park,” Thorne said.

In a Thursday post at law firm Harris Sliwoski’s Canna Law Blog, attorney Jesse Mondry outlines problems Curaleaf and Cura have faced.