After a vote last week, the National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL) adopted a revised cannabis policy measure (the “Directive“) which supports federally descheduling cannabis, as well as cannabis banking reform. At this point, it’s abundantly clear that the states have moved beyond cannabis prohibition. The NCSL is a non-partisan organization that represents all state
关于加州大麻持证者在《医用与成人用大麻监管及安全法案》（MAUCRSA）框架下可为与不可为之事，我常被问及诸多问题。尽管加州大麻产业存在诸多争议，但持证经营一旦启动，该州实则对商业相当友好。例如，垂直整合被允许——没有
在采取措施保护知识产权的过程中，具有误导性的内容是大麻品牌面临的又一陷阱。根据《美国商标法》（通常称为《兰哈姆法》），此类内容不得作为商标注册（《美国法典》第15编第1052(a)条）。虽然从某种程度上说，这是一条旨在……的常识性规定
We’ve been writing about eligibility criteria for licensure for the New York Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary (“CAURD”) (here and here). In addition to the Office of Cannabis Management’s (the “OCM”) handy FAQ, it also recently published a scoring criterion to score eligible applicants after they have met the minimum requirements for each type of eligible
2022年8月4日，美国总统乔·拜登就美国篮球运动员布里特妮·格里纳的判决发表正式声明。格里纳刚被判处九年俄罗斯劳改营监禁，并罚款一百万卢布。我们此前曾报道过格里纳的案件（详见此处和此处），简而言之，她可能将在俄罗斯服刑九年。
Many folks in the cannabis industry – especially legacy operators – have little to no experience with corporate governance. I don’t mean to say that they don’t know how to run a business; they likely do. What I mean when I refer to corporate governance is the actual process of adhering to governance agreements, getting
威廉·里格利公司诉罗伯托·康德等案近日作出的终审判决堪称警示案例，为大麻企业敲响警钟：在商业语境中，戏仿绝非商标侵权的抗辩理由。我们皆知威廉·里格利——这家口香糖巨头在...
Listen up friends. The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) plans to drop the hammer on bad actors in the regulated Oregon market. Or so the Commission announced in a stern news release on Friday, July 29 (the “Release”). The Release is titled “Commissioners plan to tighten ‘change of ownership’ option.” For good effect, it is subtitled
Listen up friends. The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) plans to drop the hammer on bad actors in the regulated Oregon market. Or so the Commission announced in a stern news release on Friday, July 29 (the “Release”). The Release is titled “Commissioners plan to tighten ‘change of ownership’ option.” For good effect, it
Last week, we discovered that U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker cited our own Vince Sliwoski in a letter to Merrick Garland, the U.S. Attorney General, pressing for the end of cannabis prohibition. The Warren-Booker letter, dated October 6, 2021, advocates for DEA to remove cannabis from the federal Controlled Substances Act— which would
