Last Friday and Saturday, members of the Oregon Bar gathered (online) for the third annual Cannabis Law Institute (CLI) put on by the Cannabis and Psychedelics Law Section of the Oregon State Bar. Topics included agricultural liens and receiverships, securities in the cannabis industry, federal and state hemp updates, Oregon’s Psilocybin Act, and the failures
In follow-up to this post, we are happy to report that Dr. Sisley is still fighting the good fight: on Monday, Petitioners filed a Petition for Panel Rehearing or Rehearing En Banc. Although it’s not uncommon for these to get filed, few and far in between are granted (filing such a petition to rehash the
我们很少报道刑事案件，但明尼苏达州上诉法院最近的一项裁决引起了我的注意，因为它可能对明尼苏达州从事大麻/CBD加工、制造、持有或销售的个人及企业产生重大影响。该裁决涉及任何液态产品的制造商、加工商、销售商、分销商及消费者。
Every state has some form of open records laws. Most of us have probably heard of the Freedom of Information Action (“FOIA”) which is the federal open records law. The purpose of the FOIA according to the U.S. Supreme Court is “to ensure an informed citizenry, vital to the functioning of a democratic society, needed
苏珊娜·西斯利（Suzanne Sisley）的诉讼（暂且）告一段落。正如我们去年报道的，西斯利等人诉美国缉毒局等案（案号20-71433）是由一群科学家和退伍军人提起的上诉案件，他们于2020年5月起诉了美国缉毒局。他们与众多诉讼者一样，主张美国缉毒局的
就在几天前，德克萨斯州上诉法院就可吸食大麻发布了一项裁决意见。在深入探讨该裁决之前，让我们回顾2018年《农业法案》颁布后德克萨斯州的情况。2019年，德克萨斯州立法机构通过了规范特定大麻产品的法规条款。其中一项法律禁止任何州...
俄勒冈州杰克逊县的一名大麻种植者已对俄勒冈州农业部（ODA）提起诉讼，指控其未颁发大麻种植登记证；同时还对杰克逊县警长提起诉讼，以阻止其大麻作物被销毁。我们此前曾撰文探讨过，当执法部门试图销毁或实际销毁大麻作物时，种植者所面临的困境。
随着美国逐步推进大麻非刑事化乃至合法化进程，联邦法院仍普遍拒绝受理涉及大麻的商业纠纷案件，主要依据"违法抗辩"原则。我们曾多次撰文探讨该抗辩机制，详见此处及此处。简言之，违法抗辩是被告在被起诉时提出的主张性抗辩，其核心在于：
