We are proud to support Seattle University’s 6th Annual Northwest Marijuana Law Conference taking place on Friday, November 16. Josh Ashby and Sativa Rasmussen are the program’s Co-Chairs and will lead the conversation, bringing together experts from the law and the industry to provide critical focus and frameworks.
Ben Pirie will present on “Updates on…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an announcement seeking public comment on the “abuse potential, actual abuse, medical usefulness, trafficking, and impact of scheduling changes on availability for medical use” of cannabis and several other substances now under international review.
This announcement comes in response to the upcoming meeting of the World Health…
Just in case you missed it, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) sent a memo to Democratic congressional leaders on Wednesday outlining a comprehensive plan to legalize marijuana in the United States as soon as 2019. You can read the full text here, and we couldn’t have said it better ourselves. It’s hard to overstate the…
A few months ago, we chronicled a suit that Josephine County brought against the State of Oregon, which challenged the legality of the state’s marijuana laws. On August 30, Federal Magistrate Judge Clarke recommended dismissal of the lawsuit. In succinct fashion, Judge Clarke noted that Josephine County lacks standing to sue the State of…
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) recently released “An Initial Assessment of Cannabis Production, Distribution, and Consumption in Oregon 2018 – An Insight Report.” The report “does not purport to be a policy evaluation or policy performance review; rather [the] assessment provides a verifiable analysis of assorted information and…
Justin Hobson made a guest appearance on episode #6 of CFN Insider’s “Profit From Cannabis” podcast. The episode, entitled “The US Cannabis Marker: New Promise, Persistent Constraints,” covers:
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A significant tax bill may await RICO plaintiffs involving cannabis lawsuits because in most cases the plaintiffs will be taxable not only on amounts recovered but also on the amounts spent on lawyers and court costs.
We recently discussed the latest in a series of Oregon RICO cases that generally involve property disputes. Plaintiffs and…
Like coworkers to donuts, the cannabis industry has attracted a host of adjacent industries that interface with the business of marijuana in one way or another. Some, like security, cash management, and analytical services, support the industry in ways that are integral to its success. Others . . . do not. Enter the Oregon attorney…
On July 3, the New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) issued its “Guidance on Provision of Financial Services to Medical Marijuana & Industrial Hemp-Related Businesses in New York State (PDF).” In the memorandum, DFS Superintendent Maria T. Vullo examines the current banking issues facing the state-legal marijuana businesses and states (in our…
As our regular readers are aware, Senators Warren and Gardner introduced a bi-partisan bill in the Senate for the federal government: (1) to generally defer to state laws legalizing marijuana and (2) to effectively allow all banks to provide services to legal cannabis businesses in the same way that they treat other legal businesses…