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- New York Cannabis: State of the State 2023by Simon Malinowski on January 25, 2023 at 3:00 pm
A lot has happened in New York since the Canna Law Blog’s first New York State of the State. Last year was action-packed for the cannabis industry in New York. With licenses issued and sales […]
- Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of RICO Claims...by Jihee Ahn on January 24, 2023 at 3:00 pm
Well, it looks like cannabis RICO lawsuits are not going to happen any time soon. As an update to this post I wrote in 2020, the Ninth Circuit has just affirmed the dismissal of two RICO claims […]
- Will AI Replace Your Cannabis Lawyer? (I Asked...by Hilary Bricken on January 23, 2023 at 3:00 pm
ChatGPT is all the rage. The GPT stands for “Generative Pre-trained Transformer”. Translation: this is a next level, nearly omnipotent chatbot that’s incredibly articulate and conversant. Per […]
- Washington Social Equity In Cannabis Licensing...by Jack Scrantom on January 20, 2023 at 3:00 pm
The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (“WSLCB”) announced this Wednesday, January 18, that the 30 day window to apply for a Washington Social Equity In Cannabis Retail License will open […]
- Top Five Cannabis Loan Issuesby Griffen Thorne on January 19, 2023 at 3:00 pm
As we inch closer to a cannabis recession, businesses are desperately looking for new ways to stay afloat. A few years ago, our cannabis attorneys saw equity investments left and right. It seemed […]
- Oregon Cannabis 2023: Legislative Forecast and...by Vince Sliwoski on January 18, 2023 at 3:00 pm
The 2023 Oregon legislative session kicked off yesterday. It’s a regular session this year, meaning we’re in for a longer stretch– a 160 day calendar, versus the 35 day affair we see in […]
- Reviewing the New Oregon Cannabis Rulesby Jesse Mondry on January 17, 2023 at 3:00 pm
In November 2022, the OLCC adopted and amended a suite of cannabis rules that became effective January 1, 2023. You can download the changes here and read our previous coverage of many of these […]
- MLK Day: Cannabis and Civil Rightsby Vince Sliwoski on January 16, 2023 at 3:00 pm
Happy MLK Day! Time to catastrophize just a bit. Last year at this time, I kicked off this post by writing: If Martin Luther King Jr. were alive today, he would almost certainly advocate to end the […]
- Washington LCB Releases Disproportionately...by Jack Scrantom on January 13, 2023 at 3:00 pm
Yesterday, January 13, 2023, the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (“LCB”) released an interactive mapping tool for determining whether people meet have lived in Disproportionately […]
- Connecticut Adult-Use Sales Beginby Fred Rocafort on January 12, 2023 at 3:00 pm
Connecticut is the latest state to permit the sale of adult-use cannabis. The possession of cannabis by adults has been legal in Connecticut since 2021, following the enactment of Public Act No. […]