Cannabis Law Report

• There May Really be 8,000 Unlicensed Cannabis Shops in NYC Says Attorney Paula Collins September 25, 2023
  West Side Spirit The hundreds of millions of uncollected tax money from illegal cannabis shops can fix our streets, hospitals and pot holes says one prominent lawyer who estimates there are as many as 8,000 unregistered cannabis shops in the city. If the 8,000 number of illegal cannabis shops is accurate, it is more than […]
• CA: Former Baldwin Park city attorney a ‘co-conspirator’ in $70K cannabis bribery scheme, indictment alleges September 25, 2023
  Prosecutors are alleging Robert Tafoya assisted in a scheme to help a businessman secure a cannabis permit The San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports Baldwin Park’s former city attorney “knowingly and intentionally” assisted in a bribery and wire fraud scheme that funneled $70,000 in illicit payoffs to former Councilman Ricardo Pacheco to secure his vote on […]
• Oklahoma Supreme Court declines to hear lawsuit changing medical marijuana licensing fees, requirements September 20, 2023
  KOCO reports OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Supreme Court decided not to hear a lawsuit against new marijuana laws that drove up licensing fees and requirements to operate. Marijuana businesses now have a month and a half to meet new state laws, and some argued the decision on this challenge makes that process harder. “I […]
• Press Release: The International Cannabis Bar Association (INCBA) Presents  the Inaugural Global Cannabis Intellectual Property Symposium September 20, 2023
  Pioneering Intellectual Property Law on a Global Scale San Francisco, CA – The International Cannabis Bar Association (INCBA) proudly announces the Global Cannabis Intellectual Property Symposium 2023, the first-ever international gathering dedicated to the convergence of Intellectual Property (IP) law and the dynamic emerging cannabis industry. As the cannabis industry continues its rapid global expansion, safeguarding intellectual property rights […]
• Trulieve Files Racketeering Lawsuit Against Former Employees, Vendors in Arizona September 19, 2023
  It sure is a ding dong battle between employers and employees in the cannabis industry in AZ at the moment GMR reported 11 Sept The company says the “commercial bribery” scheme started in 2020 or 2021. Florida-based Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (CSE: TRUL) (OTCQX: TCNNF) filed a civil racketeering lawsuit against two of its former purchasing […]
• Press Release: Michael Houghton Confirmed to Serve on Delaware’s First Marijuana Appeals Commission September 19, 2023
  Morris Nichols senior counsel Michael Houghton has been appointed to serve on the Marijuana Appeals Commission. He was nominated by Delaware Governor John Carney, and confirmed in a special session of the Delaware State Senate on Friday, September 8, 2023. Delaware enacted legislation to legalize and regulate cannabis in late April 2023. The three-member Appeals […]
• Michigan Businessman Sentenced to 2+ Years In Prison for Cannabis Industry Bribes September 17, 2023
  Ganjapreneur report Michigan businessman John Dalaly was sentenced on Thursday to more than two years in federal prison for bribing the former head of the state cannabis licensing board. A Michigan businessman on Thursday was sentenced to more than two years in federal prison for bribing the former head of the state cannabis licensing board, […]
• Virginia: Hemp Businesses Challenge Limits on Hemp Products September 11, 2023
  Marijuana Moment reports “​​I feel like it should definitely be regulated, but not regulated to the point where you’re shutting doors of good businesses.” By Rahul Chowdhry Sharma, Virginia Mercury Two hemp businesses and a private citizen are challenging a Virginia law that instituted tougher limits on hemp products in Virginia in federal court, saying the new […]
•  Amber M. Naiman joins Clark Hill Law, Denver. September 9, 2023
  Bob Hoban posts on Linked In I am very pleased to announce that Amber M. Naiman has joined Clark Hill Law, Denver. She has joined our corporate group after working with some of the region’s most reputable commercial law firms. Amber was admitted to practice law in Colorado in 2016, and has developed a reputation as a thoughtful, diligent, […]
• Resource: The Marijuana, Medicine and The Law Series September 7, 2023
  Alice O’Leary Randall writes Beginning In 1988, Robert and I started publishing the Marijuana, Medicine and The Law series which eventually had five separate books all based on the hearings before Judge Young. Long out-of-print, these books are still available at Internet Archive. The first two volumes contain the testimony, briefs and decision from Judge Young’s hearings. Volume I contains […]
• PA: Several people charged for involvement in large-scale marijuana grow operation in Lower Macungie September 7, 2023
  LOWER MACUNGIE TWP., Pa. – The Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office is releasing information about a large-scale illegal marijuana grow operation in Lower Macungie Township. A press release writes the operation took place from June 2019 – May 2021 in the 8000 block of Spring Creek Road. Multiple people were arrested and charged for their […]
• Hamburg Rubin Mullin Mawell & Lupin: William G. Roark Built firm’s cannabis and medical marijuana practice from scratch named new Managing Partner aged only 42 September 7, 2023
  Here’s the press release MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA. September 6, 2023: Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin is pleased to announce that William G. Roark (age 42), has become the new Managing Partner of the firm. Roark succeeds Steven H. Lupin, who held the position for over 30 years. The two had served as co-managing partners […]
• Media Report: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Fears Biden Will Obstruct Bipartisan Push To Research Psychedelics September 7, 2023
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez expressed concern that President Biden might obstruct a bipartisan push to allow psychedelics research. Ocasio-Cortez introduced a psychedelics-related bill four years ago but now admits she’s worried that the president will backpedal on his commitment to permit psychedelics research. “I am concerned about the president,” Ocasio-Cortez said as reported The Washington Post. “I believe the president has displayed a regressiveness for […]
• Missouri Cannabis Company Subjected to 63k-Product Recall Now Being Sued September 1, 2023
  If you will call your company Dark Horse these sorts of things are bound to happen! Ganjapreneur write An Arkansas medical cannabis company is suing the Missouri firm that had nearly 63,000 of its products recalled, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. In its lawsuit, Dark Horse Medicinals Missouri, LLC says it purchased $325,632 worth of the now-recalled products […]