Saving Oregon’s Cannabis Industry April 1, 2024 AggregatedNews Oregon 0 Comments By Aaron Pelley, Attorney at Harris Sliwoski Though the cannabis industry is one of America’s most lucrative new industries — with estimates that it will reach approximately $58 billion in sales by 2028 — the markets in several recreational states are suffering… Read More→
Oregon Cannabis License Moratorium: Almost There March 18, 2024 AggregatedNews Oregon 0 Comments By Vince Sliwoski, Managing Partner of Harris Sliwoski It looks like a permanent Oregon cannabis license moratorium will finally take effect. I say “looks like” because key contingencies are still in play and, although things look promising, it could also get… Read More→
Oregon marijuana sales fall again, prices stagnant February 26, 2024 AggregatedNews Oregon 0 Comments Oregon’s struggling cannabis industry endured another difficult year in 2023, and there’s no indication conditions will ease in the foreseeable future. Prices remain severely depressed, under $4 a gram for 11 consecutive months. Sales fell by nearly 4% last year.… Read More→
Thoughts on THCA, Interstate Sales….and Oregon February 19, 2024 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal, Interstate Commerce, Oregon 0 Comments By Vince Śliwowski, Managing Partner of Harris Sliwoski Friend of the firm Andrew DeWeese published a recent LinkedIn post on Oregon’s outlying stance on THCA the other day, and the priorities of local industry advocates. I wanted to highlight that post and… Read More→
Struggling with oversaturation, Oregon’s cannabis industry calls for new restrictions January 15, 2024 AggregatedNews Oregon 0 Comments Leaders of Oregon’s cannabis industry are asking the state to permanently restrict the number of new marijuana businesses. To date, Oregon has approved over 3,000 licenses for the farming, processing or sale of marijuana. Industry advocates say since businesses can’t… Read More→
Oregon Cannabis: State of the State (2023) December 22, 2023 AggregatedNews Oregon 0 Comments By Vince Sliwoski, Managing Partner of Harris Sliwoski Welcome to the eighth annual “State of the State” post on Oregon cannabis. Last year was memorable for Oregon the industry, pockmarked by OLCC scandal, heavy regulatory swings, and even marquee litigation.… Read More→
In Southern Oregon, Illegal Cannabis Has Overwhelmed the Legal Industry December 21, 2023 AggregatedNews Black Market, Oregon 0 Comments To residents of Cave Junction, the legacy of legal weed is a pattern of extraction and exploitation that recalls the boom years of the timber industry. But this time, the exploiters are criminal enterprises. The nerve center of Oregon’s largest… Read More→
Cannabis Banking Today November 17, 2023 AggregatedNews Banking, Finance & Real Estate, Oregon 0 Comments By Vince Sliwoski, Principal at Harris Sliwoski We are helping build out another cannabis banking program here in Oregon. My law firm has done a series of these for credit unions (“CU”s) and other financial institutions (“FIs”) going back to… Read More→
Oregon Cannabis: The OLCC License as Security October 19, 2023 AggregatedNews Oregon 0 Comments By Vince Sliwoski, Principal Harris Sliwoski Can a creditor, landlord or other third party take a security interest in an OLCC license? Can an OLCC licensee collateralize or pledge its license– as if that license were personal property, and not… Read More→
Oregon Cannabis PSA: A Little Grace on Retailer Tax Compliance Requirements September 21, 2023 AggregatedNews Oregon, Taxes 0 Comments By Vince Sliwoski, Attorney at Harris Bricken It’s been a minute since we wrote about the new OLCC tax compliance rules for retailers. These temporary rules require all retailers to certify tax compliance via the Oregon Department of Revenue (DOR) in… Read More→
Oregon Cannabis: CIAO Wins Round One on Aspergillus Testing Rule! August 28, 2023 AggregatedNews Oregon 0 Comments By Jesse Mondry, Attorney at Harris Bricken Oregon marijuana growers dreading the new aspergillus testing rule can exhale (for now). That’s because on Friday, August 25, the Oregon Supreme Court stayed enforcement of the new aspergillus testing rule pending a… Read More→
Oregon Governor Vetoes Marijuana State Bank Bill August 18, 2023 AggregatedNews Banking, Finance & Real Estate, Oregon 0 Comments By Jesse Mondry, Attorney at Harris Bricken Oregon’s governor recently vetoed an effort to create a state bank for marijuana businesses, in another blow to the struggling industry. The lack of consistent, equitable access to banking has been recurring issue… Read More→
Oregon Cannabis Round-Up: Chalice Receivership, New Tax Rules, New Laws June 26, 2023 AggregatedNews Oregon 0 Comments By Vince Sliwoski, Attorney at Harris Bricken It’s been an eventful month in Oregon cannabis. Below are some early summer notes on three things we’ve been doing and watching and writing about. The Chalice receivership I covered this last month as the… Read More→
New Rules: Oregon Cannabis Retailers Must Certify Tax Compliance June 23, 2023 AggregatedNews Oregon 0 Comments By Jesse Mondry, Attorney at Harris Bricken, On June 15, 2023, the OLCC approved temporary rules requiring marijuana retailers to obtain a Certificate of Tax Compliance (“Certificate”) from the Oregon Department of Revenue (“DOR”) as a condition for acquiring or renewing a… Read More→
Oregon Town’s Marijuana Boom Yields Envy in Idaho June 16, 2023 AggregatedNews Idaho, Oregon 0 Comments For John Leeds, the hour-and-a-half commute to and from his job as assistant manager at Treasure Valley Cannabis Company is exhausting, but logistically unavoidable. Like nearly half of the other employees, Mr. Leeds, 39, lives in Idaho and travels along… Read More→