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The Minefield of California Cannabis Labels

by Griffen Thorne, Attorney @ Harris Bricken Over the last few years, I’ve been asked to review dozens and dozens of mockup cannabis labeling material to see whether they comply with California’s complex cannabis labeling requirements. I can’t recall a…

Illegal pot invades California’s deserts, bringing violence, fear, ecological destruction

Before his corpse was dumped in a shallow grave 50 miles north of Los Angeles, Mauricio Ismael Gonzalez-Ramirez was held prisoner at one of the hundreds of black-market pot farms that have exploded across California’s high desert in the last…

15,000 plants seized in raid on illegal California pot farm

SAN DIEGO — Authorities raided an illegal marijuana farm in northern San Diego County on Friday, seizing 15,000 plants and 9 1/2 pounds of pot products with an estimated street value of more than $7.5 million, authorities said. Detectives also…

California offers $100 million to rescue its struggling legal marijuana industry

The California Legislature on Monday approved a $100-million plan to bolster California’s legal marijuana industry, which continues to struggle to compete with the large illicit pot market nearly five years after voters approved sales for recreational use. Los Angeles will…

Did California Quietly Ban CBD Cosmetics?

By Griffin Thorne, Attorney at Harris Bricken If you’ve been reading our blog for the last few years, you know that California has taken a pretty absurd position on hemp-derived CBD for the last few years. Though the state led…

No Longer the ‘Devil’s Lettuce’: How the Town of Weed Embraced Weed

For decades, a rural California city winced at the puns. Now it’s cashing in. WEED, Calif. — When they see the signs for Weed, carloads of curious travelers veer off the freeway to stop and gawk. They file into gift…

California Cannabis Agency Consolidation Will Affect Cannabis Contracts

By Griffin Thorne, Attorney at Harris Bricken Over the next few months, California’s three cannabis agencies are going to consolidate their authority over the entire state’s industry into one new mega-agency: the Department of Cannabis Control. This is undoubtedly a…

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Thousands of California marijuana convictions officially reduced, others dismissed

With the stroke of a pen by a Superior Court judge in California, nearly 26,000 people with felony marijuana convictions on their records had them reduced to less onerous misdemeanor convictions last month. In addition, some 1,000 people with misdemeanor…

No more urine tests: Proposed California law would end most workplace marijuana tests

California adults can smoke marijuana without fear of going to jail, but using it after hours can still have consequences at work. A new bill in the Legislature aims to end a still common employment practice five years after Californians…

California Cannabis Litigation: Who Should Be Sued?

February 17, 2021
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by Jihee Ahn, Attorney at Harris Bricken Our litigation team has experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in the cannabis industry, and one issue we commonly see is whether an individual is rightfully sued along with his/her business. For example,…

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California Cannabis Supply Chain Contracts: Inspection and Rejection

By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Bricken Our cannabis business attorneys have drafted many cannabis supply chain agreements (such as distribution agreements, licensing agreements, etc.) over the years. Generally, supply chain cannabis contracts follow the same format and the same…

California says some highway marijuana billboards must go

In a downer for California’s legal marijuana industry, regulators say some highway billboards advertising such products must come down. The state Bureau of Cannabis Control on Thursday ordered billboard companies to stop selling space for cannabis marketing and take down…

Four years later, California courts are failing on key promise of marijuana legalization

California voters legalized marijuana in 2016, positioning the state as a national leader on drug reform. The Adult Use of Marijuana Act, or Proposition 64, allows Californians to purchase and consume regulated cannabis products. For many, buying weed has now become…

Caliva Ends 2020 in Record-Breaking Fashion with Industry-Changing Announcements

January 1, 2021
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PRESS RELEASE Caliva set the pace for cannabis innovation in 2020 by launching Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter’s MONOGRAM line, expanding its delivery and retail footprint in key California markets, and entering into definitive transaction agreements with Subversive Capital Acquisition Corp. (NEO:…

Marijuana: 4 things to watch for in California in 2021

December 30, 2020
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New laws, lower taxes, and using “Humboldt” as a marketing term could boost the industry. Making predictions about California’s marijuana industry was a challenge even before a global pandemic changed everything. It’s not just that the legal cannabis market, which…

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