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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…

Cannabis regulators may loosen California rules to help struggling industry

December 12, 2020
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With California’s licensed pot shops still struggling to compete with the illicit market and facing the new challenges of COVID-19, a state panel that advises regulators on cannabis sales recommended Wednesday that several restrictions be relaxed to give legal businesses…

A Hard Hit for Cannabis Smokers

November 26, 2020
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A San Francisco indoor smoking ban is under consideration, but has the dubious consequence of leaving renters with no legal place to smoke weed. At Tuesday’s upcoming San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting, the board will consider a new law…

Lawsuit Challenging California Cannabis Deliveries Dismissed, But Status Quo Remains

November 25, 2020
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By Alison Malsbury, Attorney at Harris Bricken On November 17, 2020, the Fresno County Superior Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by 24 California cities seeking to invalidate state cannabis regulations that allow delivery of cannabis to customers in jurisdictions that…

Los Angeles faces lawsuit over marijuana delivery licenses

Two marijuana trade organizations filed a lawsuit Monday against the nation’s largest legal pot market over restrictions on stand-alone delivery services that have blocked them from obtaining licenses until 2025. The lawsuit against Los Angeles and its Department of Cannabis Regulation seeks…

California Bureau of Cannabis Control Seeks Civil Penalties for Unlicensed Commercial Cannabis Activity

September 30, 2020
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By Alison Malsbury, Attorney at Harris Bricken On September 24, 2020, the Bureau of Cannabis Control (“BCC”) issued a press release announcing its filing of a complaint seeking civil penalties from Vertical Bliss, Inc., also known as Kushy Punch (“Vertical…

Consumer Privacy, California Cannabis and CCPA Deletion Requests

September 17, 2020
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By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Bricken The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) took effect at the beginning of the year. CCPA is a massive privacy law similar in scope to the European Union’s infamous General Data Protection Regulation, and…

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