Cannabis in Court: When Federal Courts Will Hear Commercial Disputes Related to the Cannabis Business April 24, 2024 Stephen Ascher Federal 0 Comments By Steven Ascher and Anna M.Windemuth The unique status of the cannabis business — legal in a majority of states, but still illegal under federal law — creates a thorny problem for litigants: Federal courts sometimes refuse to hear cannabis-related… Read More→
Lawmakers, trying ‘to wrest back a little’ control on cannabis, plan fixes to CT law March 13, 2024 AggregatedNews Connecticut 0 Comments Recognizing a fast-changing world, a key state committee voted Tuesday to expand the overall marijuana regulation to THC-infused beverages. Only 14 months since licensed retailers began selling recreational marijuana in Connecticut, legislators said they are trying to make sure that they regulate the products… 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→
Welcome to Colorado’s First Cannabis Ghost Town January 21, 2024 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments Ten years into recreational sales, Colorado cannabis is high and dry. Gravel crunches underfoot on the sun-cooked Maverick Lane, whose addresses don't exist in Google Maps. Tumbleweeds roll by abandoned buildings and faded real estate signs. A few doors are… Read More→
Verano Executive Bullish on the Future of the U.S. Cannabis Industry December 26, 2023 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments A potential decision to reclassify cannabis as a less restrictive drug and pending banking legislation could have a lasting impact on the sector, says company president Darren Weiss The past year was pivotal for the legal cannabis industry’s acceptance as… Read More→
Top Cannabis Scams of 2023 December 20, 2023 Hilary Bricken News & Insights 0 Comments By Hilary Bricken, Attorney at Husch Blackwell Overall, 2023 was a tough economic year for the entire cannabis industry. And with lean economic times comes a myriad of bad behavior, and cannabis is no exception. Every year, I like to… Read More→
A father and son shot, dismembered and burned. This is the dark side of California cannabis November 9, 2023 AggregatedNews California, News & Insights 1 Comment Pátzcuaro, Michoacán — In a small square crypt behind frosted glass in subtropical Michoacán is incontrovertible proof of the cost of California cannabis. The tomb just within the high cemetery gates of the Panteón Municipal de Pátzcuaro, flanked by sunflowers in twin… Read More→
Massachusetts cannabis businesses challenge constitutionality of federal drug laws October 27, 2023 AggregatedNews Massachusetts 0 Comments The legal landscape for state-regulated marijuana markets has changed dramatically since the U.S. Supreme Court last weighed in on the issue in 2005. A group of Massachusetts weed businesses have filed a lawsuit seeking to bar the government from enforcing federal drug… Read More→
Canadian cannabis market struggles five years after legalisation October 17, 2023 AggregatedNews Canada 0 Comments Canada remains one of the only countries in the world that allows legal and regulated access to recreational marijuana. But five years after the drug's legalisation, the country's cannabis industry is struggling for survival. George Smitherman remembers buying his first… Read More→
The cannabis industry still lacks diversity. Improving access is a joint effort October 3, 2023 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments With large cannabis companies reporting $1 billion in annual revenue and the big dispensary chains operating in more than a dozen states, it’s time to assess what the marijuana industry is doing to achieve social and economic equity, according to three insiders who… Read More→
Cannabis Leasing in Competitive License Jurisdictions September 27, 2023 AggregatedNews Banking, Finance & Real Estate 0 Comments By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Bricken Cannabis leasing is incredibly complicated for both lessors and lessees. But things can get a lot more complicated in competitive license jurisdictions. I’ve worked with both lessors and lessee-applicants in competitive licensing jurisdictions, and today want… Read More→
Effectively Navigating the Cannabis Real Estate Market in 2023 September 25, 2023 John Satter Banking, Finance & Real Estate 0 Comments By John C. Satter, MAI In this article, we address important considerations for those involved in acquiring, selling or leasing real estate associated with the evolving U.S. cannabis market. The U.S. cannabis real estate market has experienced growth and transformation… Read More→
Empowering Cannabis Companies: Strategies for Adopting Automation Successfully September 12, 2023 Kyle Loucks Manufacturing 0 Comments By Kyle Loucks Adopting automation can be a boon to your business. But if rushed or implemented without intention, it can be its downfall. To ensure it helps and doesn’t hurt, you must be strategic when identifying which parts of… Read More→
Demystifying the dormant commerce clause’s considerations for cannabis August 4, 2023 AggregatedNews Interstate Commerce 0 Comments August 2, 2023 - While we all sit around and twiddle our thumbs waiting for the Congress to de-schedule cannabis, some western states are quietly investigating the possibility of interstate cannabis markets. It appears some states now feel comfortable enough… Read More→
Innovation in Cannabis: Leveraging University R&D August 2, 2023 Lance Anderson News & Insights 0 Comments By K. Lance Anderson, Dickinson Wright PLLC The Cannabis industry has continued to evolve, and often, the difference between success and failure depends on the strength of the brand in the eyes of the consumer. Approaches vary, but the taglines… Read More→