By HILARY BRICKEN, Co-Founder Harris Bricken We’re very likely returning to the 2013 Cole Memo principles now that William Barr has been confirmed as AG — and that’s a good thing. Back on January 4, 2018, the cannabis industry was in a slight tailspin due to then-Attorney General Jeff Session’s (renowned marijuana hater) rescinding of […]
Wilkinson Memo
Cannabis, Congress and Courage: Why Banks aren’t Banking Marijuana Businesses
By Jim Richards In January 2018, Attorney General Sessions “revoked Obama-era guidance that had effectuated a hands-off approach to state-legalized cannabis businesses.” This quote from an online National Law Journal article (see https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2018/09/11/feds-should-be-banging-the-drum-the-loudest-for-cannabis-industry-banking/?slreturn=20180812164053) and others like it, have been used by both (all?) sides of the marijuana argument currently embroiling America. But what, exactly, did […]