Canna Law Blog

MARCH 26, 2019

In its complaint, Harvest of Arizona, which was established in 2011 and began using the HARVEST mark in 2012, claimed to own retail dispensaries and cultivation/production facilities in Arizona, Nevada, Illinois, Maryland, California, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Florida. Federal trademark law is not applicable.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 24, 2019

million for the fiscal years 2007 through 2012. The reduction includes $6 million in penalties that the court previously ruled we did not need to pay because of the unclear state of the law, and because Harborside acted in good faith,” said Harborside CEO Andrew Berman. Commissioner, 139 TC 19, 36-42 (2012) aff’d 792 f.3d

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 27, 2019

The Tax Court enforces federal tax laws. The Tax Court enforces federal tax laws. The Tax Court will only reluctantly consider policy. 280E applies to businesses operating legally under State law, notwithstanding its use of the word “trafficking. 280E is unconstitutional are well settled law. Judge Mark V.

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The respondent, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), issued the petitioner a Notice of Deficiency, claiming “a deficiency in petitioner’s 2012 income tax of $1,264,212 and an accuracy-related penalty under section 6662(a) of $252,842.40.” [2] 2] After receiving that notice, the petitioner filed for review in the Tax Court.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

United States Trustee (In re Arenas) , 535 B.R. However, the USTP has not limited its strict policy to marijuana cultivators and retailers alone. Courts have consistently barred companies or individuals that directly derive ongoing income from the cultivation or dispensing of marijuana from the protections of the Bankruptcy Code.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Joining the movement is Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes, asking a court to vacate all the convictions as well as dismiss all the charges for felony or misdemeanor cannabis possession, which were prosecuted before California legalized recreational marijuana in 2012. Burlington and Denver, Vt.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 1, 2019

Because cannabis remains illegal under federal law, 7 and Section 230 explicitly does not “impair the enforcement of. 9 Even under the Obama-era policy, Weedmaps might still be exposing itself to federal prosecution because it is not “demonstrably in compliance with [California’s] strong and effective. 31 See Lisa N.

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Canna Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2022

However, this does not impact the strictures of federal law. One underappreciated challenge arising from this conflict in laws is choosing where to sue an insurer that will not honor its obligations under a cannabis insurance policy. Typically, a litigant has a choice between suing in state or federal court.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Rates of cannabis use are higher in states where medical or recreational cannabis has been legalised. In Colorado and Washington, where recreational cannabis was legalised in 2012, at least 26% of adults regularly use cannabis. DOT most recently revisited this issue in 2017 and 2018 as a part of a notice of proposed rulemaking.

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NewsMunchies

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Most Americans have access to either medical or adult-use cannabis under state laws. Since 2012, 18 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized adult-use marijuana, while 37 states have legalized medical marijuana. At present, the state allows marijuana use only for medical reasons.

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Canna Law Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

With the passage of SB 420 , this collective system was formalized and, with the advent of the 2008 Guidelines issued by the State Attorney General’s Office, more details around “compliance” and best practices were provided; but it was nothing like we have today under Prop. 64 and MAUCRSA. Enforcement.

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Cannabis Law Report

APRIL 5, 2019

A bipartisan bill protecting state laws regulating marijuana use from the federal government was reintroduced on Thursday in the House and Senate. The legislation, which allows states to determine their own cannabis policies, was offered by Sens. We thank Andrew Sacks for highlighting this during yet another busy week.

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Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

JUNE 25, 2021

The courts have consistently held that marijuana dispensaries operating in compliance with state law are trafficking in controlled substances and are subject to Section 280E.[11] 19, 38 (2012), aff’d, 792 F.3d In contrast, the organic laws of LLPs, LLCs, and now LPs, allow for active participation by investors.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 25, 2019

Both paths are complex processes in which scientific, medical, policy and political forces have influence. There are other avenues Congress can take besides rescheduling marijuana to ameliorate the seeming breakdown in federalism brought about by federal marijuana policy. It was not a policy priority of the Obama administration.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 7, 2022

However, most common psychedelics, including psilocybin, remain illegal federally, so the impact of new state laws will depend upon the federal government declining to prosecute cases involving these substances. Psychedelic Alpha Policy Map. Click to check out its psychedelic legalization & decriminalization tracker.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

1 following several months of deliberation over how to execute a new state law meant largely to limit young people’s access to and abuse of high-potency THC products. The Denver Post reports. Colorado will impose stricter rules for the purchase of medical marijuana starting Jan. 211110 REDLINE Final Adopted Rules.

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MassRoots

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

For example, Pelosi has talked about marijuana (and yoga) as a safer alternative to opioids and she pushed back against former Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s decision to rescind an Obama-era marijuana guidance policy. Crucially, her staff have always been available, willing and ready to advance drug policy reform,” he said.

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The Chicago, Illinois , Housing Authority sent a notice reminding residents that cannabis use is illegal under federal law and is therefore prohibited in subsidized housing despite the state’s legalization law. PTSD patients may benefit from cannabis use.

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Canna Law Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Seen as a protectionist, cottage measure to some stakeholders, residency requirements for cannabis licensure have been a staple in the industry since Washington and Colorado legalized cannabis statewide back in 2012. In setting aside discriminatory state commercial regulations, the Court primarily relied on the dormant Commerce Clause.”

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 30, 2019

“Banking and merchant processing is even difficult, and sometimes impossible, to obtain for federally legal industrial hemp businesses,” Kight told Cannabis Law Report. Most (and perhaps all) national banks refuse as a policy to service hemp businesses.”. Payment processors themselves are also being squeezed by money laundering rules.

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Canna Law Blog

JUNE 26, 2020

” But the OPR report went a step further and found that even if the whistleblowers’ allegations were true, OPR finds that the Antitrust Division’s “Second Requests would not have violated any relevant laws, regulations, rules, policies, or guidelines.”

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Cannabis Chronicles

JULY 2, 2019

The ordinance applies a 1,000-foot buffer for all cannabis businesses to elementary and secondary schools as well as public playgrounds as required by state law. During Tuesday’s hearing, opponents of legal cannabis pointed out that Clark County voted against legalization in 2012. Divided county, council.

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The Joint Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The “bottom line” of this polling data, according to Gallup, is: Since 2012, when Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize recreational marijuana, there has been a slow trickle of states that have followed suit.

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NORML

APRIL 2, 2019

We will be taking many more in-depth looks at the 2020 race as it progresses, including potential primary challengers on the Republican side, but first we wanted to provide an overview of all the currently announced Democratic candidates, along with their record and policy statements when it comes to marijuana legalization. The Senators.

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The Joint Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

In Milwaukee, black people accounted for 72% of arrests for possession of less than 25 grams of marijuana, despite making up just 39% of the population between 2012 and 2015, according to research by the Public Policy Forum. Numerous studies have shown that black and white people use marijuana at roughly the same rate. reports the AP.

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Cannabis Law Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

to implement the taxed and regulated market approved by voters in 2014, permitting tribes to implement their own cannabis policies, protecting immigrants who work in the industry, and supporting other nations that choose to legalize the plant. This recent shift in government policy and public perception has been a long time coming.

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