With legalization on the horizon in Canada, industry observers are increasingly concerned with how cannabis-related businesses, particularly licensed producers, will access the funds they need…
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With a million new lawsuits a year, the Golden State long ago earned its dubious distinction as America’s No. 1 judicial hellhole. Some of these…
Cannabis businesses face unique challenges in protecting their brands. With an outdated federal regulatory regime and changing state landscapes, cannabis businesses must be aware of…
The long-awaited day has finally come and gone. After two decades of a semi-legal, largely unregulated medical marijuana industry, California ushered in a new era…
Robert Selna traded a career in print journalism for the life of a lawyer after witnessing the multi-faceted world of real estate development and zoning…
With the beginning of California cannabis licensing under the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA), there has been a lot of confusion…
For the past 20 years, sex-based workplace discrimination charges have been one of the most common employee-asserted claims before the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,…
In the massive federal lawsuit brought against Jeff Sessions, et al., (Washington v. Sessions, currently pending in the Southern District of New York), plaintiffs seek…
Like the Emerald Triangle in California and the volcanic hillsides of Hawaii, the state of Maine has a history and culture of looking the other…
It is a common practice in the marijuana industry to label workers as independent contractors. Many employers want this designation to avoid having to withhold…