Higher Law: NY Moves Closer to Legal Weed | Catch Up With a Lawyer Charged in Pot Case | Plus: Who Got the Work
We're looking at the growing push to legalize adult-use cannabis in one of Canada's southern neighbors, New York. Plus, check in with a California lawyer whose arrest last year sent shockwaves through cannabis-law circles. And scroll down to see who got the work. Thanks for reading Higher Law!
June 21, 2018 at 04:30 PM
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Legalized Pot Gets Thumbs Up in New York
forthcoming study "unconvinced" on recreational use Harris Beach PLLC Mitchell Pawluk 21 licensed dispensaries caps the amount More reading... says it will ticket here
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Catching Up With a California Lawyer Charged in Pot Case
Jessica McElfresh charge McElfresh with seven felonies 
pleaded guilty to reduced misdemeanor charges returned $290,000 of $324,000 in cash The charges against McElfresh remain. I recently checked in with her to see what's going on in the case.
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Who Got the Work
>> VS Strategies LLC National Cannabis Industry Association registration papers >> spent $720,000 The Gazette of Colorado Springs Dixie Brands Medicine Man Sewald Hanfling
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In the Weeds...
- Put down the bong, Florida. You still can't smoke marijuana in the Sunshine State, at least for now. The on-again, off-again push to expand medical marijuana use beyond vapes, tinctures and topicals is off again after a Florida circuit court reinstated a stay pending the final disposition of an appeal. [Tampa Bay Times]
- Section 280E of the tax code strikes again. A U.S. tax court blocked Colorado dispensary owners from claiming business expense deductions, even for non-marijuana products, and ordered them to pay $391,242 in back taxes plus $78,248 in penalties. [Marijuana Business Daily]
- Southern Oregon marijuana growers prevailed in a lawsuit challenging Josephine County commissioners' attempts to restrict cannabis production. Ross Day of the Day Law Group in Portland represented the growers. County commissioners have filed suit in federal court, alleging that the state cannot interfere with their regulations because marijuana remains federally illegal.[The Bellingham Herald]
- The CEO of medical marijuana dispensary company MedMen told TV business personality Jim Cramer that Colorado, Washington and Oregon are "horrible markets." Adam Bierman blamed constrained supply—don't tell Oregon that—limited licenses and "the most arduous retail zoning restrictions known to man." Critics often say the same things about New York, but MedMen just opened a dispensary on New York City's Fifth avenue. [CNBC]
- San Francisco cannabis attorney Jason Horst warns marijuana event planners to start work early on acquiring local government approval, noting that the city of Victorville denied organizers of the Chalice Festival a permit to hold the three-day gathering in July. In response, festival organizers announced that they will sue the California Bureau of Cannabis Control. Negotiations continue.
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Who Got The Work
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Who Got The Work
David X. Sullivan, Thomas J. Finn and Gregory A. Hall from McCarter & English have entered appearances for Sunrun Installation Services in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint was filed Sept. 4 in Connecticut District Court by attorney Robert M. Berke on behalf of former employee George Edward Steins, who was arrested and charged with employing an unregistered home improvement salesperson. The complaint alleges that had Sunrun informed the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection that the plaintiff's employment had ended in 2017 and that he no longer held Sunrun's home improvement contractor license, he would not have been hit with charges, which were dismissed in May 2024. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, is 3:24-cv-01423, Steins v. Sunrun, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Greenberg Traurig shareholder Joshua L. Raskin has entered an appearance for boohoo.com UK Ltd. in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The suit, filed Sept. 3 in Texas Eastern District Court by Rozier Hardt McDonough on behalf of Alto Dynamics, asserts five patents related to an online shopping platform. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, is 2:24-cv-00719, Alto Dynamics, LLC v. boohoo.com UK Limited.
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