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Higher Law: Sidley's James Cole Offers His View | ABA Cannabis Webinar: Highlights | Curaleaf Names Compliance Chief | High Times and Harvest Ink Deal

Welcome to Higher Law. On tap: The Cole memo author James Cole, now at Sidley Austin, offers thoughts on marijuana and the law • An ABA panel's views on cannabis and COVID-19 • Curaleaf's new chief compliance officer • Another NYC that may drop marijuana employment testing. Thanks for reading!
9 minute read

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Higher Law: A General Counsel's COVID-19 Views | Marijuana Lobbying By the Numbers | Cooley's CBD Trademark Lawsuit | A Coronavirus Silver Lining?

Welcome to Higher Law, and we hope you are safe. Scroll down for our Q&A with Balanced Health Botanicals GC John Harloe • First quarter marijuana lobbying reports • Cooley's trademark lawsuit on behalf of Charlotte's Web Inc. • COVID-19's potential silver lining for the legalization movement
10 minute read

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Higher Law: Cannabis Lawyers Plead for Emergency Funds | Hemp Grower Files Billion-Dollar Suit | New GC at Redwood Green | NFL Relaxes Rules (for Marijuana)

Welcome to Higher Law, and hope you are safe and well. Cannabis lawyers want to be included in federal coronavirus aid. Plus: a billion-dollar lawsuit filed by a hemp-growing company, and there's a legal challenge to the so-called California Cannabis King. Scroll down for Who Got the Work, and more.
8 minute read

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Higher Law: Q&A: Reed Smith Leader on COVID-19 and Cannabis Industry | IRS Wins Another Round | Goodwin Procter Expands Cannabis Practice

Welcome to Higher Law, and we hope you, colleagues and family are safe. Scroll down for views on marijuana and the pandemic from Reed Smith's cannabis practice chair • Another win for the IRS in a 10th Circuit tax case • Goodwin Procter's new cannabis practice partner. Thanks for reading!
9 minute read

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Higher Law: Cannabis & COVID-19: Dykema Q&A | Who Got the Work: New Breach of Contract Suit | Headlines: New York's Plans on Hold | Radar: Upcoming Webinars

Welcome to Higher Law, and we hope you, friends, family and colleagues are safe and healthy. This week we're looking at: A Dykema partner's view of the cannabis industry and COVID-19 • The FTC goes after CBD coronavirus claims.
8 minute read

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Higher Law: Q&A: Social Equity in Cannabis Industry | Big Law Firm Sues Maine | Marijuana Is 'Essential' | Upcoming Webinars

Welcome to Higher Law. A corporate lawyer's take on social equity laws • Cozen O'Connor's challenge of Maine's recreational regs • DLA Piper of Canada's guidance on a $69 million acquisition • "Essential" marijuana during the covid-19 pandemic
8 minute read

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Higher Law: Cannabis and COVID-19 | Who Got the Work: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Defends CBD Company | Headlines: Weed at Work, Hemp in Texas, and More

Welcome to Higher Law. On tap this week: Cannabis and the coronavirus • Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's work for CBD company • State laws on recreational marijuana and workers. Thanks for reading!
7 minute read

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Higher Law: A Big Weed-in-the-Workplace Ruling | FDA Seeks More CBD Data | Executive Search Files Suit | PwC Plans UK Cannabis Play

A big weed-in-the-workplace ruling in New Jersey • The FDA's request for more data on cannabis and CBD • A new office and new cannabis partner for Burns & Levinson • Executive search firm sues a cannabis company • A Big Four accounting firm eyes cannabis work in the U.K.
8 minute read

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Higher Law: Weedmaps Gets a Subpoena | New Breach of Contract Suit | Hemp Seizures in Focus | Who Got the Work

Welcome to Higher Law! This week we're looking at: • a federal subpoena of Weedmaps • a new cannabis practice leader at Fortis Law Partners • two new cannabis breach-of-contract suits • a review of community-host contracts in Massachusetts. Thanks for reading!
7 minute read

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Higher Law: DLA Piper Jumps Into Cannabis | California's Illicit Market | Who Got the Work | Notable Headlines

Welcome to Law.com's Higher Law dispatch, where we are chronicling legal services in the cannabis arena. We'd love your feedback, and thanks for reading!
6 minute read

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