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The Legal Intelligencer

Cannabis Took a Hit on Red Wednesday, but Hope Is On the Way

Reflecting multiple states rejection of marijuana legalization efforts and ushering in an administration seemingly hostile to cannabis, Red Wednesday revealed how uncertain regulatory policy, coupled with Herculean operational challenges, stripped the bloom off of the rose and unveiled the volatility of cannabis’ valuation.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Organic Blooms Injunction Is The Latest Blow to New York’s Troubled Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary Program

The author writes "On Dec. 12, 2024, New York’s troubled Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) program suffered yet another body blow, this time in the form of an injunction prohibiting the Office of Cannabis Management from processing applications for which it waived the requirement for municipal notification (and, by extension, securing a location)."
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Lost in the Legal Maze: How State Regulations Are Hindering Hemp Operators' Success

Recent actions from states such as California and Georgia have created a further dark cloud over the industry as operators feel that the states are going beyond efforts to curb the unregulated market, but rather dismantle the industry altogether.
7 minute read

Law.com

County Reps: Appeal Likely Following State Court's Sales Tax Ruling for Retail Marijuana

In Robust Missouri Dispensary 3 v. St. Louis County, the court sided with the plaintiff, concluding that only one local government is permitted under state law to impose an additional 3% sales tax on the retail sale of marijuana.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Fighting for Legal Fees: Lowenstein Sandler Battles for $766,000

In a suit filed in Essex County Superior Court, Lowenstein Sandler says Trif & Modugno and partner Louis A. Modugno drove a Lowenstein Sandler client, Harmony Foundation of New Jersey, into insolvency and receivership.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

How Municipalities Crush Rogue and Regulated Intoxicants

Despite complete state and federal legality, municipalities are increasingly prohibiting and prosecuting hemp-derived intoxicating product sales imposing civil and criminal penalties on both the business and its owners.
8 minute read

The Recorder

California Appeals Court Rejects Marijuana Grow Permit, Citing Federal Illegality

"No matter how much California voters and the Legislature might try, cannabis cultivation and transportation are illegal in California as long as it remains illegal under federal law," wrote Presiding Justice Arthur Gilbert of the Second District Court of Appeal
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Illicit Marijuana Business Operator Is Ordered to Pay New York $9.5M

The state attorney general is authorized on request by the Office of Cannabis Management to bring a proceeding against any person who violates the cannabis law.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

The Impact of Drug and Alcohol Testing on Child Custody Evaluations

"A legislative update to the Texas Family Code in 2021 prevents the Department of Family and Protective Services from removing a child solely based on a parent testing positive for marijuana," write Elisa Reiter and Daniel Pollack.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Moving Beyond Growing Pains in New York's Cannabis Industry

As readers of this column know, New York's nascent adult-use cannabis market has (so far) failed to live up to the potential that was trumpeted when…
5 minute read

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