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NY License Pause/NJ Pot Job Ban/NY Hemp Regs Challenged/Eaze Sued

A judge will hear early arguments Friday in a case brought by disabled veterans challenging New York's cannabis license distribution program.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Notice to the Bar: Cannabis Industry Off-Limits to NJ Judiciary Employees

Canon 5, which deals with outside employment and other outside activities for judiciary employees, states that to "avoid impropriety and/or conflict of interest or the appearance thereof, the following provisions shall apply to the holding of outside employment by judiciary employees."
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Seller Beware: New Jersey's Cannabis Regulatory Scheme and Pitfalls

While possessing cannabis for recreational use is permitted in New Jersey, the legal sale of cannabis is a bit more mottled. Despite the overwhelming support for the legalization of cannabis in New Jersey, only 164 of New Jersey's 564 municipalities opted in to allowing legal sales.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Cannabis Lawyers Weigh In on Temporary Licensing Pause

"As you can imagine today's been filled with calls and meetings from clients," Robert DiPisa, the co-chair of the Cannabis Law Group at Cole Schotz, said Tuesday. "It's been crazy."
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Fight or Freeze? One Medical Marijuana Licensing Battle to Continue in Fulton County

Up until this point, much like the other losing license bidders, the Aspire Medical Partners case had iterations pending in the court the company is based in (Warren County), Fulton County Superior Court and the Georgia Court of Appeals.
4 minute read

Law.com

Mastercard's Warning/Track-and-Trace Lawsuit Revived/Cannabis Bar's New Director/Hemp Suit in Arkansas

Welcome back to Higher Law, our weekly briefing on all things cannabis. I'm Cheryl Miller, reporting for Law.com from Sacramento.  This week we're…
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Lawsuit Challenges Program That Placed Convicts at Front of Pot-Licensing Line

The complaint appears to raise statutory construction and delegation of authority questions that often make it to the state's highest court, the New York Court of Appeals.
4 minute read

The Recorder

California Falls Short on Tracking Illegal Cannabis, Appellate Court Says

A Fourth District Court of Appeal panel said the state hasn't met its legal obligations to create a database that flags potentially illegal cannabis sales.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Patent Disputes in Cannabis Industry Show Growing Need for Protection

Federal courts, when evaluating cases pertaining to businesses that operate within the cannabis industry, must grapple with what is known as the "illegality doctrine." This doctrine states that courts will not assist a party in recovering "fruits of a crime," and thus cannabis owners in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) may be denied redress in federal courts.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

The Pitfalls and Possibilities of Cannabis Legalization and Property Ownership

The purpose of the PREPARE Act is to bring together experts in the field to provide a framework for lawmakers to establish a federal regulatory system which would seek to address many issues surrounding cannabis including providing terms to access the banking system which is of critical importance.
5 minute read

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