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Q&A: Pachulski Stang Launches Cannabis Restructuring Group

"There are very unique issues that you run into advising these stakeholders in the cannabis industry because it's federally illegal," said Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones partner Jason Rosell.
4 minute read

Law.com

Higher Law: A New Cannabis Restructuring Practice | Pitt Law Creates a Cannabis Course | Cannabis Boosts Fox Rothschild's Revenue | What's a Marijuana License Worth?

"There are very unique issues that you run into advising these stakeholders in the cannabis industry because it's federally illegal," said Jason Rosell of Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones, which launched a cannabis restructuring group.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Valuing That Golden Ticket: What's a Marijuana License Actually Worth?

Building a cannabis enterprise requires staggering and constant fundraising and, because of the industry's dynamic nature, any given license's value is subjective, fluctuates with external factors beyond the licensee's control, and may change by the minute.
9 minute read

Law.com

Higher Law: New Jersey Weed in the Workplace | Hemp Industry Challenges DEA in Court | Acreage Names New GC | A Florida Pol Sues for Guns and Marijuana

New Jersey employers are facing new weed-in-the-workplace challenges now that recreational-use marijuana is legal in the state.
8 minute read

The Recorder

How Upcoming CEQA Compliance Will Affect the Cannabis Industry

The days of a minimal showing that compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act is merely "underway" are all but over, according to Seena Max Samimi of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

'That's Baloney': Hemp Association's Claims Fall Flat at DC Circuit Hearing

Tuesday's panel was particularly hostile to the hemp groups' lack of evidence for showing harm caused by a DEA rule change. 
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Leveraging Tech, Innovation and Hybrid Work, Holland & Hart Boosted Partner Profits 30%

Firmwide increases in demand drove gross revenue up 11%, but cost savings in compensation and real estate locked in a highly profitable year for the Rocky Mountain law firm.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Should Employers Continue Drug Tests? Questions Abound as Legal Cannabis Sales Get Underway

Based on experiences of other states that have liberalized recreational marijuana laws, employment attorney Mark Diana expects the uptick in employment suits to be "significant, but not a tidal wave."
5 minute read

Law.com

Higher Law: Q&A: New Jersey Inches Toward Recreational Marijuana Sales | A Cannabis Lawyer Joins Fox Rothschild | Reed Smith Advises on CannaCraft Merger

"this is the first time that a lot of New Jersey attorneys who are not practicing in the cannabis space realized that they're going to have to familiarize themselves with the industry—because at this point the industry is knocking on their front door," said Robert DiPisa, co-chair of the cannabis practice group at Cole Schotz.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

'Ethics Pitfalls' Abound: How to Navigate Legal Risks in the Cannabis Industry

"Competence in the practice area you seek to help them in is key. So if you're an intellectual property lawyer, you should only help them in intellectual property issues," said Amy McDougal, founder and president of CLEAResources, a Virginia-based legal compliance and ethics consultancy.
9 minute read

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