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'This Attorney Realized That He Needed Assistance': South Florida Lawyer on Road to Drug Recovery

"When a lawyer is suspended for an addiction issue and tries to get better it should be viewed as a disability and not viewed as much as the person facing a suspension," attorney Matt Dietz said.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Marijuana Smell Cannot Be Sole Factor in a Warrantless Search Under the MMA, Pa. Supreme Court Says

The court found that the precedent applies because, "like the carrying of a concealed weapon by a licensed individual in Hicks, it is simply not a crime for an individual to possess or use marijuana if the requirements of the MMA have been satisfied."
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Insurance: What to Know for Your Cannabis Business in NJ

The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act (CREAMM Act) allows the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission to create rules to govern the availability of cannabis in the state of New Jersey.
6 minute read

Law.com

Higher Law: What's Next in 2022 | Bressler, Amery & Ross Adds Cannabis Law Counsel | 400 NY Towns Say 'No' to Legal Pot | Malta Blazes Cannabis Trail in Europe

What's next for cannabis law in 2022? Lawyers in and around the industry offer their predictions.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Looking Back at the Biggest Developments in Cannabis in 2021, and What To Watch for in 2022

While it does not appear that full federal legalization is around the corner for cannabis, the reality is that both voters and local governments are coming around to the idea that cannabis is here to stay.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

McCarter's Guillermo Artiles on New Jersey's Emerging Cannabis Market

"The folks who are going to be applying rely on everyone in the practice. They all have tax questions, they all have real estate questions. They have environmental questions."
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Legal Activities Law Protections Bolstered by MRTA

The Legal Activities Law now stands as a bulwark to protect employees who engage in this widely accepted and now fully legal recreational activity.
6 minute read

Law.com

A Warning to the Industry: The Emerging Risks of Cannabis Insurance Litigation and Regulation

In this week's episode, Miller Nash's Jodi Green discusses the risks insurers should consider when writing coverage for cannabis grow operations, manufacturers and dispensaries.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Why the SAFE Banking Act Stinks for MRBs

Despite lessening criminal/administrative penalties and depository insurance obstacles, the SAFE Banking Act fails to put legal cannabis on equal footing with all other legitimate industries or make depository accounts and merchant services either available or affordable.
10 minute read

Law.com

Higher Law: Q&A With McCarter & English's Guillermo Artiles | Cannabis Banking Reform Fails Again | Garanimals: Marijuana Strain or Kids' Clothes? | Georgia Cannabis Law in 2022

"I love the diverse nature of the work," said McCarter & English's Guillermo Artiles. "I love the fact that you are truly a counselor, you're advising these clients in so many different areas."
11 minute read

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