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Hilary Bricken Makes the Move to Husch Blackwell

Los Angeles-based lawyer Hilary Bricken has officially joined Husch Blackwell, a leading business-focused law firm with 20 offices throughout the coun...

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Following cannabis director controversy, Walz vows to pick a new leader with “regulator” experience

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday said he will focus on hiring a person with regulatory experience to lead the new state cannabis offic...

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Cannabis Leasing in Competitive License Jurisdictions

By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Bricken Cannabis leasing is incredibly complicated for both lessors and lessees. But things can get a lot more c...

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How a cannabis bill stopped being about weed

Republican support for the cannabis banking bill is dependent on language preventing a revival of the Obama-era “Operation Choke Point.” Republicans w...

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Online Marijuana Shops Make It Easy for Minors to Buy, Study Finds

The News Many online marijuana dispensaries do not enforce age limits on purchases, and they have other lax policies that enable minors to buy cannabi...

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US Senate looks at cannabis banking reform, but industry says it’s not enough

A U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday will vote on whether to advance a bill that would allow the legal cannabis industry access to banking, an option ...

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Texas Takes Advantage of the 2018 Farm Bill

When Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 339, also known as the Texas Compassionate Use Act, into law in 2015, many Texans expressed frustra...


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5 Freebies to Build Your Cannabis Brand’s B2B Email Marketing List

A proven method for cannabis brands to build their business-to-business (B2B) email marketing lists is to offer something for free. This type of freeb...

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Cannabis Rescheduling and Trademarks

By Fred Rocafort, Attorney @ Harris Bricken Cannabis rescheduling appears to be a matter of time and my colleagues have written about the possible imp...

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Online Marijuana Shops Make It Easy for Minors to Buy, Study Finds

Many online marijuana dispensaries do not enforce age limits on purchases, and they have other lax policies that enable minors to buy cannabis on the ...

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Effectively Navigating the Cannabis Real Estate Market in 2023

By John C. Satter, MAI In this article, we address important considerations for those involved in acquiring, selling or leasing real estate associated...

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Cannabis Lab Testing Problems Continue Nationwide

In Maine, a laboratory released a study they conducted, finding a 17% failure rate of dangerous pesticides in cannabis samples tested. The state requi...

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Calif. cannabis industry panics over proposed label law

Amber Senter has spent the past three years building cannabis brands that celebrate her identity as a Black woman living in Oakland, like her Landrace...

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‘We got this wrong’: Gov. Tim Walz takes responsibility for cannabis director debacle

Erin DuPree stepped aside Friday, a day after Walz appointed her to lead the Office of Cannabis Management.  Gov. Tim Walz said Saturday that he takes...

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Cannabis entrepreneur to lead Minnesota’s new marijuana agency

Erin DuPree has never worked in government but says her experience with startup businesses makes her well-suited for the role.  A cannabis industry en...

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Thailand to Restrict Cannabis Use, New Prime Minister Says, After Decriminalization Last Year

Thailand’s new prime minister vowed to restrict the use of marijuana for medical purposes after thousands of weed shops opened across the country sinc...

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Colorado Cannabis Officials Consider New Hospitality Rules

Licensing officials could allow cannabis bars to sell more weed, but only one of these establishments currently exists in Colorado. “I want to watch t...

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From SAFE to SAFER, New Banking Bill Stresses Safety

With a presidential election year looming, the politics of pot is once again front and center in Washington, D.C., but this time there seems to be a g...

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A Prescription for Progress?

Would a Schedule III Reclassification of Psychoactive Cannabis Help or Hurt State Operators? By Benton Bodamer, Member, Dickinson Wright PLLC, Adjunct...

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Oregon Cannabis PSA: A Little Grace on Retailer Tax Compliance Requirements

By Vince Sliwoski, Attorney at Harris Bricken It’s been a minute since we wrote about the new OLCC tax compliance rules for retailers. These temporary...

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