Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. First, we have an update on the Missouri rules dealing with intoxicating hemp products. Then, we see the Congressional Research Service has put out a report on cannabis banking. We check in on Nebraska, where medical
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, the big news is that rescheduling will definitely not happen before the Presidential election. Missouri is having a problem with its cannabis safety rules. The Choctaw may open a dispensary in Mississippi. And finally,
As the prospect of federal rescheduling of cannabis looms, some in the industry are seemingly attempting to preserve their spot in line at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A recent Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”) decision underscores a significant hurdle for cannabis related applications—use in interstate commerce. In Allright Mind Enterprises
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we have an update on the North Dakota ballot initiative. We see Delaware making progress on licensing. Several Senators have been opining on de/rescheduling. A Maine utility company offers to report excessive usage to
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, the big news comes from Ohio, where retail sales began on Tuesday. The Eastern Bank of Cherokee are planning to begin sales to the general public in September. New York has started cracking down
It is not often that the government has the opportunity to regulate and oversee an entirely brand new market; and, in the case of California, when it legalized recreational cannabis for adult-use, it decided to mandate involvement of labor unions in the state’s emerging cannabis industry, through implementation of a Labor Peace Agreement (“LPA”) requirement.
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see Ohio preparing to open a retail cannabis market. We have a look at the potential Vice Presidential picks’ views on marijuana. We see chances of cannabis legislation disappearing, yet again. And finally,
Join the ABA Litigation Section and JC Zwisler on August 8 at 1 PM ET for “Protecting Cannabis: An In-Depth Discussion of Intellectual Property Protections of Cannabis.” In this virtual CLE program, panelists will discuss how to protect cannabis goods and services through existing and future IP rights in the U.S. Litigation Section members can
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we have some analysis of the comments on rescheduling cannabis, now that the comment period has ended. We see a new cannabis-related bill signed into law in Delaware. We find out where Vice President
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, the House Appropriations committee weighed in on protecting state legal markets and rescheduling. A attempt to establish a retail market in Pennsylvania went down to defeat. We have an update on Congressional discussions around
