Marking a significant step forward in launching Minnesota’s adult-use cannabis market, the state’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) began accepting applications for cannabis business licenses on February 18, 2025. The...more
In part five of our cannabis law series “Saul Sessions," Saul Ewing partners Jonathan Havens and Kayleigh Keilty discuss emerging industry developments and common issues that cannabis businesses face today. This session...more
In part four of our cannabis law series “Saul Sessions," Saul Ewing partners Jonathan Havens and Adam Fayne discuss emerging industry developments and common issues that cannabis businesses face today. This session covers...more
In part 2 of our cannabis law series “Saul Sessions," Saul Ewing partners Jonathan Havens and Brian Landry discuss emerging industry developments and common issues that cannabis businesses face today. This session covers...more
In part 1 of our cannabis law series “Saul Sessions," Jonathan Havens and Adam Fayne from Saul Ewing’s Cannabis Law practice discuss emerging industry developments and common issues that cannabis businesses face today. This...more
Maryland voters overwhelmingly approved Question 4, a ballot measure to legalize adult-use cannabis, on November 8, 2022. The Cannabis Reform Act ‒ which was signed into law by Governor Wes Moore on May 3, 2023 and went into...more
On Monday, April 12, 2021, New Jersey’s newly formed and seated Cannabis Regulatory Commission (“CRC” or “the Commission”) — the body that will oversee New Jersey’s medical and adult-use cannabis programs — held its first...more
Although it took much longer than expected following New Jersey’s November 2020 vote to legalize adult-use marijuana, Governor Phil Murphy finally yesterday signed several cannabis reform bills into law, including Assembly...more
The clear winner after the November 3 election was marijuana. In four states – New Jersey, Arizona, South Dakota and Montana – voters approved initiatives to legalize recreational marijuana. South Dakota and Mississippi also...more
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This week, Pennsylvania Senators Daylin Leach (D-Montgomery/Delaware) and Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia) introduced a bill, the “Adult-Use Cannabis Act” (Senate Bill 350), that would legalize adult-use (i.e.,...more
On August 9, 2019, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed A5322 into law, making the Garden State the latest to establish a permanent program for the cultivation, handling, processing, transport, and sale of hemp and...more
On July 1, 2019, the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) issued a new Notice of Request for Applications (Notice), replacing the previous Notice that the NJDOH had issued last month, and announced that it is seeking new...more
On June 3, 2019, the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) issued a much-anticipated Notice of Request for Applications (Notice) and announced that it is seeking new applicants to operate up to 108 new medical marijuana...more
On November 26, 2018, the New Jersey legislature advanced three cannabis-related bills out of committee; the measures now go to the floor of each chamber, and votes could occur as early as December 17, 2018....more
As a gubernatorial candidate, Phil Murphy ran on a platform of legalizing marijuana in New Jersey. In just seven months since taking office, now-Governor Murphy has taken a number of actions that resulted in the ballooning of...more
Earlier today, the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH), Office of Medical Marijuana (OMM), which oversees the Commonwealth’s medical marijuana program, initiated phase II of its licensing process. OMM is now accepting...more