May 4th celebrates Star Wars, and May 5th is Cinco de Mayo. While not as popular, May 3rd still likely means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. But, in Mississippi, in 2022, May 3rd was a date circled on...more
5/6/2022
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Attorney General Merrick Garland has reiterated that the Department of Justice will not prioritize prosecuting marijuana use, a position that Garland expressed during his confirmation hearings. In remarks in front of a Senate...more
5/3/2022
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What promises to be the first of a litany of legal interpretations of the new Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act (MMCA), Attorney General Lynn Fitch released an official attorney general’s opinion on April 15, 2022, regarding...more
4/25/2022
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The Mississippi Department of Revenue (MDOR) released information on Friday, April 15, regarding the licensing and operations of dispensaries under the medical cannabis regime in Mississippi. We feel like a broken record, but...more
4/22/2022
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On April 8, the Mississippi Department of Health (MSDH) used a Friday news dump to release good news on the Mississippi medical cannabis front. We now have a clearer and fuller picture of how the state will regulate testing...more
4/14/2022
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As the world turns in the new and exciting world of legal medical cannabis in Mississippi, momentum and progress coexist alongside impediments.
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Yesterday, the Mississippi Department of Health made two...more
4/7/2022
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When you do what we do, you get a lot of calls and a lot of questions. Many of the calls and questions are not fruitful. Quite honestly, some of the calls are from folks whose interest in and experience with cannabis is, we...more
Municipalities in Mississippi are electing to opt out of allowing medical cannabis establishments to operate under the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act or, at a minimum, are holding public hearings to explore that option or...more
Medical cannabis has arrived in Mississippi. What does that mean for Mississippi banks? The implications of this development are enormous for the financial services industry in Mississippi, as each institution will soon have...more
Gov. Tate Reeves signed the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act into law yesterday, making Mississippi the 37th state to adopt a medical marijuana program. The 445-page law is dense, and we previously summarized its...more
The Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act now heads to Gov. Tate Reeves with super-majority support from the House and Senate. With a vote of 103-13, the House passed a version of the act that slightly modified the amended version...more
Yesterday, just after 5 p.m., the Mississippi House voted 104-14 to approve an amended version of the Medical Cannabis Act that the Senate approved earlier this week. The three amendments to the Senate’s version of the act...more
This morning, the Mississippi Senate, in a 46-5 vote, approved Senate Bill 2095, the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act (the “Act”). The Act, which slightly modifies the draft legislation we previously summarized, heads to the...more
Despite leadership of both chambers of the Mississippi legislature agreeing on the text of a bill for a Mississippi medical marijuana program a few months back, Governor Tate Reeves did not call a special session before the...more
Earlier this week, leadership from both chambers of the Mississippi Legislature agreed to a draft bill for a Mississippi medical marijuana program. Lawmakers have asked Gov. Tate Reeves to call them into special session on...more
10/1/2021
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The Mississippi Medical Marijuana program will not go forward – at least not at this time. On Friday, the Mississippi Supreme Court handed down its decision in the City of Madison’s challenge to Initiative 65, Mary Hawkins...more
Earlier this week, the Mississippi Department of Health (MSDH) published a second set of proposed rules and regulations, which include Subpart 3 (Advertising and Marketing) and Subpart 4 (Tracking and Labeling). The MSDH...more
Yesterday, the Mississippi Supreme Court held oral argument in the City of Madison’s challenge to Initiative 65, Mary Hawkins Butler v. Michael Watson, 2020-IA-01199-SCT. Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler asked the court to...more
Over the last month, the Mississippi Department of Health (MSDH) has been working to meet the July 1, 2021, deadline that Initiative 65 imposed on the MSDH to publish its final rules and regulations governing Mississippi’s...more
Mississippi is on the precipice of implementing a medical marijuana regime, as Mississippians voted overwhelmingly to approve Initiative 65 last November. Those awaiting the green light should take advantage of the additional...more
3/24/2021
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Last year, Mississippians voted overwhelmingly to approve Initiative 65 and legalize medical marijuana. While the fate of the initiative is currently in limbo — until the Mississippi Supreme Court decides its fate — it seems...more
3/10/2021
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On November 3, 2020, Mississippi voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana for Mississippians with certain medical conditions. As we wrote back in February, the amendment will...more
The next state in our series exploring non-compete agreements is the Magnolia State, Mississippi. Unlike Texas and Louisiana, Mississippi’s noncompete laws are purely creatures of the common law. Mississippi has no statutory...more
Now that Mississippi has enacted legislation legalizing the cultivation of hemp, you want to start a hemp company. You have your big idea and a business plan ready, but you begin to wonder whether you should be thinking about...more
8/23/2020
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On June 17, 2015, Texas adopted amendments to the Texas Uniform Condominium Act by requiring condominium unit owners’ associations (“Association”) to take specified procedural steps prior to initiating a construction defect...more