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Frantz Ward LLP

Cannabis Litigation: Using Contractual Provisions to Avoid an Illegality Defense

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Concerns remain over the enforceability of cannabis contracts as recent cases highlight the conflict between state-sanctioned operations and federal illegality. In both state and federal courts, judges have anchored to the...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Federal Courts and Cannabis Disputes: A New Perspective from Bartch v. Barch

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On February 1, 2024, Senior United States District Judge R. Brooke Jackson of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado denied Mackie A. Barch (Mackie) and Trellis Holdings Maryland, Inc. (Trellis and...more

Cooley LLP

Illegality Doctrine Rejected in Legal Cannabis Patent Case, Confirming Patent Enforceability

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As the industry for cannabis that is legal under state and/or federal law continues to expand, a flurry of court cases in recent years have addressed whether these businesses can utilize the federal courts to vindicate their...more

Allen Matkins

Are Cannabis Contracts Void?

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Section 1608 of the California Civil Code has been on the books since 1872. It provides...more

Foster Garvey PC

Is a Cannabis Lease Void as an Illegal Contract?

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A fundamental rule of contract law is that “illegal” contracts are not enforceable. But what constitutes an “illegal contract”? Generally speaking, an illegal contract is one where the performance of the contract results in...more

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