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Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Recent Federal and State Debt Collection Developments
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Patent Licensing Tips and Takeaways
A Changed Legal Landscape? Analyzing California’s New Cannabis Laws
Obtaining a Recreational Marijuana License from Your Local Municipality
Mergers and Acquisitions in Healthcare: Getting Your House in Order
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Meritas Capability Webinar - Legal Cannabis and the Health Care Industry
On November 4, 2024, New York City enacted the "Safe Hotels Act" (Int. 0991-2024). This law mandates that all new and existing hotels in New York City obtain a license to operate their businesses....more
On November 4, 2024, New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed legislation to ensure hotel safety that will mandate a comprehensive licensing system for hotels to operate in New York City, implement several consumer safety...more
New York City's hotels are a critically important component of the city's tourism and business industries. However, on July 18, 2024, 26 members of the New York City Council introduced Int. 991-2024 (Int. 991) without meeting...more
'Is it local?' isn't just a question about the source of a cannabis product; now it's a question about one of the more complex and inconsistent levels of cannabis regulation, that of the local government. Production and sale...more
The Boston Cannabis Board on June 24, 2020 held a virtual public meeting addressing the current state of adult use marijuana licensing in the City of Boston. Established by a City Council ordinance in November 2019, the Board...more
As of yesterday, June 8, 2020, Massachusetts restaurants have begun to reopen from the COVID-19 quarantine for outdoor, on-premise dining; a long awaited moment for restaurant owners and workers throughout the Commonwealth....more
In September 2019, the City of Cambridge enacted a local ordinance that effectively created a two-year moratorium on new cannabis retailers unless the retailers were certified Economic Empowerment applicants. The ordinance...more
The Appellate Division recently issued a decision that explained why a massage therapist and the American Massage Therapy Association, (AMTA), a professional organization of massage therapists, lacked standing to challenge a...more
Recently, Airbnb touted that it generated over 1 Billion Dollars in revenue for the third quarter of 2018 by offering over 5 million short term rental listings in thousands of places across the world. With this boom of...more
New York City finally got its groove back. After 91 years, the Cabaret Law (New York City Administrative Code § 20-359), a Prohibition-era law that has forbidden dancing at some New York City bars and clubs has been...more
The New York City Council overwhelmingly voted on October 31, 2017, to pass legislation (Int. 1652) that repeals the City’s longstanding Cabaret Law. At the same time, Int. 1652 retains certain security requirements of the...more
California voters legalizing the use of recreational marijuana under Proposition 64, also known as The Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) last November is just the beginning. Deciding how cannabis will be grown, sold and...more