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Cannabis Law Now Podcast: THC Infused Beverages: Cantrip's Journey Through the Hemp-Derived Looking Glass
Cannabis Law Now Podcast: Cannabis Investing in the U.S. - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
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Chronic Payments: Unraveling the Complexities of Cannabis Banking — Payments Pros: The Payments Law Podcast
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 27 - Blazing Trails: Cannabis Law in the Garden State
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A Changed Legal Landscape? Analyzing California’s New Cannabis Laws
Obtaining a Recreational Marijuana License from Your Local Municipality
In a recent legal development that underscores the intricate interplay between federal bankruptcy law and the cannabis industry, a court case has emerged involving a bankruptcy filing by an employee of a cannabis company....more
Although the possession and sale of cannabis remain federally illegal under the Controlled Substances Act, the U.S. Department of Justice has largely exercised a general policy of nonprosecution for state-regulated cannabis...more
Though controversial, cannabis has steadily grown into a booming industry. Despite this rapid growth and the legalization of cannabis in numerous states, cannabis is still classified as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled...more
As discussed in our earlier blog post, In re The Hacienda Company, LLC – a Flicker of Hope for Distressed Cannabis Companies: Bankruptcy May be Available to Liquidate Assets of Non-Operating Cannabis Companies | In Solvency...more
In the final episode of our three-part series, "Exploring Issues in Cannabis and Bankruptcy," McGlinchey's Cannabis Group Co-Chair, Heidi Urness, along with colleagues Timothy Byrd and Rudy Cerone, will delve into the...more
Starting a cannabis business is often discussed, but maintaining a business, particularly during a downturn in the industry, is a completely different ballgame. Pockets of the cannabis industry are experiencing financial...more
While most bankruptcy cases have denied access to federal bankruptcy courts for cannabis and cannabis-related businesses, a Nevada bankruptcy court allowed a chapter 11 case to continue where the Debtor sought to liquidate,...more
There is seemingly, in the opinion of a great number of bankruptcy courts, a conflict between the United States Bankruptcy Code requirements that a debtor reorganize or liquidate “in good faith,” the federal Controlled...more
“[E]nsnared between his involvement in a business that is legal under the laws of Arizona but illegal under federal law,” one debtor’s chapter 13 petition was recently dismissed due to his undisputed violations of the...more
Recreational or medicinal cannabis is now legal in 35 states and the District of Columbia. But cannabis is still a Schedule I controlled substance under the federal Controlled Substances Act, which presents a host of problems...more
Though it appeared the smoke might blow in a more favorable direction, the hopes of marijuana-adjacent businesses using the Bankruptcy Code were snuffed out once again by the Bankruptcy Court in Colorado. The Controlled...more
The cannabis industry is growing in leaps and bounds, but entrepreneurs interested in developing cannabis companies – as well as business people interested in investing in them – must make certain that they know what they are...more
Although legal in many states, marijuana remains illegal under federal criminal law. See 21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(1). One would think that engaging in illegal activity under federal criminal law would preclude relief under federal...more
A recent decision from the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit is another in a small, but growing line of cases finding that bankruptcy cases need not be mandatorily dismissed simply because they touch upon...more
It was only a matter of time before the budding state laws legalizing marijuana use ran up against the federal government’s treatment of the drug as a controlled substance – and what better place for the two sides to meet...more