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Potential State-Centric Marijuana Policy in the 119th Congress

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With power changing hands in Washington, D.C., what can marijuana industry members expect from the 119th Congress? Two GOP proposals from the 118th Congress may foreshadow the likely path for federal marijuana legalization....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Week in Weed: October 2023 # 4

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see there’s a controversy over cannabis use and gun ownership by police officers in Jersey City, New...more

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Williams Mullen Manufacturing Edge Video Series - Episode 1

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In the inaugural episode of Williams Mullen Manufacturing Edge, a video series addressing key topics affecting manufacturers, Labor, Employment & Immigration (LEI) attorneys David Burton and Scott Terrell provide updates on...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Says Current Federal Cannabis Prohibition is "Contradictory and Unstable"

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court denied review of a case out of Colorado dealing with a medical marijuana dispensary’s challenge to a tax code provision. After denying review, Justice Thomas—one of the Court’s most...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Podcast: Federal and State Cannabis Rules Are Moving in Different Directions - Diagnosing Health Care

Federal and state cannabis regulation and enforcement appear to be moving in different directions. While the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") has broadened its net to target businesses making claims that their products...more

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Arizona Passes Initiative to Allow Recreational Marijuana Use

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Arizona 2020 voters decidedly adopted Proposition 207 – The Smart and Safe Arizona Act – which legalizes the possession and use of marijuana by adults age 21 and over for recreational or non-medicinal use. The initiative...more

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Holding Up the Green: Hart-Scott-Rodino and its Impact on Cannabis M&A Transactions

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Although the federal government seems to have turned a blind eye to the legalization of the medical and even recreational use of cannabis in certain states, they have not relinquished their duty to maintain competitive...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

In the Weeds: Marijuana Legalization & Employment Laws

Over the last several years, attitudes towards marijuana use have rapidly changed in the United States. According to a 2018 Pew Research Survey, 62 percent of U.S. respondents said marijuana use should be legal, compared to...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Illinois Legalizes Recreational Marijuana: Impact on Employers

Illinois will soon become the eleventh state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana.  On June 25, 2019, Governor Pritzker signed into effect House Bill 1438—the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (“CRTA”).  The CRTA,...more

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AG’s Conflicting Marijuana Policy Comments Leave Some Dazed And Confused

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If you have been following recent comments by Attorney General Jeff Sessions in an attempt to predict marijuana policy under the Trump Administration, you might be left scratching your head. In recent comments before...more

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