Partner Matt Luzadder was quoted in Bloomberg Law’s February 18, 2020, article, “Unions Elbow Into Pot Industry With State-Backed ‘Peace’ Deals.”
The cannabis industry is estimated to grow to $30 billion in sales by 2025. Accompanying that estimate is
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Over the past few years, a handful of law firms have filed thousands of lawsuits over website accessibility issues. This has been a lucrative business for these firms. Many of these suits are essentially cut-and-paste jobs, and the recipients often
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On January 21, 2020, an Idaho state court held that nearly 7,000 pounds of seized hemp would remain forfeited to the Idaho State Police (“ISP”). As we discussed in our recently published article, the defendant in the case, Big
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As we begin the 2020 legislative session, states legislatures are introducing bills that would prohibit marijuana retailers from collecting any personal information from consumers other than a government-issued identification for the purpose of consumer age verification. Specifically, the Hawaii state
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Texting customers without proper consent is risky business. As we discussed here, there has been a flood of lawsuits over the past five years against companies large and small relating to their texting practices. With many new entrants to
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Last week, workers at Cresco Labs, one of Illinois’ largest cannabis companies, voted to join the Local 881 chapter of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW). The vote, conducted by the National Labor Relations Board just two weeks after
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As Americans across the country begin gathering W-2s and various receipts to calculate personal income taxes, California’s legislature and governor are contemplating ways of making the state’s legalized marijuana industry more competitive by reducing taxes and streamlining the regulatory structure.
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On January 15, the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce held its first ever legislative hearing to address federal cannabis policies. The subcommittee invited witness from three different agencies to provide testimony: Matthew K. Strait, Drug
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An employer ordered to reimburse a worker for his purchase of medical marijuana – as part of a workers’ compensation claim – is not in danger of violating the federal Controlled Substances Act, according to an important decision rendered by
The push and pull on CBD regulation continues.
Earlier this week, Minnesota Representative Colin Peterson introduced a H.R. 5587, which would regulate CBD as a dietary supplement. Specifically, the bill would amend the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
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A new potential class action minefield cropped up in 2019 – challenges to cannabis companies’ marketing practices under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), with one major medical marijuana company already forced to defend its text messaging practices in Florida
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