Regulatory

It’s nice to be recognized by your peers. Harris Bricken cannabis business attorneys Hilary Bricken, Jihee Ahn and Griffen Thorne have been named Super Lawyers Southern California Rising Stars 2022. Jihee (litigation) and Griffen (cannabis law) earned the award for the second time, first having been honored in 2021. Hilary Bricken (business and corporate law) has […]

We have more details for you regarding the Los Angeles cannabis retail license lottery, following last week’s post on the topic. We combed the Department of Cannabis Regulation’s (“DCR”) website and came up with answers to the three most important questions about the retail lottery. 1. When will the retail lottery occur? DCR anticipates that

One of the most important decisions a new cannabis business can make is the form of entity it will use. In fact, one of the first questions businesses ask is whether the right entity for a cannabis business is a limited liability company (LLC), corporation, or something else. Like basically every other legal analysis, the

As of yesterday, June 9, 2022, the home cultivation of low tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) cannabis in Thailand is legal. The government is giving away free plants to boot! This constitutes a milestone for cannabis reform in the country and the region at large, but the Thai changes fall short of the “decriminalization” widely touted in the

Register HERE! Protecting and monetizing intellectual property (IP) assets in the cannabis industry is a critical step for many businesses. Enforcement of valuable IP rights against infringers may also be vital to a cannabis business’s success. The cannabis industry is highly dynamic and competitive. In addition to state and local rules, the Schedule I status

New York’s Cannabis Control Board (CCB) held a meeting on June 1, 2022 in which the road towards New York’s adult-use cannabis market became clearer. The CCB released three sets of proposed cannabis regulations in the lead up to this most recent meeting: packaging and labeling regulations, marketing and advertising regulations, and laboratory testing regulations.

We have been helping people buy and sell Oregon cannabis businesses since the early days of the adult use market. Most of these sales are relatively simply asset purchase agreements—including many for naked licenses—but some have been stock sales. Others have taken place amid administrative enforcement action by the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC).

In almost every cannabis litigation webinar we’ve done, and in many of our past posts discussing breach of cannabis contracts (the general breakdown of this claim is here), we’ve stressed the importance of memorializing good cannabis business agreements – in writing – to save yourself from potential or protracted litigation down the line. Still, even

After many delays, controversies, and changes to the regulations, Los Angeles is finally opening its second (and last) round of retail licensing. Based on the timeline laid out by the LA Cannabis Regulations, Retail Round Two will open by early next year. This time around, the Department of Cannabis Regulation (DCR) will use a lottery

Next week on June 7, our own Jonathan Bench will be speaking online with an expert legal panel on commercial cannabis leases. In this 90 minute seminar, the panel will cover a wide variety of lease topics that are relevant to both cannabis landlords and tenants. Whether you are a landlord or a business on