Note: This post was updated August 21, 2017 to reflect amendments to the bill. Earlier this year, California Assemblyman Jim Cooper, D-Elk Grove, introduced AB 1700 which…
In the last week of June, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill that consolidates state medical and recreational cannabis regulations into one governing…
[This is a guest post by Evelin Y. Bailey.] Employers in the medical marijuana industry have a right, like all California employers, to maintain a…
Last week the California Assembly passed Assembly Bill 64 (AB 64), an omnibus bill regarding medical and recreational marijuana, sending it to the State Senate for…
In 1996, Californians passed Proposition 215, the first medical marijuana initiative in the United States. Since then, the California Legislature has enacted various laws relating to…
The City of Oakland recently finalized cannabis permitting regulations that are unique in California because they focus on “equity,” making entry into the cannabis industry easier…
Yesterday, right on the cusp of 420, the California Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics issued an opinion regarding “Extrajudicial Involvement in Marijuana Enterprises,” stating that…
Suffice it to say, the appointment of Jeff Sessions as the United States Attorney General did not remove uncertainty from the cannabis industry. How our new…
Could you write a legal opinion about Jimmy Buffett, Margaritaville and Marijaunaville without displaying any trace of a sense of humor? The United States Patent and…
[California Cannabis Law Blog thanks attorney Jason Horst for this guest blogger contribution.] The unique financial headaches of running a cannabis business are well known. My…
