Cannabis: In Focus
- SAFE Banking Updates
- New Hampshire Senate Rejects Legalization Bill for Adult-Use Cannabis
- Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Suit Brought by CBD Shop Owner
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Elizabeth Gustafson has extensive experience with intellectual property and trademark litigation, antitrust, internal and government investigations, and breach of contract claims.
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Continue Reading Cannabis Legal Report—Week of May 22, 2023
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Continue Reading Cannabis Legal Report—Week of April 24, 2023
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) introduced the Small Business Tax Equity Act (H.R. 2643) on April 17, 2023, a bill that will allow cannabis businesses to obtain tax write-offs for ordinary business expenses.
Currently, cannabis businesses are not able to deduct business expenses under a provision of the tax code known as Section 280E…
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Continue Reading Cannabis Legal Report—Week of April 17, 2023
As a consequence of cannabis’ federal illegality, cannabis companies are generally locked out of the nation’s federal bankruptcy courts. Perkins Coie’s Cannabis industry group’s Tommy Tobin recently sat down with Billy Organek, a program fellow at the Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Project, to discuss the effects of current bankruptcy laws on cannabis companies in the…
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Continue Reading Cannabis Legal Report—Week of March 27, 2023
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Continue Reading Cannabis Legal Report—Week of March 20, 2023
Cannabis: In Focus
DEA Classifies Two Lab-Derived Cannabinoids as Schedule I
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) determined that two lab-derived cannabinoids— delta-8 THC acetate ester (delta-8 THCO) and delta-9 acetate ester (delta-9 THCO)—do not meet the federal definition…
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Continue Reading Cannabis Legal Report—Week of February 13, 2023