The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission ("OLCC") has a problematic system for issuing violations to licensees. Over the years, I have seen this situation play out for many operators and it shows a complete failing by the regulators to act in the interest of public...
Maine's cannabis regulators have proposed a new set of regulations meant to assist businesses service tourists. Namely, retailers, manufacturers, and cultivators would be allowed to deliver product to hotels and businesses. This would be a substantial departure from the regulatory systems across the US. In...
In eight years of work in the legal cannabis industry on the west coast, I thought I had seen it all. Then the news broke in May about the Professional Technical Union Local 33 (ProTech) and now in August about the National Agricultural Workers Union...
As of July 31, 2023, Cresco and Columbia Care, two of the largest multi-state operators ("MSOs") in the US cannabis industry have agreed to terminate their proposed merger which had been valued at $2 billion when originally announced. The official reasoning for the termination is...
MSO Cresco Labs ("Cresco") has filed suit against MSO Green Thumb Industries ("GTI") based on the claim that GTI "poached" a former Cresco employee. This employee was Cresco's director of technical services and had an employment agreement with a non-compete clause. According to the complaint,...
The biggest news in the Oregon cannabis market so far in 2023 is that of Shamia Fagan receiving $10,000 per month from a company owned by Rosa Cazeras and Aaron Mitchell, the owners/operators of La Mota, arguably the second largest vertically-integrated cannabis company in Oregon,...