Despite running on a platform of guaranteed and quickly enacted federal cannabis reform, President Joe Biden hasn’t authorized or signed into law any large-scale reformative measures on par with the legislative possibilities of the MORE or Safe Banking Act. The mass pardon enacted last October...
White Labeling in the Cannabis Industry; a trademark owners dream. As the cannabis industry blooms, more and more companies are resulting to white labeling. White labeled products are those products manufactured by third parties, using another’s branding or logo to market the product and sell...
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...
In the decade since Colorado and Washington legalized cannabis for recreational purposes and dozens of further states have legalized for medical purposes, the political climate behind cannabis has shifted drastically. As a far cry from the previous views of the political party, medical cannabis has...
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,...
Domestically, the laws and policy surrounding cannabis are among America’s most confusing. Due to the legality of cannabis itself fluctuating greatly depending on where you’re currently located, the punishments for cannabis possession and use can range greatly. If you were caught with cannabis in Denver...
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,...
Despite the remoteness of the state and the fact that it’s not very synonymous with American cannabis culture, Maine has been very progressive on all matters related to cannabis when compared to other states. Several years before the majority of American states decided on medical...
Despite cannabis turning into a multi-billion dollar industry that employs nearly 425,000 people and will likely be legal in half of the United States of America by the end of the 2024 election, the fact that the plant is still heavily illegal on the federal...