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by Omar Figueroa & Lauren Mendelsohn January 6, 2025 Last fall, Assembly Bill 1775, known colloquially as the “Cannabis Cafes Bill”, was signed into law. For more background, please read our previous blog post here. This Cannabis Cafe legislation took effect on January 1, 2025, and allows storefront retailers […]
by Omar Figueroa & Lauren Mendelsohn January 3, 2025 California has been at the forefront of psychedelic policy change for years. In 2019, the City of Oakland became “the first in the nation to decriminalize a wide range of psychedelics such as psilocybin mushrooms and ayahuasca.” Similarly, in early 2020, […]
by Omar Figueroa and Lauren Mendelsohn December 23, 2024 On December 23, 2024, a panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the lower court injunction which had put enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act on hold. We previously wrote about the injunction and FinCEN’s response in our […]
By Lauren Mendelsohn & Omar Figueroa December 2024 Key Deadline Arrives A major regulatory deadline looms for California cannabis businesses, as January 1, 2025 is the final date when the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) can renew provisional licenses for commercial cannabis operations statewide. There is an exception for […]
by Omar Figueroa and Lauren Mendelsohn December 10, 2024 On December 3, 2024, a federal court in Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction suspending the reporting obligations of the Corporate Transparency Act. The opinion in Texas Top Cop Shop v. Garland can be read below and downloaded here. On […]
by Omar Figueroa & Lauren Mendelsohn November 22, 2024 Senate Bill 1064 has been signed into law and, effective January 1, 2025, will amend the cannabis regulatory framework in California by adding a new type of statutory license, the Combined Activities License (CAL). The Combined Activities License (CAL) is […]
by Omar Figueroa & Lauren Mendelsohn November 1, 2024 Last October, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 1171, a bill which authorizes persons licensed by the California Department of Cannabis Control to engage in commercial cannabis activities to bring civil lawsuits against those engaging in commercial cannabis activity […]
by Omar Figueroa and Lauren Mendelsohn October 29, 2024 On October 29, 2024, the California Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District, Division 6 issued an astonishing opinion that could have widespread ramifications for the cannabis industry. The appellate decision starts as follows: Many Californians have high expectations that […]
by Omar Figueroa and Lauren Mendelsohn October 14, 2024 We recently wrote about the California emergency hemp regulations which took effect on September 23, 2024 and ban hemp products with any detectable amount of THC. As we noted, litigation ensued. Reportedly, on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, the […]
by Omar Figueroa & Lauren Mendelsohn September 30, 2024 On Monday, September 30, 2024, the last day for the Governor to sign laws approved by the Legislature, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1775, known colloquially as the “Cannabis Cafe Bill.” This law, which is classified as […]