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Cybersecurity Issues Threaten Cannabis Businesses, But Can Be Mitigated

by Andrew Kingsdale June 14, 2023 Photo by Kevin Ku on Unsplash. Cybersecurity breaches can deplete a company’s profits, affect its reputation, and jeopardize employee safety and customer wellbeing. According to IBM, in 2022 the global average cost of a data breach was $4.35 million, around 2.6% higher than in […]

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Highlights from DCC’s Proposed Consolidated Emergency Regulations

By Lauren Mendelsohn September 10, 2021      As we discussed in our previous blog post here, California’s Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) announced proposed emergency regulations with the goal of combining the requirements from the three previous sets of regulations into one unified set. The proposal is lengthy, with […]

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California Department of Cannabis Control Proposes Emergency Regulations

by Omar Figueroa September 8, 2021 Today, the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) published proposed emergency regulations.  This is the second step after the DCC took action in July to move all cannabis regulations into Title 4 of the California Code of Regulations.  The proposed emergency regulations are intended to […]

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Disaster Relief and the Department of Cannabis Control

by Omar Figueroa September 1, 2021 Back in 2018, the first state cannabis licenses were issued by three separate regulatory agencies: the Bureau of Cannabis Control, CalCannabis Cultivation licensing within the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), and the Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch within the California Department of Public […]

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Sonoma County Adopts New Stay-at-Home Order to Combat COVID-19

By Lauren Mendelsohn December 11, 2020   On December 3, 2020 California Governor Gavin Newson issued a new stay-at-home order in light of rising COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations. The new order divides the state up into five regions — Southern California, the San Joaquin Valley, Greater Sacramento, the Bay Area, […]

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Preventing and Managing Coronavirus Outbreaks in the Cannabis Workplace

By Lauren Mendelsohn August 17, 2020   As the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage across the United States and other countries, it is important that health and safety measures are implemented in the workplace to prevent more outbreaks and protect employees, contractors, and the general public. This applies whether the […]

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Remote Inspections, Self-Inspection Checklist, and Other Updates for Cannabis Manufacturers in California

June 24, 2020 by Tiffany Carrari, Associate Transactional Attorney On June 5th the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch (MCSB) issued an update detailing MCSB’s current operations in light of California’s COVID-19 Stay at Home order. The update also contained information for l icensees including reminders […]

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State Cannabis Agencies Offer License Fee Deferrals

May 14, 2020 by Lauren Mendelsohn and Omar Figueroa   Today, the three primary licensing agencies in California (the Bureau of Cannabis Control within the Department of Consumer Affairs, CalCannabis Cultivation Licensing within the Department of Food & Agriculture, and the Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch within the California Department of […]

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Pro Bono Efforts by Senior Associate Lauren Mendelsohn Gain Attention of California Governor’s Office

by Omar Figueroa, April 10, 2020 We are honored that the pro bono efforts of Senior Associate Lauren Mendelsohn have gained the attention of the California Governor’s Office.  Lauren is leading an effort by the Law Offices of Omar Figueroa, joined by many in the California  cannabis industry who have […]

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Sonoma County “Shelter in Place” Order Extended; All Licensed Cannabis Businesses Now Listed as “Essential”

April 1, 2020 By Lauren Mendelsohn Last night, the Sonoma County Health Officer extended the county’s “Shelter in Place” order until May 3, 2020 in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. We previously discussed Sonoma County’s order here and here, and the statewide order here and here. The updated Order […]

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