By Susan Ryan
On Tuesday, October 1st, from 1:00 – 1:30 p.m. ET, Seyfarth attorneys will kick off a series of micro-webinars titled, “The Legal Landscape of Hospitality: Key Perspectives and Considerations.” The first installment of the series will feature Stan Jutkowitz and Jen Mora, and will focus on cannabis in the hospitality industry.
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By Jennifer L. Mora and Elliot Fink
Seyfarth Synopsis: It is not often that the government has the opportunity to regulate and oversee an entirely brand new market; and, in the case of California, when it legalized recreational cannabis for adult-use, it decided to mandate involvement of labor unions in the state’s emerging cannabis industry, through implementation of a Labor
Continue Reading Purple Haze: LPA Mandate Poised to Continue Causing Confusion and Chaos for California Cannabis Licensees
Aug. 8, 2024
JC Zwisler, associate in Seyfarth’s Litigation department, will speak at the ABA Litigation Section’s webinar, “Protecting Cannabis: An In-Depth Discussion of Intellectual Property Protections of Cannabis,” on August 8. The program will discuss how to protect cannabis goods and services through existing and future IP rights in the US.
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By Ariel D. Cudkowicz and Adrienne Lee
Seyfarth Synopsis: Employees at a Cresco Labs cannabis cultivation facility in Massachusetts recently made an unexpected and significant decision: they chose to say goodbye to their union membership just shy of their first contract’s expiration in June 2024.
Back in November 2020, the gardeners, shift leads, and other agricultural workers at Cresco’s Fall
Continue Reading Budding Issues? The Fading Smoke of One Union at a Cannabis Workplace in MassachusettsBy Stanley Jutkowitz and Susan Ryan
Seyfarth Synopsis: Cannabis would move to Schedule III from Schedule I under this reclassification.
In a move long awaited by the cannabis industry, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has decided to re-schedule cannabis. Currently classified under Schedule I, along with heroin, cannabis would now move to Schedule III, along with ketamine and
Continue Reading BREAKING NEWS: DEA To Reschedule Cannabis
By Susan Ryan
Welcome back to The Year In Weed, The Blunt Truth’s annual roundup of cannabis-related stories. As usual, I’ll adopt Dave Barry’s Year in Review (sadly, no longer available for free) format and look at stories month by month. Last year, I predicted there would be no federal cannabis legalization, but that perhaps states would legalize. Was
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By Adam R. Young and Craig B. Simonsen
Seyfarth Synopsis: The State of Michigan’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) Cannabis – State Emphasis Program (SEP) (August 28, 2023) was established to address safety and health hazards associated with the growing, harvesting, and processing of recreational cannabis (marijuana).
Marijuana is a booming business, in Michigan and nationally. In November 2018
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By Sydney Jenkins
Seyfarth Synopsis: College athletes around the country may soon be in for an unexpected change in drug testing requirements. The NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports (CSMAS) recently showed support for removing cannabis from the organization’s banned drug list and testing protocols. The committee will discuss the decision with its members throughout the summer
Continue Reading Puff-Puff-Pass the Ball? NCAA Ponders a Different Kind of High Standard for Drug Testing AthletesBy Jennifer L. Mora and Frederick T. Smith
Seyfarth Synopsis: As previously reported here, on February 22, 2021, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed the “New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act” (CREAMMA), which amended the New Jersey Constitution to legalize recreational cannabis.
The law allows employers to conduct numerous forms of drug testing for
Continue Reading New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission Issues Guidance on “Workplace Impairment” Determinations
Seyfarth Synopsis: On May 25, 2022, Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee signed “The Rhode Island Cannabis Act,” which grants adults aged 21 and older the right to possess and grow certain amounts of cannabis for recreational use. Retail sales are expected to begin as early as December 1, 2022. The new law, which is effective
Continue Reading Rhode Island Legalizes Cannabis for Recreational Use