Welcome to Higher Law, our new weekly briefing about all things cannabis. I’m Cheryl Miller, reporting for Law.com from Sacramento. This week we’re looking at the tricky task of protecting intellectual property tied to cannabis. Also, everyone’s talking about the problem of banks shunning the marijuana industry, but what’s the solution? And scroll down to see who got the work.

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