Cheryl Miller untangles the compliance issues around marijuana legalization, tracks state and federal regulatory developments, and delivers the information lawyers need to advise clients in this emerging industry.
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By Cheryl Miller | April 30, 2020
Welcome to Higher Law. On tap: The Cole memo author James Cole, now at Sidley Austin, offers thoughts on marijuana and the law • An ABA panel's views on cannabis and COVID-19 • Curaleaf's new chief compliance officer • Another NYC that may drop marijuana employment testing. Thanks for reading!
By Cheryl Miller | April 23, 2020
Welcome to Higher Law, and we hope you are safe. Scroll down for our Q&A with Balanced Health Botanicals GC John Harloe • First quarter marijuana lobbying reports • Cooley's trademark lawsuit on behalf of Charlotte's Web Inc. • COVID-19's potential silver lining for the legalization movement
By Cheryl Miller | April 16, 2020
Welcome to Higher Law, and hope you are safe and well. Cannabis lawyers want to be included in federal coronavirus aid. Plus: a billion-dollar lawsuit filed by a hemp-growing company, and there's a legal challenge to the so-called California Cannabis King. Scroll down for Who Got the Work, and more.
By Cheryl Miller | April 9, 2020
Welcome to Higher Law, and we hope you, colleagues and family are safe. Scroll down for views on marijuana and the pandemic from Reed Smith's cannabis practice chair • Another win for the IRS in a 10th Circuit tax case • Goodwin Procter's new cannabis practice partner. Thanks for reading!
By Cheryl Miller | April 2, 2020
Welcome to Higher Law, and we hope you, friends, family and colleagues are safe and healthy. This week we're looking at: A Dykema partner's view of the cannabis industry and COVID-19 • The FTC goes after CBD coronavirus claims.
By Cheryl Miller | March 26, 2020
Welcome to Higher Law. A corporate lawyer's take on social equity laws • Cozen O'Connor's challenge of Maine's recreational regs • DLA Piper of Canada's guidance on a $69 million acquisition • "Essential" marijuana during the covid-19 pandemic
By Cheryl Miller | March 19, 2020
Welcome to Higher Law. On tap this week: Cannabis and the coronavirus • Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's work for CBD company • State laws on recreational marijuana and workers. Thanks for reading!
By Cheryl Miller | March 12, 2020
A big weed-in-the-workplace ruling in New Jersey • The FDA's request for more data on cannabis and CBD • A new office and new cannabis partner for Burns & Levinson • Executive search firm sues a cannabis company • A Big Four accounting firm eyes cannabis work in the U.K.
By Cheryl Miller | March 5, 2020
Welcome to Higher Law! This week we're looking at: • a federal subpoena of Weedmaps • a new cannabis practice leader at Fortis Law Partners • two new cannabis breach-of-contract suits • a review of community-host contracts in Massachusetts. Thanks for reading!
By Cheryl Miller | February 27, 2020
Welcome to Law.com's Higher Law dispatch, where we are chronicling legal services in the cannabis arena. We'd love your feedback, and thanks for reading!
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