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Rescheduling did not just change tax treatment and licensing options for cannabis operators. It also changed the assumptions baked into thousands of existing cannabis contracts.
On April 23, 2026, the DOJ and DEA issued a final order rescheduling certain marijuana products from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act. The order is subject to litigation, but it remains in effect for…
Have the doors to U.S. Bankruptcy courts finally swung open to cannabis companies? Perhaps, but still in only very limited circumstances involving a foreign debtor. Nonetheless, Judge Brendan Shannon’s recent order granting…
Comparing Personal Responsibility Regulations for Unpaid Cannabis Tax and Unpaid Sales and Use Tax
Most commentary on the “hemp ban” included in the November funding bill has focused on two, related considerations: (1) which products and activities will become…
The “loophole” that for years exempted intoxicating hemp from the prohibitions of the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) is set to close on November 13, 2026, following the federal ban enacted earlier this month. S.
Welcome the ninth annual “State of the State” post on Oregon cannabis. I feel like an old man. As compared to 2023, things this year were pretty mellow. That’s not to say, however, that we don’t have trends, intrigues,…
Based on a recent article in the Green Market Report (and corresponding public filings), “$1.83 billion of . . . debt is set to come due by 2026” for a number of publicly traded multi-state cannabis operators (“MSO”s). While this…
McGlinchey Stafford This article was co-authored with Joel E. Cohen, Stout. Despite the excitement of many over rescheduling cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III, the move does not make cannabis “legal” unless it is produced,…
The likelihood of marijuana’s federal reclassification to Schedule III status has Big Law leaders eyeing opportunities to expand relationships with clients who have historically lacked the same tax benefits and bankruptcy…
In a historic move, the DEA accepted the US Department of Health and Human Services’ recommendation to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to a Schedule III controlled substance, arguably the most significant change to federal…
Today the Associated Press broke the news of the DEA’s long-awaited decision to move forward with the plan to reclassify cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III.
Bankruptcy courts generally have been a rather hostile forum for debtors employed in the marijuana industry.
Griffen is an attorney in Harris Sliwoski’s Los Angeles office, where he focuses his practice on corporate, transactional, intellectual property, data security, regulatory, and litigation matters across a wide variety of domestic…
Pensions are, and have been, an important compensation component for public employees, including teachers, police, fire, and other municipal positions. However, limited funds and riskier investments are threatening pension funds…
Author: Vince Sliwoski Can a creditor, landlord or other third party take a security interest in an OLCC license? Can an OLCC licensee collateralize or pledge its license– as if that license were personal property, and not just a…
S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (“Court”) confirmed a plan for a cannabis-related business (“Debtor”) to sell its equity interests in a Canadian cannabis company, Lowell Farms, and distribute the…
S. is an exclusively federal procedure and cannabis remains illegal under federal law and proposed a number of alternative options for businesses struggling in the current environment. Part 2 of this series focused on state law…
Currently, courts have held that a bankruptcy case must be dismissed if the continuation of the case would require the court, trustee, or debtor-in-possession to administer assets that are illegal under the Controlled Substances…
S. is an exclusively federal procedure and cannabis remains illegal under federal law and proposed a number of alternative options for businesses struggling in the current environment. Part 2 of this series focuses on one of…