Legal Insights

Avoiding Labor & Employment Disputes From Onboarding To Exit.
Administrative Law
Hilary St. Jean

Avoiding Labor & Employment Disputes from Onboarding to Exit. (Mitigating Risk of Liability in the Employee Lifecycle)

Introduction Now more than ever companies must be on top of staffing and employment issues. It’s always important to properly document onboarding employees and contractors, any issues that arise in the lifecycle of the employment relationship and any exit documentation, but in difficult economic times it is especially important to maintain recordation thereof and any human resources issues.  Mitigating Labor

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B Corporation Certification: A Guide for Wineries and Beverage Businesses
Beverage Law
Hilary St. Jean

B Corporation Certification: A Guide for Wineries and Beverage Businesses

Why B Corporation Certification is on the Rise In California particularly, issues of environmental impact and public impact are at the forefront of corporate and political leadership. In part, this is due to the constant challenges that arise through a highly agricultural geography meeting very tumultuous environmental factors, including drought, fire and flood. This is of heightened importance with industries

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FDA Announces Concerns Regarding CBD Products
Cannabis Law
Hilary St. Jean

FDA Announces Concerns Regarding CBD Products and a Punt to Congress

As you may be aware, over four years after the federal government signed the 2018 Farm Bill into law,  last week, on January 26, 2023, the FDA announced that it will not engage in any rulemaking processes related to CBD or other similar cannabis-derived compounds because it is unable to safely regulate such compounds under its existing regulatory processes. Additionally,

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Contracting Considerations for Oregon Psilocybin License Residency Requirements
Psychedelics Law
Hilary St. Jean

Contracting Considerations for Residency Requirements under the Oregon Psilocybin Services Act (ORS 475A)

Oregon approved Ballot Measure 109 (M109) and put into place the Oregon Psilocybin Services Act (the “Act”) to allow for consumption of psilocybin at certain licensed service centers through licensed facilitators and administrators in the State of Oregon. It was voted into law in November 2020 and is codified in the Oregon Revised Statutes under ORS 475A. Following a two-year

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Psychedelics Law
Hilary St. Jean

Psychedelics and a Semi-Parallel Cannabis Universe

As psychedelic therapies continue to develop as contemplative businesses and in research programs commencing at both the state and federal levels in the United States, we are naturally compelled to learn from similar or semi-similar developments in the cannabis business regarding what has worked and what has not worked in addressing federally prohibited substances, their potential risks, potential benefits and

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Are Cryptocurrency and Web3 Solutions to the Cannabis Industry's Banking Concerns?
Corporate & Transactional
Hilary St. Jean

Tales from the Crytpobus: Are Cryptocurrency and Web3 Solutions to the Cannabis Industry’s Banking Concerns?

Today it’s nearly impossible to go online without hearing buzz around “cryptocurrency” and also “Web3”. A fair number of businesses in Silicon Valley are vocal about a general movement towards “deregulation” and “decentralization”, although some argue this approach is really something that results in quasi-regulation or eventually will just evolve to a different kind of regulation. Web3: The Next Digital

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The Importance of Commercial Contracts in Cannabis
Corporate & Transactional
Hilary St. Jean

The Importance of Commercial Contracts in the Cannabis Industry

In today’s volatile marketplace amid the pandemic and a generally competitive cannabis industry with supply, demand and tax issues, it is more crucial than ever to set clear expectations between commercial operators.  We often encounter clients that need to chase payment for their purchase orders or that have another dispute over a payment or performance issue in the commercial context.

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Tips for seeking financing and raising capital successfully!
Corporate & Transactional
Hilary St. Jean

Seeking Financing: Tips for Raising Capital Successfully

It isn’t unusual to need to raise quick money, especially in uncertain times. With pandemic fatigue, the business world is constantly changing, lacking in predictability and consistency, and businesses are finding it more and more difficult to secure reliable capital. What are some of the best approaches to keeping a lifeline alive when operating your business? How can you plan far

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Rogoway Law can help cannabis businesses improve efficiency and decrease costs.
Corporate & Transactional
Hilary St. Jean

Pandemic Distress – Business Cost-Efficiency Scrubbing Services

At Rogoway Law, we understand that the pandemic has taken its toll on many operators and has impacted different industries disparately. It is always crucial to run startups leanly and efficiently, but lately it’s especially crucial for our clients in the California cannabis industry. Here are some ways we can help you decrease costs, increase productivity and motivation among staff

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Rogoway Law is here to lift the administrative burden off of busy clients when it comes to helping maintain corporate minutes books or helping document missing, or cleaning up erroneous, corporate records.
Corporate & Transactional
Hilary St. Jean

Maintaining Corporate Formalities- Annual Meetings, Minutes, and Consents

Rogoway Law is here to lift the administrative burden off of busy clients when it comes to helping maintain corporate minutes books or helping document missing, or cleaning up erroneous, corporate records. We can attend board or shareholder meetings, help you set up a board or shareholder meeting, or simply help you memorialize or formalize your casual meeting notes. We

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