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Cannabis Startup 101: Building a Strong Foundation for Your Cannabis Business

Starting a company is intimidating for most, if not all, early stage entrepreneurs. Often founders are product-focused and put legal concerns on the back burner in hopes that they can get up and running before incurring legal expenses. Unfortunately, in the cannabis space especially, it’s important to have legal advice at the outset of the business to avoid later excess

Hilary St. Jean November 1, 2018

Copyright Protection for Cannabis Businesses

Copyright Protection as an Alternative to Trademarks: A Guide for Cannabis Businesses

As most companies are well aware, a well-known brand (aka a trademark) represents one of a business’s most valuable assets. Companies spend thousands of dollars and countless hours developing a distinctive visual look, crafting the perfect logo, and devising ways to make their product packaging stand out from the crowd of competitors. It’s only natural for companies to vigorously protect

Josh Zetlin October 31, 2018

Three Important “Drafting Tips” When Negotiating Cross Border Cannabis Transactions

As the world continues to shrink, cross border transactions continue to become more common, even in the cannabis field where more countries are legalizing both medicinal and recreational use of cannabis. Today, there are at least thirty countries that allow the cultivation, manufacturing and use of medicinal cannabis (Argentina, Australia, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Israel, Thailand, etc.). A handful

Rogoway Law Group October 30, 2018

Tilray's implications for “medicinal” cannabis companies

What the Heck Happened Last Week at Tilray? And its implications for “medicinal” cannabis companies.

What Tilray’s IPO means for “medicinal” cannabis companies? Tilray, Inc. describes itself as “a global pioneer in the research, cultivation, production, and distribution of medical cannabis and cannabinoids.” However, last week’s events make a pretty good case that Tilray (Nasdaq: TLRY) is not a pharmaceutical company after all despite being branded as one by companies like Yahoo Finance. This is very good

Rogoway Law Group September 25, 2018

Los Angeles Cannabis Licenses: Phase II Eligibility Information

The City of Los Angeles anticipates opening up Phase II of its cannabis licensing process on August 1, 2018. To prepare potential applicants for the application process, the City released a set of guidelines that applicants can use to help establish eligibility for licensure. The document issued by the City is called Guidelines to Establish Eligibility Pursuant to LAMC Section

Rogoway Law Group July 20, 2018

Insurance coverage for cannabis businesses in California

Selecting the Right Insurance for Your Cannabis Business

California cannabis licensees face a lot of risks, from business competition to regulatory uncertainty, to unforeseen disasters and lawsuits of all types. Cannabis companies can act to protect themselves from certain risk by obtaining specific types of insurance. State-Mandated Insurance Requirements for Cannabis Businesses While the state’s governing statute for commercial cannabis activity, MAUCRSA, does not require cannabis companies to

Rogoway Law Group June 15, 2018

Converting Mutual Benefit Corporations into For-Profit Corporations

Over the past few months, many cannabis collectives organized as non-profit mutual benefit corporations under prior law, such as the 2004 Medical Marijuana Program Act, have asked us to help them convert into for-profit general share corporations (C Corps.). This isn’t surprising because the laws have changed and because cannabis operators wanting to attract new-money investors are learning fast that

Rogoway Law Group May 24, 2018

Bureau of Cannabis Control: On-Site Security Requirements

BCC’s On-Site Security Guard Requirement for Cannabis Retailers: A Discussion

As the cannabis community is well aware by now, the regulations released by the various agencies regulating commercial cannabis businesses are vast and detailed. While the regulations are publicly available on the CalCannabis, Office of Manufactured Cannabis Safety, and Bureau of Cannabis Control websites, some of the operating requirements for cannabis operators are still somewhat vague. When it comes to

Rogoway Law Group May 23, 2018

On-Site Cannabis Consumption at Cannabis Retail Premises

Though the Bureau of Cannabis Control’s Regulations do not mention any restriction of on-site cannabis consumption, the text of the Medicinal and Adult Use of Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) does. MAUCRSA states that “a local jurisdiction may allow for the smoking, vaporizing, and ingesting of cannabis or cannabis products on the premises of a retailer or microbusiness …

Rogoway Law Group May 17, 2018

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