Cannabis

Case

May 19, 2022 – 9^th Circuit Federal Trademark Decision, AK Future v. Boyd Street Distro
This ruling effectively legalized delta-8 TCH products derived from hemp.

Regulations

March 4, 2022 – Consolidated DCC Regulations Proposed

Statutes

AB 45 – Passed October 6, 2021
SB 160 – Passed July 16, 2021 – Altered CEQA landscape
AB 141 – Passed July 12, 2021 – Altered CEQA landscape

Pending Legislation

Bills introduced to the California Legislature this session, which ends August 31, 2022 for the below-listed six bills:
AB 2506 (Quirk/Lackey)
AB 2792 (B. Rubio)
SB 1074 (McGuire)
SB 1281 (Bradford)
SB 1293 (Bradford)
SB 1336 (Wiener)

Articles

Business Law Article: Selected Developments in Business Law – Agribusiness Committee Issues An eBulletin Discussing Cannabis Registration Guidance By The U.S. Trademark Office
IP Article: How GW Pharma Won CBD

Self Study

Webinars

Overview

Original Air Date: 9/24/2020
2020 Annual Meeting: The New Green Legal Cannabis Rush: Is it For Everyone?

Original Air Date: 10/7/2020
2020 Solo & Small Firm Summit: Cannabis and Hemp Law: Green Rush or Land Mine?

Employment

Original Air Date: 9/3/2020
Work and Weed: What Lawyers Need to Know about Cannabis in the Workplace

Intellectual Property

Original Air Date: 10/10/20
Cannabis Intellectual Property Law Nuts & Bolts

Original Air Date: 11/9/2020
Shelter In Place Institute: Cannabis & IP Law Litigation 2020 Update

Original Air Date: 3/10/2020
Trademarks & Cannabis Law

Original Air Date: 1/29/2020
Introduction to IP & Cannabis Law

Original Air Date: 10/21/2020
Trade Secrets in Cannabis

Original Air Date: 11/10/2021
45th Annual IP Institute: Shifting Tokes — Cannabis-Related Patents in a Changing World

Original Air Date: 4/22/2021
Rolling with Patents: IP in Cannabis and Recent Cannabis Patent Litigation

Original Air Date: 7/1/2021
Summer Cannabis (Law) Series: Protecting Cannabis IP in an Uncertain Legal Landscape

International Law

Original Air Date: 1/19/2022
Cannabis and Hemp: Opportunities and Pitfalls for the Foreign Investor

Public Law

Original Air Date: 10/22/2021
Hot Topics in Cannabis Licensing and Regulatory Activity-What Every Cannabis Lawyer Should Know

Real Property

Original Air Date: 8/5/2021
Summer Cannabis (Law) Series: Practical Advice for Representing Clients in the Sale and Lease of Real Estate for Cannabis Use

Environmental Law

Original Air Date: 8/12/2021
The California Cannabis Rush: The Interplay Between Cannabis, Environmental Laws and Regulations

Ethics & Professional Responsibility/Competency

Original Air Date: 12/7/2020
The Ethics of Working with Cannabis Clients – High Times, or Buzz Kill?

Original Release Date: 2020
COPRAC Opinion 2020-202

Elimination of Bias

Original Air Date: 8/5/2021
True Color of Marijuana – Stirring the Racial Justice Pot

Taxation

Original Air Date: 11/5/2021
2021 California Tax Bar and California Tax Policy Conference: Accounting, Tax and Legal Considerations for the Cannabis Industry in California

Trusts and Estates

Original Air Date:
Dude, I Inherited a Pot Farm, Man! (Considerations For Marijuana-Related Businesses for T&E Lawyers) (11/2020)