Business Law
Business Law News 2017, ISSUE 4
Content
- Executive Committee: Message from the Chair
- Bln Editorial Board: Message from the Editor
- The California Marijuana Gold Rush: a Review of the History and Future of Cannabis Regulation in California
- California's Identity Theft Act: a Tool to Protect Consumers after the Equifax Breach of 2017
- A New Breed of Fiduciary: the Partnership Representative
- California Statewide Ban-the-Box Law Approved by Legislature
- How to Keep Contracts Out of Court (Part 1)
- How to Keep Contracts Out of Court (Part 2)
- Can a Drunk Person Enter Into a Contract?
- What Are Directors' Fiduciary Duties When Selling Control of a Corporation?
- Standing Committee Officers of the Business Law Section 2017-2018
- Business Law News Editorial Team
- Executive Committee of the Business Law Section 2017-2018
- Table of Contents
The California Marijuana Gold Rush: A Review of the History and Future of Cannabis Regulation in California
Sean T. McAllister
Sean T. McAllister, Esq. specializes in cannabis business law, including regulatory compliance, business transaction, licensing, and administrative law. He is licensed as an attorney in California and Colorado. His firm, McAllister Garfield, P.C., has twenty-one lawyers working in Colorado, California, Oregon, and Florida. The firm has lawyers and offices in San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. For more information on Sean, visit www.mcallistergarfield.com.
This article provides an overview of the history of cannabis (more commonly known as marijuana) legalization in California, along with a summary of the new statutory scheme regulating medical and adult use (recreational) of cannabis. First, the article discusses the history of cannabis legalization leading up to full regulation, which begins in 2018. Next, the article discusses the new Medical and Adult Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act, which is the unified law now regulating medical and adult use cannabis. Finally, this article discusses some of the difficulties that operators will face in transi-tioning to full regulation in 2018.