Article
07/15/2021
Industries Cannabis Law
Services Mergers and Acquisitions
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06/17/2021
Industries Cannabis Law
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05/19/2021
Industries Cannabis Law | Insurance
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01/14/2021
Industries Cannabis Law
Article
11/24/2020
Industries Cannabis Law
Article
10/08/2020
Industries Cannabis Law | Food, Beverage and Agribusiness
Article
01/24/2020
Industries Cannabis Law | Real Estate
Services Real Estate Services
Article
01/14/2020
Industries Cannabis Law
Services Labor and Employment
Article
11/19/2019
Industries Cannabis Law
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11/18/2019
Industries Cannabis Law
Article
10/07/2019
Industries Cannabis Law
Article
09/19/2019
Industries Beverage | Cannabis Law | Food | Food, Beverage and Agribusiness
Jonathan Havens, chair of the Firm's Food and Beverage Practice and co-chair of its Cannabis Law Practice, co-authored this article with 2019 summer associate, Anamika Roy. The pair discuss potential roadblocks to the investment in marijuana-related facilities. "While the public’s attitude toward medical and adult-use cannabis appears to be evolving, the opinions of many municipal governments haven’t changed much. They continue to restrict cannabis businesses in their communities through zoning ordinances, moratoriums and other measures," wrote Jonathan and Anamika.
Article
09/18/2019
Industries Cannabis Law | Insurance
Robin Dusek, a partner in the Firm's Insurance Practice, authored this article for PropertyCasualty 360. Robin discussed the growing cannabis industry and the Clarifying Law Around Insurance of Marijuana (CLAIM) Act. "Given this uncertainty at the federal level, insurers have been wary of entering into the cannabis supply chain out of fear of criminal or civil liability. Thus, insurance remains relatively difficult to access for large swaths of the industry," wrote Robin.
Article
09/03/2019
Industries Cannabis Law | Food | Food, Beverage and Agribusiness
Jonathan Havens, chair of the Firm's Food and Beverage Practice and co-chair of its Cannabis Law Practice, co-authored this article for Food Safety Magazine with Rebekah Nickerson, a 2019 summer associate. The pair discusses the Food and Drug Administration's "New Era of Smarter Food Safety" plan. "Although it remains to be seen which technology or technologies discussed above, if any, FDA will mandate, it is possible that any of the approaches noted could significantly enhance traceability in the food supply chain," wrote Jonathan and Rebekah.
Article
08/16/2019
Industries Cannabis Law | Food | Food, Beverage and Agribusiness
Jonathan Havens, chair of the Firm's Food and Beverage Practice and co-chair of its Cannabis Law Practice, authored this article for The Packer magazine discussing the FDA's New Era of Smarter Food Safety initiative. "As stakeholders well know, compliance is not cheap. The benefits of enhanced food safety aside, FSMA compliance has been an expensive proposition. As it considers weighing in on the smarter food safety docket at FDA, one thing that the industry will want to evaluate is what additional costs it will have to bear in order to adopt the technology or technologies FDA is considering...
Article
07/26/2019
Industries Cannabis Law
Services Labor and Employment
Alex Reich, Jason Tremblay and Ruth Rauls, members of the Firm's Labor and Employment Practice, co-authored an article for the Illinois Mechanical & Specialty Contractors Association's magazine, Substance . The authors discuss a "landmark bill" passed by the Illinois legislature authorizing recreational marijuana. "The Illinois bill is another example of how expanding cannabis laws continues to create more ambiguities for employers," wrote Alex, Jason and Ruth.