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Financial services giant Mastercard banned the use of its debit cards for the purchase of state-legal cannabis. In an interview with Forbes, cannabis law attorney and partner Zack Kobrin says Mastercard’s actions are understandably motivated by the legal limbo that the cannabis industry exists in...
Zack Kobrin, cannabis law attorney and partner, tells The Recorder’s “Higher Law” that while Mastercard’s decision last week to ban the use of its debit cards in the state-legal purchase of marijuana is a blow to the cannabis industry, it will simply lead to new workarounds. “On a larger scale, yes...
A recent Law360 article by Peter Murphy provided that to-date, cannabis companies are unlikely to challenge the constitutionally of mandating labor peace agreements (LPAs) as a condition of state cannabis license. It looks like change is in the air. What You Need to Know: A Rhode Island cannabis...
The financial collapse of Herbl, of one of California’s largest cannabis distribution companies, is as much an indication of poor public policy as it is the result of management and economic issues, according to Zack Kobrin, a cannabis law attorney. Kobrin told Cannabis Business Times that...
After extensive negotiating, party-line votes, and resolution of conflicts between the senate and house, Minnesota’s Adult-Use Cannabis bill (“HF 100” or “the bill”) is finally headed to the Governor’s desk. The Governor has indicated he is eager to sign the bill, making Minnesota the 23rd state to...
Partner Zack Kobrin provided Cannabis Business Times some perspective and insight into the battle being fought in Florida over a ballot initiative to legalize cannabis. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has petitioned the state’s Supreme Court to keep the proposed amendment to the state’s...
On Friday, April 21, 2023, Gov. John Carney issued a press release indicating he would not veto two legalization bills on his desk as he did one year ago, and they would go into effect on Sunday, April 23, 2023. Sources suggest that, unlike last year, the Democratic-controlled General Assembly would...