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Welcoming Dan Kramer
McAllister Garfield is happy to announce the addition of another lawyer in its Denver office: Dan Kramer. Dan is an experienced lawyer with a background in intellectual property strategies, entity formation and licensing. Intellectual property assets enhance business valuation and create new opportunities to generate revenue. Dan can help you create a protectable and licensable trademark […]
June 19, 2019
Governor Polis Signs Major Marijuana Bills in Colorado, Including Public Company Ownership
Friends, Yesterday, Governor Polis signed into law three significant bills that will have major impacts on the Colorado cannabis industry. These bills will require additional rulemaking by Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division before the new laws are implemented. If you have any questions about the impact of these new laws on your business, contact McAllister Garfield […]
May 31, 2019
City of Los Angeles Releases Software For Forecasting Cannabis Retail Locations in Community Plan Areas
The Los Angeles Department of Cannabis Regulation released a geographic information system for public use. The mapping and analytical software tool outlines each Community Plan Areas (CPA) and the number of retail licenses available within the highlighted CPA per the City’s definition of Undue Concentration. CPAs were designated by the City of Los Angeles in […]
May 10, 2019
Dispensary Compliance Alert: Underage Sting Operations
This is a reminder to Colorado marijuana dispensaries to remain vigilant about compliance, specifically verifying proper ID for all customers. The Marijuana Enforcement Division and several local jurisdictions, particularly Denver and Boulder, have been aggressively performing undercover sting operations. These sting operations include people attempting to gain entry to dispensaries with underage IDs, with sophisticated […]
December 3, 2018
Review of 2018 Election Results
November 12, 2018 Colorado Governor: The Colorado Governor appoints the head of the Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED) and its parent agency the Department of Revenue. In addition, the Governor has final say on bills passed by the Legislature. Jared Polis has been elected Governor of Colorado. Governor-Elect Polis was one of the few elected leaders […]
November 12, 2018
McAllister Garfield Comments on New CA Cannabis Rules
Friends, McAllister Garfield submitted the attached comments to the California Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC), following the publication of the draft permanent rules by BCC several weeks ago. In particular, the draft permanent rules banned white labeling, or the common practice of licensing a brand into California without obtaining a cannabis license in that state. […]
November 9, 2018
Update on California Industrial Hemp Law
California Industrial Hemp Law Senate Bill-1409 signed into law by Governor Brown California recently passed a modest reform to its hemp laws. Hemp will now be regulated by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) in accordance to the Food and Agricultural Code. Among the changes, the definition of industrial hemp will no longer […]
October 31, 2018
White Labeling Banned in New CA Cannabis Regulations
As McAllister Garfield, P.C. announced several days ago, the California cannabis regulators have released new draft permanent regulations on October 19, 2018. See BCC regs at: https://www.bcc.ca.gov/law_regs/cannabis_text.pdf CDFA regs at: https://static.cdfa.ca.gov/MCCP/document/10.17.18%20CDFA%20Regulation%20Text_15-Day.pdf CDPH regs at: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CEH/DFDCS/MCSB/CDPH%20Document%20Library/DPH-17-010_15DAY_TEXT.pdf The agencies are taking public comment on these rules until the close of business on November 5, 2018. The main […]
October 30, 2018
Summary of the Colorado Sunset Review of Cannabis Laws
Colorado Marijuana Code- 2018 Sunset Reviews In 2019, the Colorado medical and retail marijuana programs are scheduled to ‘sunset’. This ‘sunset’ means that the medical and retail licensing codes will expire unless the Colorado General Assembly affirmatively acts to extend the codes. As part of this process, the Colorado Department of Regulatory Affairs (DORA) conducts […]
October 30, 2018
DEA Confirms it Lacks Authority Over Hemp Products in Recent Internal Directive
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) stated in an internal directive last week that it lacks authority over hemp products that come from the parts of the cannabis plant exempted by the federal Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”). The directive acknowledges that hemp products containing “materials that are made from the cannabis plant and which fall […]
May 31, 2018