Five Items To Include In Franchise Agreements For Cannabis Waste Management

By Cole Morgan and Tatev Oganyan You can’t just dump cannabis waste in the trash. The cannabis waste management industry is facing environmental challenges because of improper waste disposal, failure to recycle, air pollution and emissions of gas or chemicals…

Risks of Disclosing Personal Information to California Cannabis Licensing Authorities

November 1, 2019
Cole Morgan
California
0 Comments

When registering with California licensing authorities and applying for cannabis licenses, certain information must be disclosed. Depending on the type of license applied for, some of that information, such as the cannabis license type, legal business name of the license…

Keeping Your CA Cannabis License: Get a Compliance System

Cannabis businesses must demonstrate they have the capability to be legally compliant as a condition to issuance of their state and local licenses. That compliant moment is only a glimpse of the business’s life, but it cannot be a fleeting…

What You Should Know Before Leasing Property For Cannabis and Hemp Use

When the City of Huntington Beach imposed a fine on a landlord in excess of $150,000 for allowing a cannabis dispensary to operate out of his property, the landlord was surprised to learn that while cannabis has been legalized by…

We Still Need Clarity: Non-Profit to For-Profit Conversion in California

September 4, 2018
Cole Morgan
California
0 Comments

The Bureau of Cannabis Control (“BCC”) implemented Regulations under California’s Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (“MAUCRSA”). New Regulations were released and titled the Proposed Non-Emergency Regulations (“Regulations”). The Regulations, among other things, provide the licensing requirements for…

CA Distributors: Help Protect Yourself from Excise Tax Penalties

California has a number of different licenses—nursery, cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, testing, retail, microbusiness (engaged in three cannabis business activities), and a few other ancillary licenses. Except for testing, California state law permits vertical integration of licenses. In other words, one…

Proposition 65 Hits the Cannabis Industry – Alerts About Potential Chemicals in Product

August 17, 2017
Cole Morgan
Compliance and Regulations, Processing, Retail, Science and Technology
0 Comments

California’s cannabis regulatory scheme is far from established. Given the prior history of the inability to test for chemicals in cannabis and the effects of long-term cannabis use, an area of vast underdevelopment is state regulation related to allowable levels…

California MMJ Program: Review Your Lease Because Regulations Are Coming

June 13 and 14, 2017, marked the respective deadlines for public comment on California’s proposed medical cannabis manufacturing regulations and proposed regulations for medical cannabis cultivation (see more at the California Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation). Although the proposed regulations…

Commercial Landlords and Tenants in the Cannabis Industry: Beware of the AIR Lease Form

By Cole F. Morgan California City ordinances require cannabis cultivators and manufacturers to own property or obtain leasehold interest in property before applying for a license to operate. Many landlord and tenants are negotiating their first lease regarding licensed cannabis…

Five Items To Include In Franchise Agreements For Cannabis Waste Management

Risks of Disclosing Personal Information to California Cannabis Licensing Authorities

Keeping Your CA Cannabis License: Get a Compliance System

What You Should Know Before Leasing Property For Cannabis and Hemp Use

We Still Need Clarity: Non-Profit to For-Profit Conversion in California

CA Distributors: Help Protect Yourself from Excise Tax Penalties

Proposition 65 Hits the Cannabis Industry – Alerts About Potential Chemicals in Product

California MMJ Program: Review Your Lease Because Regulations Are Coming

Commercial Landlords and Tenants in the Cannabis Industry: Beware of the AIR Lease Form

Upcoming Events

CANNEXPO

ICBC Berlin 2025

MJ Unpacked Atlantic City 2025

Cannabis Drinks Expo 2025 Growing the Category