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California Cannabis Litigation: Threats of License Loss and Injunctions

By Kristin Westphal, Attorney at Harris Sliwoski, An injunction is a request to the court for immediate relief from harm or potential harm. Its purpose is to stop harmful activity, prevent future misconduct or maintain the status quo during the…

Bay Area cannabis shops are closing as pot sales slump

California’s legal cannabis market continues to descend into financial turmoil, according to the latest annual tax figures released this week. The total market is shrinking in size, according to state-released data, and additional tax information obtained by SFGATE shows hundreds of pot…

California Cannabis Tax Collection and Penalty Nightmares

By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Sliwoski, California’s cannabis taxes are a disaster, with no end in sight. I’ve written about the state’s tax problems extensively, but today I want to talk about what the state can do when it comes to…

California Cities: Prohibition Doesn’t Work

By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Sliwoski California has a population of nearly 40 million, six years of cannabis licensing, but only has about 1,200 licensed dispensaries. These stores are mostly spread out in highly populated areas like Los Angeles,…

Cannabis M&A: Will California Allow License Transfers?

February 16, 2024
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By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Sliwoski Cannabis M&A (short for mergers and acquisitions) in California is much more complicated and problematic than in other states. The biggest reason for this is that licenses are not transferrable, which all but…

California Bill May Change State’s Cannabis and Hemp Industries

By Griffen Thorne, Attorney @ Harris Sliwoski, On February 7, 2024, California Assembly Member Aguilar-Curry introduced AB 2223. The bill, if passed, would significantly change the state’s cannabis and hemp industries – for better or worse. Today, we’ll take a look…

California Gives Up on the Illegal Cannabis Market: Another Update

By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Sliwoski, California publishes quarterly data concerning its “enforcement” efforts against the illegal cannabis market. Over the last couple of quarters, I’ve gotten in the habit of analyzing this data (see here for Q3 2023, and here for…

California’s Cannabis Taxes Are a Disaster

By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Sliwoski Cannabis regulation efforts are usually sold to voters or legislators with the express promise that a state will be able to milk the new industry for all it’s got through cannabis taxes. Don’t…

California shuts down testing at most pot labs in the state

On Jan. 1, California shut down testing of popular products at a majority of pot labs previously certified to check the potency of cannabis flower, in a drastic move intended to combat widespread labeling scams in the industry. For years, the state’s legal…

California’s latest attempt to save the legal cannabis market just failed

December 21, 2023
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California’s dream of selling cannabis legally across the country has gone up in smoke. On Tuesday, state Attorney General Rob Bonta declared that allowing legal cannabis companies to export marijuana across state lines would result in “significant legal risk to…

Stiiizy tries to silence explosive LA Times investigation

December 13, 2023
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One of the largest cannabis retail chains in California threatened to sue the Los Angeles Times for defamation for publishing a story regarding alleged ties between the company and illegal cannabis sales. The story, published Tuesday, found that holding companies owned by Tony Huang,…

Pot company sues Calif. city after spending $10M trying to open pot shop

November 14, 2023
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A California cannabis dispensary is suing its local government for failing to give it a permit to open, which it says is costing it $110,000 a month as it waits for the final approval. High Seas, a dispensary in Costa Mesa, California,…

A father and son shot, dismembered and burned. This is the dark side of California cannabis

Pátzcuaro, Michoacán — In a small square crypt behind frosted glass in subtropical Michoacán is incontrovertible proof of the cost of California cannabis. The tomb just within the high cemetery gates of the Panteón Municipal de Pátzcuaro, flanked by sunflowers in twin…

California Employers Should Not Ask About Marijuana Use

California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed a new law to prohibit employers from asking job applicants or employees about their prior marijuana use. California "employers need to make sure that they do not seek any information about marijuana use from applicants, so there…

Authorities bust $36.9 million illegal marijuana warehouse in Oakland

Law enforcement busted a massive illegal cannabis grow in Oakland last week, finding an estimated $36.9 million worth of cannabis in an unlicensed facility. In total, an operation led by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife found 41,082 cannabis plants and 1,841 pounds…