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N.Y. Ruling Puts Adult-Use Program On Shaky Ground

New York experienced two remarkable incidents last week: a near catastrophic legal earthquake on Wednesday, and then an actual 4.8 seismic event on Friday. The latter event swayed buildings and rattled a few east coast nerves, but it was the…

No, a judge didn’t void all of New York’s legalized marijuana laws. He struck down some

New York’s cannabis industry was unsettled Thursday by a judge’s ruling that appeared to strike down all regulations governing recreational marijuana in the state. But a key portion of the order turned out to be a mistake. The Wednesday ruling was amended…

Online ordering of medical marijuana is restored by Florida judge

October 26, 2021
AggregatedNews
Florida
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Leafly and similar sites will be able to resume working with Florida medical marijuana businesses to provide online ordering of the drug, under a ruling from an administrative law judge. Florida health officials this year stopped medical marijuana operators from…

Top cannabis site Leafly in talks to go public via blank-check merger – sources

Aug 6 (Reuters) - Top cannabis-focused website Leafly is in talks to merge with blank-check company Merida Merger Corp I in a deal that would value the combined company at more than $530 million, three people familiar with the matter…

Three New Developments: The Vaping Crisis, Stakes Are Raised For The Cannabis Industry

In the last week, and specifically the last twenty four hours, several new stories have emerged that raise the stakes for The Cannabis Industry by the Vaping Crisis. One story begs the question of whether the industry has the ability to…

Leafly Hires Veteran Product Executive Leslie Grandy as Chief Product Officer

PRESS RELEASE SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Leafly, the world’s leading destination to help people discover, find and buy cannabis, today announced the hiring of Leslie Grandy, a veteran product executive experienced in global markets, to the role of Chief Product Officer. As…

Leafly Appoints Former Amazon Executive Tim Leslie as New CEO to Lead World’s Leading Cannabis Information Resource and Technology Company

PRESS RELEASE SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Leafly, the world’s leading technology platform that helps customers around the world find and discover the cannabis product that is right for them, today announced the hiring of Tim Leslie, a 20-year veteran of Amazon, to…

Shatter, Batter and Wax: How Cannabis Extracts Come to Be

SOME TIME AROUND the mid-aughts, folks in the weed industry began to notice a shift in the market. Pot smokers were smoking less, and dabbing more—heating the plant’s oily extracts to inhale high concentrations of hallmark marijuana molecules like THC.…

Privateer Holdings Closes $100+ Million Funding Round, Announces $5 Million Equity Pledge

January 25, 2018
Press Release
Banking, Finance & Real Estate, Press Releases
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PRESS RELEASE Firm’s founders pledge $5 million worth of their personal equity stakes in the firm, which will grow over time, to help repair generations of harm in the United States, Canada, and globally SEATTLE – Privateer Holdings, the world’s…

After nearly seven “dog years”, Privateer Holdings racks up a bunch of significant firsts

April 24, 2017
Rob Meagher
Company Stories, News & Insights, Spotlight
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Brendan Kennedy and Privateer Holdings founding partner, Christian Groh, are childhood friends with blue-chip resumes, who were an unlikely pair of cannabis moguls. After seven years of key acquisitions and start-ups, the Privateer team has blazed a trail of firsts…