As more states legalize cannabis, companies are dealing with the absence of national trademark uniformity. Currently, there is no legal mechanism to obtain a trademark to sell cannabis across state lines. Instead, companies...more
I. Background -
Applicants for licenses to operate cannabis businesses challenge denials (or grants to competitors) in courts in a variety of ways, such as by alleging: (1) technical errors in evaluating applications; (2)...more
Within the last two years, private litigants have initiated more than a dozen "stock drop" suits against publicly traded companies in the cannabis industry under U.S. securities law. The types of claims are not new: Section...more
More than half of U.S. states have now legalized medical or recreational marijuana, and the number of cannabis-related businesses is increasing rapidly. But due to uncertainty related to the division between state and...more