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The Week in Weed: August 2025 # 2

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, the big news is that Delaware’s retail market has opened. There are problems with dispensary locations in...more

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The Week in Weed: June 2025 #3

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, hemp is on the agenda, both in Texas and in Congress. SAFER Banking, less so. And finally, it was so hot...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Cannabis Law Now Podcast: New York Cannabis: Ups, Downs, and In Between

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New York’s adult use cannabis roll out has been rocky at best. However, there are still business opportunities to be had. In this episode of the Cannabis Law Now podcast, we hear from Greg Wersching, the Vice President of...more

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New York Accepting Cannabis Business Applications for Adult-Use Processor Type 3 Branding Licenses

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The Adult-Use Processor Type 3 Branding license (Brand License) authorizes the license holder to market their brand(s) in New York State's adult-use cannabis market by entering into white labeling agreements with other...more

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New Marketing and Advertising Rules for New York Cannabis Retailers

New York’s Cannabis Control Board recently approved new rules around cannabis marketing and advertising in a bid to provide legal marijuana operators an advantage over illegal operators. The new rules, which are subject...more

Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP

Clearing the Cloud: 3 Crucial Steps for Dispensary Entrepreneurs to Master NY’s Adult-Use Cannabis Regulations

Key Takeaways: • The initial application windows for New York’s general adult-use cannabis licenses closed on November 17, 2023, for applicants who could demonstrate location control (evidenced by a signed lease or deed...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

New York State Court Invalidates Certain Adult-Use Regulations Around Third Party Marketing Platforms

In a breathtaking decision filed yesterday in New York Supreme Court, the Honorable Kevin R. Bryant issued a decision and order that has struck down virtually all of New York’s adult-use cannabis industry regulations as...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Yet Another Lawsuit Filed to Temporarily Halt Cannabis Licensing in New York

On December 18, 2023, the day New York’s cannabis regulators wrapped up their initial cannabis licensing application period, the state was hit with yet another lawsuit seeking to halt the licensing of adult-use retail...more

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The Week in Weed: December 2023 # 4

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we have news from several states, but we begin with a letter from several former U.S. attorneys about...more

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New York Note – Congestion Pricing, Cannabis Settlement, State Bills

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The Traffic Mobility Review Board has issued their report on a recommended tolling structure for the Central Business District tolling program. The TMRB recommended a $15 base toll for passenger vehicles, discounted overnight...more

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New York Wants Court to Dismiss Lawsuit Seeking End to Legal Cannabis Rollout

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The New York State Attorney General Office has moved to dismiss a lawsuit that aims to halt the state’s legal adult-use cannabis program based on marijuana’s danger to the state’s residents and illegal federal status. ...more

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New York is Sparking the Adult-Use Cannabis Marketplace on October 4th; Are You Ready?

On October 4, 2023, the Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”) will begin accepting applications for licenses for every component of the Adult-Use Cannabis Market in New York, including retail, on-site consumption, processing,...more

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The Evolving Cannabis Industry in New York: Final Regulations and the True Party of Interest Rule

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On September 12, the New York Cannabis Control Board (CCB) approved final regulations governing the adult-use cannabis industry in New York, marking a long-awaited moment for industry participants and state regulators alike....more

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New York Opening Cannabis Licensing to All Beginning Oct. 4

New York is opening up its cannabis market to cultivator, processor, distributor, microbusiness and retail dispensary applicants beginning Oct. 4, a move that could finally spur significant sales, but one criticized by some...more

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New York Cannabis Lawsuit Overview and Possible Effects on the Much-Anticipated Adult-Use Cannabis License Application Period

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New York State cannabis agencies and related individuals were served with a lawsuit from four New York veterans (Carmine Fiore, William Norgard, Steve Mejia, and Dominic Spaccio, collectively, the “Plaintiffs”) related to the...more

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New York State’s Legalized Marijuana Market on Pause After Supreme Court Ruling Halts Issuances of Conditional Adult-Use Retail...

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On Friday, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Albany County issued an Order that has effectively placed the long-anticipated rollout of New York’s legalized marijuana market on hold. In Fiore v. New York State...more

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New York Lawmakers Hope Tribal Nations Can Help Struggling Cannabis Growers

One more market could soon be available to New York’s cannabis growers struggling to sell last year’s crops because of the state’s slow rollout of its legalized marijuana program. The state legislature approved a bill...more

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Cannabis Legal Report - June 2023

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Coalition Forms To Influence Scheduling Review Process - As the Biden administration actively reviews the classification of cannabis under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), a diverse group of cannabis companies and...more

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Last-Minute Authorization Keeps New York Marijuana Supply Chain Open

Facing a deadline that would have forced the state’s conditional cannabis supply chain to cease operations, New York extended conditional adult-use cultivators and processors’ ability to minimally process and distribute...more

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What We Know From New York’s Revised Cannabis Regulations

Last week New York’s Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”) released revised Adult Use Cannabis Regulations (the “Revised Regulations”). The Revised Regulations do not make any major changes, however, the Revised Regulations...more

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New York Updates Cannabis Testing Guidelines After Discovery of Misleading THC Levels

After a recent exposé by NY Cannabis Insider found conflicts between the actual and advertised levels of THC in several strains of legal recreational cannabis available for sale, the state of New York has changed testing...more

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New York’s “Gray” Marijuana Market Target of Enforcement as Legal Cannabis Sales Ramp Up

Call it a conundrum: the passing of the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (“MRTA”) allowed New Yorkers 21 years or older to use recreational marijuana legally but provided no legal way to purchase it. The result was...more

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Thanksgiving and. . . Taxes?

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I am guessing that, later this week, many if not most of us will celebrate our uniquely American holiday, Thanksgiving Day. Hopefully, we will be fortunate enough to spend the day and share a meal with family and friends....more

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New York State Issues Guidance for First Adult-Use Cannabis Retail Dispensaries

New York’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) issued guidance late Friday for the state’s first adult-use retail dispensaries. Some of the key takeaways: cannabis delivery, express-lanes and drive-thru cannabis service...more

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New York Approves Emergency Lab Testing For Adult-Use Cannabis

The New York State Cannabis Control Board (CCB) moved one step closer this week to launching adult-use sales and opening recreational shops by green lighting emergency lab testing regulations and immediately opening the...more

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