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Canada
MLT Aikins LLP
The spate of cannabis insolvencies over the past several years have heralded a number of developments in Canadian insolvency law.
Seastone IP
This year, an independent expert panel was appointed to conduct a legislative review of the Cannabis Act.
Germany
Goodwin Procter LLP
On February 23, 2024, the German Bundestag passed the Cannabisgesetz, or Cannabis Control Bill, making it the third member of the EU to legalize adult-use cannabis.
Malta
Sciberras Advocates
Over the past months, the Authority for the Responsible Use of Cannabis (ARUC) has issued the first cannabis club licenses.
Netherlands
CMS
In recent years cannabis trade and related activity has developed into a growth business area. In the life sciences and healthcare fields, there have been increases in the numbers of patients having
South Africa
Adams & Adams
In September 2018, the Constitutional Court of South Africa unanimously ruled that the personal and private use of Cannabis, by adults, would be decriminalised.
UK
Weightmans
This article considers the mechanism by which individuals or organisations might be asked to engage with a public inquiry by way of a Rule 9 request.
Ukraine
Kinstellar
March 2024 – A cannabis law passed by the Ukrainian parliament back in December of last year, will come into force on 16 August 2024. Developed in compliance with EU regulations...
United States
McGlinchey Stafford
After fifty years, the federal government finally acknowledged that marijuana has medical value and is not as dangerous as heroin. As first reported by the Associated Press...
Frantz Ward
Advocates of marijuana reform and those seeking an end to marijuana prohibition received welcome news this week.
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
On April 30, 2024, following a months-long process, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) circulated a proposal to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III controlled substance.
Stites & Harbison PLLC
On April 17, 2024, Governor Andy Beshear signed House Bill 829 ("HB 829") into law amending aspects of the Commonwealth's budding Medical Cannabis Program...
Foley Hoag LLP
Historic federal action would recognize medical benefits of cannabis and make Section 280E inapplicable to licensed cannabis operators.
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what's happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
McGlinchey Stafford
At the White House last Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at a meeting with people who received pardons from President Joe Biden for marijuana-related offenses.
European Union
Altius
In the EU, access to medical cannabis is a matter of national policy. A group of citizens wants to change that by leveraging a citizens' initiative and prompting the European Commission to act.
Osborne Clarke
Debate and controversy around cannabis and its derivatives are nothing new, with a wide array of legal frameworks and restrictions on its use in place around the world. In Europe...
Osborne Clarke
Debate and controversy around cannabis and its derivatives are nothing new, with a wide array of legal frameworks and restrictions on its use in place around the world.
McGlinchey Stafford
On April 11, 2024, Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick released his 2024 Interim Legislative Charges. This list indicates his goals for the upcoming legislative session, and among his priorities...
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