Injunction partly lifted on cannabis licenses
A federal appeals court has lifted part of an injunction that had prevented New York state officials from processing license applications for cannabis retailers.
War on drugs locked him up; now he’s a cannabis entrepreneur
When the war on marijuana came sweeping through his New York City housing project decades ago, Roland Conner found himself going in and out of jail. It’s a time he’d rather not talk about. Now, at age 50, he has opened the state’s first legal cannabis dispensary to be run by someone previously punished under […]
Get ready now for New York cannabis industry to begin
The Rochester Business Journal on Thursday held an hour-long webinar focused on the business of cannabis with three attorneys who specialize in the field.
Barclay Damon starts ‘cannabis team’
Barclay Damon LLP has launched a new “cannabis team” led by Syracuse-based attorney Sara Payne, a member of the New York State Bar Association Committee on Cannabis Law. Barclay Damon’s multidisciplinary team, which represents individuals and organizations participating in or impacted by legal cannabis operations, have nearly a decade of cannabis-specific experience. “We are proud to [&he[...]
Case Digests
- Second Circuit – RICO: Horn v. Medical Marijuana Inc.
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Uncompensated interview: Opinion 22-159
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Uncompensated guest speaker: Opinion 22-158
- Fourth Department – Negligent performance: Rosenthal v. Syracuse University, et al.
- Second Circuit – Visual Artists Rights Act: Kerson v. Vermont Law School Inc.
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Former foreclosure referee: Opinion 22-157
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – College honorarium: Opinion 22-156
- Second Circuit – Reasonable accommodation: Tafolla v. Heilig
- Fourth Department – Labor Law: Primisch v. Peroxychem LLC
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Judicial candidacy: Opinion 22-155
- Fourth Department – Defamation: Lavine v. Glavin
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Law clerk: Opinion 22-154
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