As will be discussed in greater detail by the Foley Hoag’s cannabis practice team on its webinar scheduled for September 13, 2023, the New York Cannabis Control Board (“CCB”) and Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”) took substantial and meaningful steps to open up the full-adult use market in short order. As many may be aware, adult-use cannabis licenses to this point have been restricted to businesses meeting very limited threshold requirements (based on cannabis convictions,… More
A group of four military veterans filed a lawsuit two weeks ago in New York State Supreme Court against the New York’s Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”), claiming that the agency’s rules that prioritize applicants with prior cannabis convictions for dispensary licenses violate the NY Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (“MRTA”).
In our recent blog post, we discussed Fiore et al.… More
A group of four military veterans last week filed a lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court against the New York’s Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”), claiming that the agency’s rules that prioritize applicants with prior marijuana convictions for cannabis dispensary licenses violate the NY Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (“MRTA”).
In Fiore et al. v. NYS Cannabis Control Board et al., the plaintiffs sought a temporary restraining order barring the state from issuing or further processing applications for licenses,… More
Minnesota’s Governor has indicated he will sign an adult use cannabis legalization bill. HF 100 (the “Final Bill”) emerged from reconciliation and was passed on May 19th.
The Final Bill combines Minnesota’s existing medical cannabis law with provisions allowing for adult-use cannabis into a single statute.
Previous versions of the bill included a requirement that any applicants who are business entities must have at least 75% of the business owned by Minnesota residents.… More
New York’s Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”) posted today updates to its proposed adult-use regulations (the “Revised Regulations”), in advance of a vote of the Cannabis Control Board (the “Board”) to release them for public comment. While these Revised Regulations merely contain amendments to the robust first set of proposed rules (“Prior Draft”), which were previously broken down and discussed in detail by Foley Hoag,… More
The only guarantees in life are death, taxes, and cannabis lawsuits, and New York is no different. In a cannabis marketplace plagued by fits and starts, the New York Cannabis Control Board (“CCB”) Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”) have been joined to another lawsuit alleging that its actions to date are ultra vires.
The Coalition for Access to Regulated and Safe Cannabis, an unincorporated trade association consisting of Registered Organizations (vertically integrated medical cannabis permit holders),… More
New York’s Cannabis Control Board (the “Board”) held its first public meeting today, kicking off a series of public meetings that will begin setting the regulations and guidelines for the adult-use cannabis market in New York. Led by Board Chair Tremaine Wright, the meeting was largely administrative. Some notable announcements from the meeting: