Attorney Marc J. Ross talks with Opportunist’s Managing Editor Leslie Stone about his firm’s areas of practice, the changes he has seen in the financial industry and his participation...
Meet Brendan Kennedy, ceo of the private equity firm Privateer Holdings. He arrives at our meeting carrying a bowl of nuts. He’s been up with his nine-month-old daughter since...
In a few weeks, the citizens of Ohio will consider whether to legalize recreational and medical marijuana and many more states will be considering legalization in November 2016. When a state...
Less than a week from today, on October 1, Oregon’s licensed medical marijuana dispensaries may begin selling certain types of marijuana to everyone 21 years or older (unless you...
The energy used to grow comes from existing energy infrastructure — the power grid — which is powered primarily by fossil fuels like coal. In terms of sustainability, fossil...
The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) yesterday issued new emergency rules for medical marijuana that will take effect immediately and issued proposed rules that regulate medical marijuana cultivating, processing,...
Like the industry itself, employment and investment in cannabis businesses are rising. Yet, it remains true that special risks apply to cannabis enterprises beyond what is seen with “conventional”...
Virtually every company within the legal Cannabis Industry has a myriad of regulations that govern everything from packaging, to testing, to whether or not samples can be opened on...
You can count on one hand the number of chief executives of large companies who publicly support the legalization of marijuana. The list goes as follows: John Mackey, co-CEO...
The Suquamish Tribe and the State of Washington recently signed and entered into the first ever marijuana compact to allow a Native American Tribe to cultivate, process, and sell marijuana within a...
Hawaii’s new medical cannabis program has people across the country seeing green in the Rainbow State. What’s got so many stoked even though Hawaii has had legal cannabis since 2000?...
In this episode of Investing in Cannabis, Brandon David interviews David Lampach, the co-founder and CEO of Steep Hill, at the company’s headquarters in California. Steep Hill is one...
Brand loyalty is a major topic in any industry today and particularly in the cannabis industry. However, brand loyalty can be a tricky concept. What exactly does it mean?...
On Friday, the California Senate and Assembly voted to approve the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act, marking a big step toward regulating cannabis in California. We’ve consistently written...
In this final installment of The Cannabis Manifesto mini-documentary series produced by Green Flower Media, Steve DeAngelo reveals “the future of cannabis.” See the video interview: http://cannabismanifestobook.com/vid3-cannabis-vision/
@Cashinbis host Tim Strombel sits down with Dr. Sue Sisley to talk about her journey into the cannabis world. While Sue has never used cannabis herself, she has seen...
Robert McVay, Partner at Canna Law Group In the past few weeks we have been working with a number of cannabis clients in similar tough spots. They didn’t want...
Rebecca Millican heads up the Canna Law Group’s Illinois practice We write frequently about the importance of contracts to the state-legal cannabis industry. We preach about the need to have solid...
“The marijuana business is making the leap from paper ledgers to the cloud and big data analytics, offering a provocative example for us all” Andrew Oliver, President of...
Barry Gainsburg, PA, General Counsel to BiotrackTHC If you are reading this, you are possibly interested in either becoming a grower of cannabis (sometimes also referred to as a...
The reason I bring up our success is not to brag but to illustrate an important point about how we accomplished our success: we didn’t cut corners. And that’s...
If you’re into cannabis, you’ve probably heard of Steve DeAngelo — known by many as “The Father of legal cannabis.” In celebration of Steve’s upcoming book The Cannabis Manifesto,...
As of early August, CanopyBoulder Spring Class companies have raised nearly $3 million in seed financing, and more is on the way. But don’t think that raising money or...
Legal marijuana has undeniably changed the social landscape in Colorado and, as more and more eyes are drawn to the nation’s newest industry, it’s rapidly changing the legal landscape....
Across all industry verticals, customers are seeking more authentic and personal transactions. Company leaders are being forced to choose between scale and service, and the consumer market is starting...
