Medical Marijuana Attorney Douglas Hiatt Sues Seattle

Doug Hiatt

Columbia City Holistic Health filed suit at the end of September alleging that the city’s taxing and regulation of medical marijuana businesses — as well requiring them to obtain business licenses — is unlawful because the industry is still illegal under federal law. Therefore, the plaintiffs say, the city doesn’t have the power to regulate it.

Douglas Hiatt, the longtime medical marijuana attorney who is representing the shop in the suit, said this is an issue that has come up since the passage of I-502, which made recreational marijuana legal throughout Washington state.

Read Annie Zak’s “Seattle medical marijuana shop sues the city for regulating pot”: http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/health-care-inc/2015/10/seattle-medical-marijuana-shop-sues-the-city-for.html

Published by NCV Newswire
NCV Newswire
The NCV Newswire by New Cannabis Ventures aims to curate high quality content and information about leading cannabis companies to help our readers filter out the noise and to stay on top of the most important cannabis business news. The NCV Newswire is hand-curated by an editor and not automated in anyway. Have a confidential news tip? Get in touch.

Get Our Sunday Newsletter