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Jeff Sessions’ Attacks on Marijuana Will Not Deter Savvy Investors

Jeff Sessions’ Attacks on Marijuana Will Not Deter Savvy Investors

Already generating billions of dollars every year in the U.S., the incipient legal marijuana industry is a force Attorney General Jeff Sessions is yet to reckon with.
Famous for uttering statements like, “good people don’t smoke marijuana,” and, “we need grown-ups in...

Cannabis Stocks Up as More Mainstream Companies Seek to Invest

Cannabis Stocks Up as More Mainstream Companies Seek to Invest

Pot stocks went wild last week after reports surfaced suggesting yet another large-scale liquor company is seeking to invest in the exploding legal cannabis industry. According to anonymous sources and first reported by BNN Bloomberg, U.K.-based alcohol giant Diageo PLC (the behemoth behind...


How Pot Businesses Can Fend Off RICO Cases

How Pot Businesses Can Fend Off RICO Cases

In a bittersweet victory for the legalized marijuana industry, a jury found in favor of a Colorado marijuana grower who was being sued by neighbors complaining about the smell. It could have been pretty scary for him, as well as other weed businesses if he lost. The neighbors, ranch owners Hope and...


5 Times Cannabis Companies Felt the Heat for Compliance Issues

5 Times Cannabis Companies Felt the Heat for Compliance Issues

Cannabis business compliance is vital to both a company’s well-being and the industry as a whole. To protect consumers and legitimize the cannabis industry, companies must follow strict guidelines as outlined by their states and local municipalities.
Businesses that do not meet cannabis...

When a Deadly Accident Happens on a Rental Property, Who Pays?

When a Deadly Accident Happens on a Rental Property, Who Pays?

A pleasant Thanksgiving Day holiday trip quickly turned into an unmitigated nightmare for one family. While staying at a cottage in Texas rented through home-sharing service Airbnb, a middle-aged father decided to walk outside and sit on a rope swing, casually dangling from a tree. The fateful...

School Shootings: How Arming Teachers Could Affect Premises Liability

School Shootings: How Arming Teachers Could Affect Premises Liability

As the horrifying incidence of mass shootings continue to rise in the United States, so too, do the serious questions of liability to the victims. In particular, school districts, which have frequently been targeted by lawsuits in the aftermath of such tragedies, are seeing a need for “active...

Premises Liability: Bigger Verdicts and Settlements Than You Think

Premises Liability: Bigger Verdicts and Settlements Than You Think

A slip-and-fall at the grocery store, tripping on a cracked sidewalk, getting hurt at an amusement park, or being hit by a piece of broken-down playground equipment – they can all seem simply like unfortunate accidents at the moment. But they can cause serious harm, maybe even...

Could Cannabis Save Lebanon's Economy?

Could Cannabis Save Lebanon's Economy?

The global cannabis market has quickly become a multi-billion dollar industry as more countries continue to legalize the plant for medical use. So far, only Canada and Uruguay have approved adult-use.
A recent analysis from US-based consulting firm McKinsey & Co. has found that the production...

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