Global Cannabis Intellectual Property Symposium 2023 session: IP Litigation and Administrative Proceedings: A Global Overview of Managing Cannabis Conflicts
Global Cannabis Intellectual Property Symposium 2023 session: Ethics: Balancing Activism and Zealous Advocacy with the Boundaries of the Profession and Evolving Law
This panel will address strategies for handling valuation disputes and other post-closing adjustments arising from cannabis M&A, looking at before-the-fact transactional considerations and after-the-fact litigation solutions. We will also consider the availability of state-law restructuring and turnaround remedies given the absence of federal bankruptcy protection for cannabis companies; it’s a hybrid event.
Join licensing experts from Dutchie and INCBA as they discuss New York’s newly available Adult-Use Cannabis license applications, including tips for success based on experience with prior application rounds and discussions with New York’s top cannabis regulators. This program is accredited for 1 hour of CLE.
The 2018 Farm Bill de-scheduled hemp and many cannabis operators and investors fatigued by over-regulation are exploring hemp as an alternative market for intoxicating products. But an unregulated interstate market may be even more risky than potential operators realize. Hemp law experts provide a deep dive on the current state of hemp law and policy, with practical perspectives for operators and their lawyers.
This panel provides an overview of litigation finance, explores unique aspects of cannabis litigation that make cannabis litigation finance necessary, and provides resources for cannabis attorneys and their clients as they explore litigation finance as a new
tool.
From the start, psychedelics are walking a different path towards legalization than cannabis. Learn about the different types and programs and why the roll out is different than cannabis - and discover why some advocates are seeking an alternate destiny from cannabis.
Learn about the legal implications of new anti-discrimination protections for employees who consume cannabis, the use of "impairment expert" roles, and how employers can continue to enforce drug-free workplace policies while not violating cannabis use nondiscrimination laws.
Distinguished labor law practitioners will lead a lively discussion of the key labor law concepts and issues every cannabis lawyer should understand, from the National Labor Relations Act to Labor Peace Agreements.