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I spoke on a web panel last week talking about cannabis capital markets and investment opportunities, and described my role as being the...
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Live event cancellation: what does your contract say?
Unexpected cancellations of live events are leading us to brush away the cobwebs of those seldom-revisited parts of our contracts to see...
Unanticipated consequences of working with cannabis
I would like to share a quick compliance lesson.
Under federal law (for the lawyers who read this, 18 U.S.C. §§ 842(d)(5), (i)(3)), a...
Will United Cannabis be allowed to use Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy code?
United Cannabis Corp. entered into chapter 11 several days ago in an effort to stop various patent infringement claims being lodged...
ICO releases opinion on COVID-19 Contact Tracing Framework
The UK Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, has released an opinion on the use of Bluetooth technology to track the spread of...
Live streaming - the US edition
Hot on the heels of our UK edition of the live streaming guide, our US colleagues have published a US edition, providing insights into...
The "essential" nature of cannabis and what that means for federal regulation
There have been a number of articles lately in the national and cannabis industry press speculating that, because cannabis businesses...
Games must now feature loot box warnings
Both ESRB and now PEGI have introduced new video game rating warnings for 'random items'. This wide terminology appears to capture all...
Terminating a cannabis deal
You may have noticed that there have been a number of recent stories in the cannabis news about more acquisition deals being terminated....
Reverse splits of cannabis stocks
On Monday, Aurora Cannabis, one of the Canadian licensed producers, announced a reverse split of its publicly-traded stock. (link) I...
TCPA claims against cannabis industry on the rise
The cannabis industry is not immune from the same legal challenges plaguing other industries. In particular, there is a growing...
Intercreditor interplay in cannabis
Following up on my prior posting about loan-to-own investing in the non-hemp cannabis industry (link), I thought it might be helpful to...
Cannabis companies are also victims of the pandemic
Even before COVID-19 began to decimate businesses in almost every industry sector, many cannabis companies were feeling the heat....
Live streaming essentials
Gamers and esports fans are acclimatising well to lockdown measures. Perhaps buoyed by casuals (like me) returning to their old...
So you wanna be a live streamer?
Anyone and everyone is live streaming these days. I just watched Reese Witherspoon host her monthly book club on Instagram Live, not sure...
Reed Smith's guide to live streaming
While traditional productions get put on hold for now, live streaming is surging. Our team has put together a simple yet comprehensive...
Reed Smith's guide to live streaming
With so many people stuck indoors right now, live streaming is booming. Our Entertainment and Media team has prepared a user-friendly...
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