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Brittany is a litigation attorney licensed to practice in New York and Oregon. She has experience representing clients in a variety of legal matters, including contract and commercial disputes, construction defects, product liability, malpractice, and catastrophic injuries. She also has experience providing legal and environmental consulting services to a startup cannabis company.

Exciting news for New Yorkers came on March 28, 2023, when the Second Circuit Court of Appeals entered an Order in the Variscite NY One case, lifting the injunction that prevented the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) from issuing Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) licenses in several New York State

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Continue Reading Court Lifts Injunction on NY Cannabis Licenses, Clearing Path for More Dispensaries

On July 14, 2022, the New York Cannabis Control Board (the Board) held a meeting to discuss the regulations and application for Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) Licenses.

At the meeting, the Board approved the CAURD regulations. Despite receiving over 600 public comments on the draft CAURD regulations, the Board

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Continue Reading Updates on New York’s Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary Licenses

On March 10, 2022, the New York State Cannabis Control Board (CCB) held a public meeting, during which board members advanced measures that lay the foundation for the New York Cannabis Seeding Opportunity Initiative. This Initiative makes adult-use cannabis sales possible before the end of 2022 and positions equity-entrepreneur-owned retail

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Continue Reading Takeaways from New York's Cannabis Control Board Meeting

Featured Podcast Episode

Cannabis and Bankruptcy, Ep. 3: Considerations for Lenders

Starting a cannabis business is often discussed, but maintaining a business, particularly during a downturn in the industry, is a completely different ballgame. Pockets of the cannabis industry are experiencing financial distress, and this is generating fear and concern for marijuana licensees as well as their financiers and creditors.

In the third installment in our three-part series: “Exploring Issues in Cannabis and Bankruptcy,” we explore what the two recent decisions in Blumsack and Hacienda mean for creditors in the cannabis industry and also what rights are available to lenders and marijuana financiers in the bankruptcy context.