Article by: Partner Jeff Zuber, Counsel Raza Lawrence, Associate Lizzie Fanckboner, and Associate Terron East. The Oregon Health Authority released the long-awaited draft rules for its Psilocybin Services Program on September 1st. The draft rules lay out a proposed framework for the first commercial psilocybin licensing program in the nation, and are an exciting step toward…
By: Counsel Raza Lawrence The cannabis industry is gradually becoming more widely accepted in America and starting to feel more like a normal part of the economy. For decades, cannabis was bought and sold outside the law. In the illicit market, norms and standards developed organically and were enforced not in the courts, but…
By: Counsel Raza Lawrence In New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis in 1932 referred to the 50 states as laboratories of democracy, writing: It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory…
Zuber Lawler is proud to announce that for the second year in a row it has been ranked #1 in Law360’s recent law firm diversity survey, the 2022 Diversity Snapshot, and boasts greater diversity in its equity ranks than all other law firms participating in the survey. “We are excited to receive this recognition…
By: Associate Lizzie Fanckboner In 2019, Denver passed Ordinance 301, making it the first city in the US to decriminalize psilocybin-containing mushrooms. While the ordinance did not legalize psilocybin, it set out to “deprioritize, to the greatest extent possible” criminal penalties imposed by the City and County of Denver “for the personal use and personal…
By: Counsel James Raza Lawrence California recently provided a jolt to its cannabis industry by eliminating its cannabis cultivation tax, effective July 1, 2022. The cultivation tax has, for years, created a drag on California’s licensed cannabis market and caused many businesses to continue operating in the illicit, unlicensed market. Given that the cannabis…
By: Counsel Tomas Ortiz As businesses struggle through the rough currents of today’s economy, inflation, and post-pandemic conditions, many are considering and reconsidering their options in navigating through the rough seas and rocky shores – how to survive and stay in business or how to exit gracefully and effectively. This is particularly true in…
Esports Insider and law firm Zuber Lawler have collaborated to launch the U.S. Esports Gambling Report, a white paper that provides a detailed snapshot and overview into esports betting regulation developments through the end of 2021. The report, available on ESI Marketplace, meticulously runs through each U.S. state’s current esports betting legislation (accurate as of…
By: Partner Janet Jackim Randomized Drawing to the Select Few. On April, 8 2022 the Arizona Department of Health Services conducted a digital lottery on approximately 1,500 applications to award 26 adult use only marijuana dispensary licenses. The drawing did not disappoint several regional and multi-state operators who had partnered with sometimes hundreds of…
By: Counsel Tomas Ortiz Almost four years after the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, California is taking another significant step toward regulating hemp-derived CBD. Legislative efforts to regulate CBD in California have failed, until last year, when the state finally passed Assembly Bill – 45, which allowed for the inclusion of hemp and…