By: Foreign Attorney Radhi Shah The metaverse may be thought of as a permutation of multi-layered digital spaces that augment the physical world, immersive digital worlds through avatars, and the internet. No longer a science fiction construct, the metaverse has become real. Metaverse inherently raises various questions about ownership, transfer of value, rights protection, and…
By: Associate Michael A. Carlin Complying with California’s regulations related to cannabis businesses can be challenging. However, it is important to keep in mind that compliance with the Department of Cannabis Control is only one aspect of the requirements imposed by California state law. Overlooking compliance with California’s labor code can result in cannabis businesses…
Zuber Lawler client Socios has announced its partnership with 13 NFL teams. This announcement was a long time coming and based on a great deal of work in which we played an instrumental role. Key contributors included: Josh Lawler, James Boyajian, Sarah Fernandez, Jennifer Kuhn, Dariya Cherkasskaya, and Renee Boyce. We look forward to conducting…
By: Of Counsel Mark Bloomberg Successfully bringing a new quantum product to market presents a number of challenges. First, you have to create the product. Second, there must be demand for that product in the market. Third, you have to compete with others in that market. And, fourth, you have to produce a reliable…
By: Counsel Jonathan Purow It is an exciting time in New York, as there is finally momentum towards the first sales in the adult-use cannabis market. Just weeks after Governor Hochul signed a bill to permit qualified hemp farmers to start growing the first batch of adult-use cannabis, the Cannabis Control Board has released…
By Counsel Lolla Stovall Cannabis sales are accelerating swiftly as legalization efforts push through, increasing a whopping 67% in 2020 alone. The cannabis industry is now worth more than $60 billion and should exceed $100 billion by the end of the decade. Increasing sales naturally require increasing production. And as production has increased, the environmental…
By Counsel Lolla Stovall Cannabis production and sales is one of the hottest industries around, with an annualized growth rate of more than 20% for several years running. Marijuana stocks have experienced impressive runs, and it seems that another state or city legalizes recreational marijuana use daily. The success of cannabis startups and the greater…
Watch Zuber Lawler Partner, Eileen M. Letts in the Chicago Bar Association’s video celebrating Black History Month with a look at the Earl B. Dickerson Awards which honor minority lawyers and judges whose careers emulate the courage and dedication of Dickerson.
Uncensored Crypto has released a 9-part docuseries that features Zuber Lawler partner, Josh Lawler. The free docuseries will include 56 industry insiders who share their raw, unfiltered, and uncensored insights into the crypto revolution. In these explosive, controversial, and never-seen-before interviews they reveal: What’s next for crypto… the assets they own… the risks and rewards…
Congratulations to Janet Jackim on her elevation to equity Partner. Since Janet joined us in 2020, she has quickly become an integral leadership voice within the firm. She meets all the criteria of what we look for in an equity partner: a proactive forward-motion problem-solving approach to managing client matters; partner-level productivity that drives the…