A California judge again ordered marijuana multistate operator MedMen to pay the company’s former chief financial officer at least $500,000 to cover his legal fees in an ongoing lawsuit over whether the executive was wrongly terminated. According…
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California trade group offers marijuana banking services through credit union
The California Cannabis Industry Association (CCIA) on Tuesday unveiled a new partnership with North Bay Credit Union under which CCIA-member marijuana companies can obtain an array of financial services. According to a news release, CCIA’s rough…
A marijuana pioneer changes course: Q&A with Harborside co-founder Steve DeAngelo
Steve DeAngelo is one of the marijuana industry’s most high-profile pioneers. But earlier this month, DeAngelo and the Oakland, California-based company he co-founded in 2006, Harborside, formally parted ways. Moreover, the role of chair emeritus…
Judge: California has 30 days to inform marijuana firms about billboard ban
A California judge ruled this week that state marijuana regulators have 30 days to inform businesses of a new ban on billboard advertising. San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Judge Ginger Garrett ruled in November that billboards advertising cannabi…
California marijuana regulatory merger on track for July
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2020 proposal – to merge the three regulatory agencies that oversee the state’s marijuana industry into one new department – has finally been rescheduled and is now slated to be completed by July. …
CA Legislature might ban smokable hemp, permit hemp food, drinks
(A version of this story first appeared at Hemp Industry Daily.) California lawmakers will be faced again with the long-debated question of whether to allow hemp extracts in food and beverages in the state when the legislative session opens Monday. But…
L.A. marijuana businesses seek hearings over expired city permits
A small band of the roughly 57 companies whose marijuana business permits expired on New Year’s Eve filed a lawsuit asking a California state judge to order Los Angeles officials to conduct an appeals process or at least a hearing over their lice…
UFCW wins $75,000 settlement in California cannabis workers’ pay dispute
The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) is claiming victory in a lengthy dispute with three California companies over employee wages at two cannabis shops that changed ownership hands multiple times in 2020. California’s Local 5 of th…
California marijuana firm Harborside, co-founder Steve DeAngelo cut ties
One of the most high-profile marijuana businessmen in the industry, Harborside co-founder Steve DeAngelo, is no longer formally affiliated with the Oakland, California, company he helped start in 2006. Neither Harborside nor DeAngelo gave any specific …
Nearly 60 Los Angeles cannabis businesses poised to lose licenses on New Year’s Day
At least 57 licensed cannabis companies in Los Angeles are poised to see their business permits yanked by city authorities at the end of the year – with no obvious way to get the licenses reinstated. The licensees in question – which appear…