Our broad range of practice groups, industries and services provides our attorneys with the experience and expertise to help clients navigate their way through a variety of issues cannabis cultivators, suppliers and distributors face in this emerging and highly regulated industry.
These issues include regulatory compliance and licensing, business formation, corporate governance and joint ventures, real estate acquisition and leasing, zoning considerations, banking and taxation, intellectual property, Internet security and identity theft protection, employment matters and litigation/dispute resolution.
We understand the detailed laws and regulations governing cannabis production and sale, which allows us to help clients prepare and submit license and permit applications, to evaluate whether a particular business merger, acquisition or joint venture makes economic sense, to determine the best locations for cultivation and dispensing facilities, to analyze the tax consequences of business decisions, to draft agreements with suppliers, distributors and employees, and to litigate a variety of matters involving business disputes, disputes with employees and personal injury and class action claims associated with product liability, failure to warn, consumer fraud, merchandising practices and negligence.
