Locals Sue, Seeking to Force Maine to Re-instate Residency Requirement for Marijuana Licenses

As I blogged about earlier, the state of Maine recently abandoned a residency requirement for obtaining commercial adult use marijuana licenses. See Company Sues Maine for Discriminating Against Non-residents When Licensing Marijuana Businesses and UPDATE: Maine Drops Residency Requirement for Adult-Use Commercial Licenses, Moots Legal Challenge. Residency had been expressly required by the state’s adult use marijuana law (the 2018 Marijuana Legalization Act),…

Posted by mikosra on June 27, 2020 in News, Updates, cannabis, dormant commerce clause, figueroa, lawsuit, license, licensing, Maine, maine department of administrative and financial services, marihuana, marijuana, residency requirement, resident, united cannabis patients and caregivers of maine, wellness connection

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New Paper on Murphy v. NCAA, Commandeering, and State Marijuana Reforms

I’ve just posted a new paper analyzing Murphy v. NCAA, the Supreme Court’s 2018 decision invalidating a federal statute that barred the states from legalizing sports gambling: Murphy’s Mistake, and How to Fix it (SSRN). I previously blogged about the case here. The new paper discusses the case and its implications for state marijuana reforms in much greater depth. The paper has also been…

Posted by mikosra on June 15, 2020 in News, Updates, bet, betting, cannabis, commandeer, commandeering, federalism, gamble, marihuana, marijuana, Murphy, NCAA, printz, professional and amateur sports protection action, sports gambling, wager, wagering

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New Study of Diversity and Opportunity in Denver’s Marijuana Industry

In June 2020, the Denver Department of Excise and Licenses released a new report on opportunity in the Denver area marijuana industry. The full Cannabis Business and Employment Opportunity Study is available here. Using a survey of participants in the local marijuana industry, the report seeks to identify the extent to which different factors –…

Posted by mikosra on June 9, 2020 in News, Updates, cannabis, Colorado, denver, diversity, employment, industry, marihuana, marijuana, opportunity, ownership, race, racial, social equity

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