If you are a cannabis business trying to operate in California (and now possibly Illinois too), you’ve probably heard that you need to enter into a peace agreement (also known as an LPA). But what is that?
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The Week in Weed: August 31, 2018
By Susan Ryan on
Posted in Week in Weed
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Most employers are wary of union organizing, but a marijuana retailer in Washington is supportive of the idea.
- Pot Purveyor Leads Charge to Unionize His Employees
(Bloomberg Law, 29 August 2018)
A cannabis retailer led efforts to have his employees join…
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Unions Find The Grass On The Other Side of Prop 64 Particularly Green
By Michael Cross & Geoffrey Westbrook on
Posted in California Law
Recently, the San Francisco Chronicle published an interesting story examining two fronts on which labor unions are trying to cash in on the passage of Prop 64 in November 2016, which legalized the sale and personal use of recreational marijuana in California. With its passing, California is poised to become the largest, most lucrative market for marijuana products in the United States (assuming the successes of craft beer and fine wines are fair markers). Nearly six months later, the industry is in its infancy with much to be decided on cannabis’ regulation.
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