Month: January 2021

Product-liability cases are among the most damaging lawsuits a business can face. The cases—often involving a defective product that causes injury or even death—can be time-consuming and costly. They also can tarnish a brand’s reputation. Yet many cannabis businesses don’t take this threat as seriously as they should, experts said.Continue Reading

Marijuana businesses have the same legal obligations to their employees that mainstream companies do, according to attorneys specializing in labor and employment law. That means cannabis employers must implement labor-relations strategies that will help shield their companies from employee-related lawsuits. Some common employment- and labor-law pitfalls facing mainstream and marijuanaContinue Reading

It’s every cannabis executive’s dream: a line that stretches out the door and down the block, full of customers eager to spend money on a new product. Social-media hype. Word-of-mouth buzz. And a cash register that’s about to start smoking from all the transactions. In order to generate that amountContinue Reading

From mom-and-pop shops to corporate chains, everyone in the retail business knows that a carefully chosen location is key to success. Medical marijuana dispensaries and adult-use cannabis retailers are no exception. Although regulatory requirements, license availability and market demand will vary from place to place, marijuana retailers on the huntContinue Reading