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As always kudos to LPP , the most effective cannabis association in the US I’d say. One step closer to full freedom! LPP constituent Raymond Carmona has been released to a residential reentry facility after spending 15 years behind bars for victimless cannabis-related offenses. While incarcerated, Last Prisoner Project supported Raymond with commissary and advocacy

The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) seeks to increase corporate transparency and combat financial crimes in the U.S. such as money laundering and terrorist financing. Enacted in January 2021 as part of the National Defense Authorization Act, the CTA requires certain business entities to disclose their beneficial owners—individuals who ultimately own or control the company. Namely,

Jersey Monitor Jersey City could begin facing daily fines starting Saturday for refusing to reinstate two police officers whose terminations over their cannabis usage were overturned by the state Civil Service Commission. The state will fine the city $100 daily for each officer — Norhan Mansour and Omar Polanco — with a total maximum of

The Charlotte Observer A marijuana joint preserved for 34 years in a police evidence room led to the arrest of a 68-year-old man in the 1989 hit-and-run death of a shopper in uptown Charlotte, police said Friday. Ruth Buchanan and a friend had just left a department store when a driver ran a red light

Independent investigative Massachusets journalist Grant Smith – Ellis has alleged in the following piece published via his Medium that.. A secretive Beacon Hill lobbying firm called The Novus Group, with clients in the cannabis space, was initially formed (under a different entity name) by a group with ties to former Massachusetts CCC Commissioner Jennifer Flanagan

FLYNOTES: EVICTION – Commercial premises – Misrepresentation by tenant – Nature of business – Non-disclosure that tenant would be selling cannabis products – Trading activities inconsistent with trading activities for building – Terminated lease agreement – Agreement was conditional on complete and accurate disclosure – Undertaking only surfaced after breach and valid termination of lease – Manifestly unreasonable

WRRV reports In a renewed effort to undermine New York’s burgeoning cannabis industry, the Cannabis Impact Prevention Coalition and the Cannabis Industry Victims Seeking Justice have taken their fight to the State Supreme Court in Albany County. Their latest lawsuit targets key state agencies, including the Cannabis Control Board (CCB), Office of Cannabis Management (OCM),

A Las Cruces cannabis company filed a civil lawsuit against the city and its administrators saying it blundered the enforcement of codes causing it to lose business. Monster House Smoke LLC filed the suit July 6 in 3rd Judicial District Court. The filing lists the company, a dispensary and lounge business and husband and wife

Green Market Report A Florida-based advertising firm UO Solutions is suing three companies controlled by the company known as Cookies. UO Solution doesn’t say how much the bill is, but it does state that the amount exceeds $75,000. UO Solutions states in the complaint that it provides its clients with professional services related to the creation, development,

          GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Brian Pierce and Vincent Brown were sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Jane Beckering for paying bribes to Rick Vernon Johnson, the former Chairperson of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Licensing Board. Pierce, 45, of