States’ measures to favor in-state residents in cannabis licensing are the new Commerce Clause battleground.
Back in May of this year the Commerce Clause provided a substantial victory for...
Category: Illinois Cannabis
Suit over Illinois’s award of new dispensary licenses looks for re-scoring and to stop lottery from proceeding – hearing set for tomorrow.
With Illinois’s limited cannabis dispensary licensing system the stakes are large for applicants that...
Illinois posts list of tied cannabis dispensary applicants that will proceed to lottery for new dispensary licenses
Illinois’s Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has posted the list of tied applicants...
State of Illinois Announces Suspension of Deadline for Issuance of Adult-Use Cannabis Craft Grower, Infuser, and Transporter Licenses
Here is the link to the PDF announcement from the Illinois Department of Agriculture....
Court dismisses some claims against Illinois cannabis dispensary licensing authority and allows others to proceed regarding 5 unissued licenses still outstanding under Illinois’s medical cannabis law.
We’d previously written about this case when the complaint was filed challenging the failure...
New Illinois workers’ compensation law means almost every “essential business” now faces liability to its employees. Some possible protection for emplacing COVID-19 cleaning, safety and health restrictions – Illinois’s breweries, wineries, distilleries, bars, distributors, dispensaries, and restaurants included.
The Illinois legislature has passed a bill that codifies the previously invalidated workers’ compensation...
Illinois extends cannabis craft grower, infuser and transporter application deadlines to April 30th.
On March 28, Governor Pritzker signed an Executive Order (it’s EO #2020-17, but we’re...
Illinois provides cannabis dispensaries with COVID-19 related guidance and guidelines – allows for curbside service for medical marijuana but does not allow for delivery like other states have.
Like many states with cannabis programs, Illinois has been at work making accommodations during...
Yes, Illinois’s recent “Stay at Home” order lets breweries, wineries, distilleries, restaurants, alcohol wholesalers, cannabis dispensaries and cultivators stay open and work during the COVID-19 crisis, here’s the essential text
On Friday afternoon, as the Chicago Tribune reported he would, Governor Pritzker ordered Illinois...
BREAKING! Illinois extends deadline for cannabis craft grower, infuser, and transporter applications to March 30 and makes mailing mandatory. No waiting in line. No FedEx, UPS or other service.
Here’s the release from the Illinois Department of Agriculture: Application Submission Update On March...
District court rejects cannabis brand’s “prior use” defense against trademark infringement where “marijuana remains illegal for all purposes under federal law.”
First in time rights under trademark law are serious business and a prior use...
Wisconsin hemp grower sues for Illinois hemp dryer’s alleged fire damage and resulting loss to hemp crop intended for CBD extraction. Bonus: docs include a hemp growing and storage contract.
Hemp producer (and CBD extractor) Lake Country Growers filed an action against a company...
