Legal Issues

It just got easier to wipe that weed conviction off your record in WA. Here’s how

It just got easier to wipe that weed conviction off your record in WA. Here’s how Melissa Santos | July 29, 2019 More than six years have passed since Washington Read More

Tide Turns Towards Tolerance: Washington Regulatory Enforcement

Tide Turns Towards Tolerance: Washington Regulatory Enforcement Samuel D. Méndez | July 1, 2019 SB 5318 was signed into law in Washington on May 13, and requires the Washington State Read More

Seattle Hempfest Files Lawsuit Against Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board

Seattle Hempfest Files Lawsuit Against Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board Vivian McPeak Lawyers for Seattle Events a Non-Profit Corporation, producer of Seattle Hempfest, have filed a lawsuit in Thurston Read More

This Boring Cannabis Trademark Lawsuit is Actually a Big Deal

This Boring Cannabis Trademark Lawsuit is Actually a Big Deal Tobias Coughlin-Bogue | June 4, 2019 A little over two years ago, a California company called Headspace Int’l LLC sued Read More

Spokane marijuana business owner illegally sold wax and traded hundreds of pounds of weed for new car, police say

Spokane marijuana business owner illegally sold wax and traded hundreds of pounds of weed for new car, police say May 29, 2019 | Will Campbell The owner of a local Read More

More than 40 arrested in largest black-market marijuana bust in Colorado history

More than 40 arrested in largest black-market marijuana bust in Colorado history May 24, 2019 | Stephanie Butzer A total of 42 people were arrested in three days after during one Read More

High Times ‘Women Of Weed’ Fight Reveals Magazine’s Gender Woes

High Times ‘Women Of Weed’ Fight Reveals Magazine’s Gender Woes Janet Burns | May 15, 2019 A Seattle-based cannabis entrepreneur has accused the industry’s longest-running publication of violating a trademarked phrase,Read More

Marijuana conviction waivers to be allowed in Washington

Marijuana conviction waivers to be allowed in Washington May 13, 2019 | Associated Press Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill Monday aimed at erasing old misdemeanor marijuana convictions, seven Read More

New law allows students to use medical marijuana at Washington public schools

New law allows students to use medical marijuana at Washington public schools Drew Mikkelsen | April 30, 2019 Students who are registered medical marijuana users in the state of Washington Read More

Cannabis publication High Times accused of Women of Weed trademark infringement

Cannabis publication High Times accused of Women of Weed trademark infringement April 25, 2019 | Jeff Smith A marijuana industry pioneer alleges that High Times infringed on her Women of Read More