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    Cannabis

    The cannabis industry will continue to mature and create new avenues for growth. Nixon Peabody is guiding the industry at every step along the way as it evolves.

    Overview

    Cannabis is one of the fastest-growing industries globally, as more and more governments take steps to legalize recreational marijuana and related products containing THC, CBD, and other cannabinoids. Nixon Peabody has served the cannabis market for more than five years, supporting some of the industry’s most high-profile and complex transactions. We believe our skilled practitioners and world-class resources make us the ideal partner to help cannabis companies, the businesses that support the industry, and those non-cannabis enterprises looking to enter the market navigate the ever-changing regulatory, legislative, and financial challenges they face.

    We have worked with a range of companies, from medical marijuana start-ups launching delivery apps to an international producer of beer, wine, and spirits who entered the market with a $4 billion investment. We will continue to guide the industry as it evolves and matures, taking on clients and projects that help move the industry forward.

    Representative Experience

    • Cannadocs: Assisting a medical marijuana entity that helps patients obtain medical marijuana cards in Maryland with filing trademark applications and defending against a trademark infringement demand letter received from an opponent.
    • Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clinic: Established a partnership with the clinic, which offers complimentary legal counsel to those who have experienced a lack of opportunity, criminalization of poverty, and racial inequity in Chicago, Illinois. Assist clients in expunging and sealing convictions from their criminal records, including cannabis convictions as a part of the New Leaf Illinois initiative.
    • California Pacific Medical Center (part of the Sutter Health System): Represented in an exclusive licensing agreement with Insys Therapeutics, Inc. As part of the agreement, California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute will license its patent rights related to the use of cannabinoids for the treatment of brain tumors.
    • Constellation Brands: Represented the international beer, wine, and spirits leader in a $4 billion investment to create one of the largest players, world-wide, in the legal cannabis market.
    • CURE Pharmaceutical: Assisting with patent prosecution work as it pertains to their platform drug delivery technology. Recently, the company has added to its suite of R&D programs one that’s exploring the use of cannabinoids and terepenoids with its platform drug delivery technologies.
    • Curio Wellness/Far and Dotter: Represented a medical cannabis franchisor in developing a franchise retail model. This included preparing franchise documents as well as securing franchise registration in five states where medical cannabis is legal to begin licensing their brand.
    • Eaze Technologies Inc.: Represented the marijuana delivery platform in the purchase by its subsidiary, Stachs LLC, of Health Healing Holistic Options, Inc., a retail cannabis dispensary in Santa Ana, California..
    • Flowhub Holdings, Inc: Advised the software company, which provides point of sale, inventory management, dispensary analytics, and mobile ID scanners targeted to cannabis dispensaries, in connection with allegations of breach of contract arising out of its platform being down for a five-hour window on April 20, the busiest day of the year for cannabis sales.

    It’s high time for companies to consider opportunities within the growing cannabis industry to expand their current businesses or enter a new line of business.

    Lori B. GreenPartner, Co-Leader, M&A and Corporate Transactions Team Co-Leader, Cannabis

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    • Lori B. Green

      Partner
      Co-Leader, M&A and Corporate Transactions Team
      Co-Leader, Cannabis Practice
      • Rochester
      • Office:585.263.1236
        Mobile:585.281.3076
      • lgreen@nixonpeabody.com
      Lori B. Green
    • Robert Fisher

      Partner / Practice Group Leader, Government Investigations & White Collar Defense
      • Boston
      • Office:617.345.1335
      • rfisher@nixonpeabody.com
      Robert Fisher
    • Ian T. O’Banion

      Partner / AIA / LEED®AP
      • San Francisco
      • Office:415.984.8313
      • iobanion@nixonpeabody.com
      Ian T. O’Banion
    • Keri A. McWilliams

      Partner / Co-leader, Franchising & Distribution / Deputy Co-leader, Food, Beverage, and Agribusiness
      • Washington Dc
      • Office:202.585.8770
      • kmcwilliams@nixonpeabody.com
      Keri A. McWilliams
    • Seamus Ryan

      Department Attorney
      • Chicago
      • Office:312.977.4368
      • smryan@nixonpeabody.com
      Seamus Ryan
    • Sarah K. Abel

      Counsel
      • San Francisco
      • Office:415.984.8217
      • sabel@nixonpeabody.com
      Sarah K. Abel
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