CLIENT ALERTS

National Labor Relations Board Invalidates Broad Non-disparagement and Confidentiality Provisions in Severance Agreements

February 28, 2023

On February 21, 2023, a majority of the four-member National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) ruled that the use of broad confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses by employers in separation agreements…

CLIENT ALERTS

OCM Issues Due Diligence and Application Process Checklist

February 27, 2023

 The New York Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”) recently released a comprehensive document that encapsulates many of the components that the OCM reviews during the application process, and that may be of…

CLIENT ALERTS

Prince Lobel’s “To-Do” List for CAURD Licensees Prior to Commencing Operation

February 21, 2023

On January 24, 2023, Prince Lobel client Smacked Village, New York’s first Justice-Involved Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) licensee, successfully opened the state’s first for-profit recreational cannabis dispensary at 144 Bleecker Street…

Public Meetings

Canna-Farm Virtual Community Outreach Meeting Feb. 23 at 6 p.m.

February 14, 2023

You can view the presentation deck here.

COMMENTARY

David Holland and Dalton Battin Pen Guest Column on “Six Tips for CAURD Licensees”

February 14, 2023

NY Cannabis Insider featured a Feb. 14th guest column co-authored by Prince Lobel attorneys David Holland and Dalton Battin.  In “Six Tips for CAURD Licensees to Get Started in New…

CLIENT ALERTS

Client Alert: Does Your Town’s Host Community Agreement Comply With New State Standards?

January 10, 2023

Last August, former Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed S. 3096, An Act Relative to Equity in the Cannabis Industry (the “Reform Act”).  The Reform Act provides new rules governing Host…

CLIENT ALERTS

Client Alert: OCM Inaugural Annual Report: Five Major Highlights from New York’s Cannabis Industry 2022

January 4, 2023

On January 2, 2022, New York State’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) released its Inaugural 2022 Annual Report. The report provides a summary of the Cannabis Control Board’s (CCB) and OCM’s…

CLIENT ALERTS

Client Alert: New York’s First Adult-Use Cannabis Sale 

December 29, 2022

On December 29, 2022, New York State’s first adult-use cannabis sale took place at Housing Works Cannabis Co., located in lower Manhattan. The dispensary is the first legal recreational cannabis store to…

Firm News

Partner Paige Scott Reed Named as the Commonwealth’s Chief Legal Counsel

December 30, 2022

Partner Paige Scott Reed has been named by Governor-elect Maura Healey as Massachusetts’ Chief Legal Counsel.  Paige’s work as former general counsel to the MBTA and the Massachusetts Department of…

CLIENT ALERTS

Press Release: Firefighter/Air Force Veteran Scott Martin— Terminated Over Lawful Use of Medical Marijuana—Reinstated to Buffalo Fire Department

December 19, 2022

NEW YORK, NY (December 19, 2022) — David C. Holland, partner and member of Prince Lobel’s business and cannabis litigation practice group in New York, is pleased to announce that…