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Represented an alliance of three agricultural organizations (Ventura County Coalition of Labor and Agriculture, Farm Bureau of Ventura County, and Ventura County Agricultural Association) in litigation challenging Ventura County temporary ordinance that significantly limited outdoor hemp cultivation. Successfully supported effort to enact permanent ordinance to strike proper balance in addressing competing stakeholder concerns – reasonably allowing hemp cultivation in the County while protecting sensitive receptors such as homes and schools.
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Counsel to a coalition of hemp farmers in litigation against a county ordinance that significantly reduces cultivated hemp acreage by increasing sensitive receptor buffers.
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Counsel to Cadiz, Inc. in establishing a joint venture with Glass House Farms. The joint venture, doing business as SoCal Hemp Co, has the potential to be the largest vertically integrated, commercial hemp operation in the state of California. SoCal Hemp cultivates organic, sun-grown hemp and hemp-derived products, including CBD, on up to 9,600 acres at the Cadiz Ranch in San Bernardino County.
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Counsel to Cadiz, Inc. in establishing a joint venture with Glass House Farms. The joint venture, doing business as SoCal Hemp Co, has the potential to be the largest vertically integrated, commercial hemp operation in the state of California. SoCal Hemp cultivates organic, sun-grown hemp and hemp-derived products, including CBD, on up to 9,600 acres at the Cadiz Ranch in San Bernardino County.
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Advised a major Las Vegas casino regarding policy implications of marijuana legalization with respect to employees and guests, and modified policies accordingly.
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Regulatory and compliance counsel for a major Las Vegas hotel and casino to ensure the resort’s policies related to guest and employee consumption of medical and recreational cannabis are consistent with all applicable Nevada laws and regulations.
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Advised a major Las Vegas casino regarding policy implications of marijuana legalization with respect to employees and guests, and modified policies accordingly.
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Regulatory counsel to the Florida Trucking Association related to medical cannabis and legalization’s impact on its drivers and member companies.
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Represent an international company that provides cannabis infused food and drink products in California Prop 65 litigation.
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Handled UCC Financial Statement filings on behalf of cannabis business.
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Provided risk assessment and advised on lease restrictions for prospective tenant selling hemp-derived CBD products.
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Brownstein represents the Nevada Dispensary Association before the Nevada Legislature and Nevada’s Executive Branch. Our government relations team works collaboratively with the Association to identify, in their infancy, issues that negatively or positively impact the Association’s interests and implement an appropriate strategy for each issue.
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Trademark counseling and prosecution for California companies that design and sell smoking devices and other goods relating to the cannabis industry.
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Represents lending institution in preparing policies for real estate secured loans where the tenant is a CBD manufacturer.
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Land use litigation counsel for a cannabis company’s challenge to the City of Santa Barbara’s denial of application for a retail cannabis license for intended downtown Santa Barbara storefront. The litigation alleges that the City was arbitrary and capricious is the application of its ordinance, including its application of the buffer requirement, its scoring of applicants, and its denial of an opportunity to appeal the staff level decision to the City Council.
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Strategic brand development and trademark portfolio management for Dixie Brands Inc, a leading developer of THC-infused products.
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Regulatory counsel to the City of Henderson, Nevada, as they transitioned their medical marijuana program to include recreational marijuana following the legalization by ballot initiative for adult use.
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Counsel to Dixie Brands, Inc. related to its CBD, medical cannabis, and recreational cannabis product lines.
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Trademark counseling, brand protection and prosecution for a large, vertically-integrated medicinal and recreational cannabis cultivation, production and distribution company in Nevada.
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Trademark counseling, brand protection and prosecution for a large, vertically-integrated medicinal and recreational cannabis cultivation, production and distribution company in Nevada.
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Regulatory counsel to the City of Henderson, Nevada, as they transitioned their medical marijuana program to include recreational marijuana following the legalization by ballot initiative for adult use.
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Counsel to a large global alcohol company seeking regulatory and compliance guidance on cannabis laws in the United States and how cannabis laws interface with state and federal alcohol licensing.
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Successfully defended cannabis cultivator against appeal of an approved County land use permit for outdoor cannabis cultivation. Ultimately, the project secured a unanimous approval from the Planning Commission and the County Board of Supervisors for a 22-acre outdoor cannabis farm, one of the largest operational, fully-permitted cannabis farms in California. Defending against the appeal required successful demonstration that cannabis farms can co-exist with traditional farms, including vineyards and tasting rooms and educating the public and decision makers on the environmental and economic benefits of sustainable, sun grown cannabis farming.
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Brownstein is providing land use and cannabis permitting counsel to a large Central Coast cultivator, including working through the County of Santa Barbara Development Plan and Coastal Development Permit process for existing greenhouses and expansion or replacement of existing structures for cannabis cultivation, processing and extraction.
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Representing a cannabis company in litigation with an industry consultant related to breach of representations and competencies with more than $5 million at issue.
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Counsel to a large global alcohol company seeking regulatory and compliance guidance on cannabis laws in the United States and how cannabis laws interface with state and federal alcohol licensing.
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Regulatory and compliance counsel for large regional bank related to hemp-related business and service providers deposit accounts.
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Represents shareholder of a hemp growing operation in a shareholder dispute.
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Representing significant cannabis agriculture company in bet the company litigation involving nuanced aspects of the California Corporations Code combined with cannabis licensing related issues.
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Brownstein is providing land use and cannabis permitting counsel to a cannabis cultivator, working through the County of Santa Barbara Coastal Development Permit process for existing greenhouses, including abandonment of unpermitted greenhouses and improvement of existing greenhouses for growing cannabis and plant processing.
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Federal lobbying representation for the Cannabis Trade Federation (CTF), the largest cannabis trade association in the country. Representation includes strategic counsel to CTF’s efforts to pass the STATES Act and SAFE Banking Act to remedy the incongruity between state and federal law on cannabis, including protections for financial services institutions that provide banking services for legal cannabis-related businesses and providing federal protections to cannabis businesses that are in compliance with state law.
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Regulatory and compliance counsel for large regional bank related to hemp-related business and service providers deposit accounts.
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Represents shareholder of a hemp growing operation in a shareholder dispute.
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Represents lending institution in preparing policies for real estate secured loans where the tenant is a CBD manufacturer.
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Brownstein is providing land use and cannabis permitting counsel to a cannabis cultivator, working through the County of Santa Barbara Coastal Development Permit process for existing greenhouses, including abandonment of unpermitted greenhouses and improvement of existing greenhouses for growing cannabis and plant processing.