On January 11, 2018, Harris Bricken will present a FREE lunch hour webinar on cannabis litigation. Please click here to sign up.

Harris Bricken’s cannabis litigators have been handling cannabis disputes for years. These cases involve business entities including partnerships, corporations, and LLCs; intellectual property; employment; investment and financing; landlord-tenant issues; and administrative actions. As the cannabis industry expands, litigation in these areas, as well as in new areas such as product liability and patents, will increase.

Cannabis cases are different than any other type of business litigation, and nearly every case has a federal law component. State legalization has also led to an enormous statutory and regulatory apparatus that cannabis businesses — and their lawyers — must navigate every day. To meet the needs of the cannabis industry, Harris Bricken has experienced and dedicated civil litigators in its Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles offices, including Vince Sliwoski, Hilary Bricken, and John Mansfield. These lawyers will speak on various topics, including:

1. The state of cannabis litigation and emerging trends
2. How cannabis disputes are different than disputes in other industries
3. Disputes involving partnerships and other business entities
4. Intellectual property disputes
5. Product liability disputes
6. Federal law issues
7. Employment disputes
8. Remedies in cannabis lawsuits
9. Ways to avoid cannabis litigation

If you are in the cannabis industry, understanding business disputes and how to avoid them is critical. And if you are unfortunate enough to find yourself in a dispute, you need advisors experienced in handling these issues. We hope you will join us next month for a lively panel discussion on this important topic. Go here to sign up.

In the meantime, here is a healthy list of articles regarding cannabis litigation:

• Marijuana Business Disputes: The Five Things You Need to Know
• How to Avoid Cannabis Litigation: Five Tips
• Avoiding Cannabis Business Partnership Disputes: Part 1
• Spotting Criminal Law Issues in Cannabis Cases
• Cannabis Trademarks: How to Coexist with Large Hairy Primates
• Much Ado About RICO
• Much Ado About RICO and Cannabis: Part 2
• Avoiding Cannabis Litigation by Changing Your Oil Filter
• Jury Nullification is a Real Thing and You Should Know About It
• California Commercial Cannabis Leases: Arbitration Versus Litigation
• Cannabis Business Litigation: Five Tips for Working with a Lawyer
• Marijuana Land Use Disputes
• The Pot Safety Lawsuits Have Landed: Marijuana Businesses Need to Start Preparing Now
• An Arbitration Primer for the Marijuana Industry: Part 1
• An Arbitration Primer for the Marijuana Industry: Part 2
• An Arbitration Primer for the Marijuana Industry: Part 3
• Marijuana Attorneys and Partnership Disputes