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Cannabis Law & Regulation Reporter

May 2019

Volume 1, Number 1 May 2019

FEATURE ARTICLE

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CANNABIS NEWS

Statewide Cannabis Delivery in California Faces Outrage from Certain

Municipalities8

The State of Receivership Law in Colorado as Applied to the Marijuana Business10

Allocation of Oregon Recreational Cannabis Taxes and Lack of Funding for Rural Counties13

LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 and Its Impact on the State of ‘Hemp Banking’16

New Jersey’s Proposes to Legalize Recreational Cannabis17

REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS

California’s New Cannabis Regulations Approved by the State Office of

Administrative Law, Now in Effect20

LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING

Environmental Advocacy Group in California Sues Humboldt County over Cannabis Regulations Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality

Act22

Cannabis and the California Environmental Quality Act—Trinity Action Association Sues Trinity County23

JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS

Federal:

U.S. District Court Holds Employer Does Not Need to Excuse Compliance with Drug Testing Policy for Medical Marijuana User26

Cotto v. Ardagh Glass Packing, Inc., ___F.Supp.3d___, Case No. 18-1037 (D. N.J. 2018).