Germany's snap elections on February 23, 2025, have the cannabis industry watching closely. A conservative government will likely emerge, but a key question remains: will it include the far-right Alternative for Germany...

In cannabis contract negotiations, it's common for the parties to execute an early-stage document called a letter of intent ("LOI"). An LOI may also be called a term sheet; naming it one over the other has no legal...

As a plaintiff at trial, there is no better way to prove your case than through the mouth of the defendant. Securing statements directly from the defendant...

A U.S. company paid $177,000 to a Yiwu intermediary for three shipments, but only the first arrived. When the buyer sought legal help expecting to file a lawsuit, experienced international counsel recommended a different path: taking the matter to Chinese police as potential economic fraud. This case reveals when supplier disputes cross into criminal territory and why the right legal advice sometimes means not taking the case.

As the cannabis industry awaits potential marijuana rescheduling, eyes seem focused on state-legal operators and the tax relief they might enjoy.

Trademark symbols are the subject of regular questions from clients and even people with whom I have casual conversations, once they find out I am a trademark lawyer.

California's cannabis regime is set up to separate every point in the supply chain into different license types: cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, testing and retail sales, to name a few.

It goes without saying, but 2020 was a pretty wild year for the California cannabis and hemp industries.

It's been a little while since we've talked about patent protection on the blog, but a recent consultation reminded me a primer on the different types of patents potentially available could be...

The United States and Canada have separate and different trademark regimes and if you want strong trademark protection in both you should register in both.

The large-scale shift to telework brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic is prompting businesses around the world to explore new avenues to engage with clients and friends.

For over a decade, our China dispute lawyers have consistently received inquiries from companies that have paid between $3000 and $100,000 for product from a Chinese manufacturer and received either nothing.

Cannabis law continues to live in constitutional limbo. States like Washington and California have built robust, tightly regulated cannabis markets, while federal law still treats marijuana as contraband.

On Saturday, April 18, 2026, President Donald Trump signed an executive order (“Order”) which he proclaimed would “dramatically accelerate access to new medical research and treatments based on psychedelic drugs.”

This is part 1 of a series of blog posts on the likely implications of a Biden Presidency on U.S. immigration policy.

Earlier this week, the federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, in a case entitled Anderson v. Diamondback Investment Group, LLC, handed the DEA a big loss when it comes to hemp – at least for now.

Foreign brand owners have long relied on non-use cancellations (NUCs) as a powerful tool to clear the path for trademark registration in China, particularly in instances where an unrelated party...

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal has reinstated a civil rights lawsuit against Humboldt County, California, that challenges the county's practices in imposing punitive daily fines.

In The Ticking Clock to a TikTok Stop, I discussed the TikTok ban bill then under consideration in the United States Congress. The bill aimed to address concerns over national security and data privacy.

When the New York Times sued OpenAI, the allegation grabbing the most headlines concerned ChatGPT sometimes producing, as output to the user, all or substantially all of an actual article previously published by the Times.