A federal court has denied a new trial for two Modesto men convicted of drug charges for operating a medical marijuana dispensary, the Modesto Bee reported. Our Los Angeles medical marijuana defense lawyers represent dispensaries and employees in a wide-variety of legal areas, including criminal defense and defense of businesses…
With each passing year, more states embrace marijuana as a legitimate medical treatment. Acceptance grows. Tolerance grows. Case law grows. And the ability of legitimate marijuana businesses to defend themselves against the overzealous encroachments of politicians and law enforcement grows stronger. Our Los Angeles medical marijuana defense lawyers read with…
Oakland has temporarily halted a plan to permit and tax four large marijuana growing operations because of ongoing legal concerns, the Los Angeles Times reported. As our Los Angeles medical marijuana defense attorneys reported on our Marijuana Lawyer Blog, Oakland’s city council overwhelmingly approved the plan this summer, even as…
The Desert Sun reports that Riverside County supervisors voted unanimously to scrap plans for a new ordinance regulating medical marijuana. Our Riverside medical marijuana defense lawyers believe more of these ordinances will be scraped in the wake of court rulings rejecting all or part of ordinances in Anaheim and the…
Efforts by the City of Riverside have led to the closure of some marijuana dispensaries while other businesses are fighting to remain open and serve the patients who rely upon them, the Press-Enterprise reported. Our Riverside marijuana dispensary defense attorneys are representing more than a dozen dispensaries and collectives in…
Our Los Angeles marijuana dispensary defense attorneys continue to note the aggressive stance of the L.A. County Sheriff’s Office toward medical marijuana businesses. The Pasadena Star News reports reports that deputies shut down La Puente Collective and seized business inventory last week. The owner of the medical marijuana dispensary on…
Medical marijuana patients scored a significant legal victory this week when a court ruling withstood appellate and supreme court challenges. The case found that federal law does not preempt state law regarding the rights of medical marijuana collectives. Our Anaheim medical marijuana defense lawyers hail the ruling as one more…
Lassen County became the latest California county to ban medical marijuana dispensaries when council voted 4-1, according to the Lassen County Times. Council did not vote on a proposal that would have attempted to regulate dispensaries in much the way Los Angeles’ controversial ordinance does. Our Los Angeles medical marijuana…
Our Rancho Mirage medical marijuana defense lawyers continue to follow the debate over a dispensary ordinance in that city that has led to council delaying the issue three times. The Desert Sun reports the latest delay comes in the wake of Anaheim’s decision to appeal a court ruling that city…
The unincorporated areas of Los Angeles and Orange counties have both moved to ban medical marijuana dispensaries from operating. the L.A. Times reported. Our Orange County medical marijuana defense lawyers continue to monitor the status of local bans throughout Southern California and are representing more than a dozen dispensaries against…