The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is set to consider a ban on marijuana dispensaries at a hearing today, the L.A. Times reports. Our Los Angeles medical marijuana defense attorneys are representing more than a dozen marijuana dispensaries in the Los Angeles area. We believe there is strength in…
Medical marijuana dispensaries have been given six more months to comply with the city’s ordinance, which seeks to close all but about 50 of the 500 dispensaries, while limiting who can manage the remaining dispensaries and where they can be located. As our L.A. medical marijuana dispensary lawyers have reported,…
Nine more Long Beach medical marijuana dispensaries will be forced to shut down under amendments supported Tuesday by City Council, the Contra Costa Times reported. Our Long Beach marijuana dispensary attorneys reported recently here on our Marijuana Lawyer Blog that local politicians were set on toughening the rules, despite shaky…
A 31-year-old operator of medical marijuana dispensaries in Perris and Corona is awaiting sentencing on tax evasion charges. Our Los Angeles marijuana dispensary lawyers think more dispensary owners are likely to be targeted with tax evasion and other federal charges. The government has long used such tactics against organized crime…
Despite having what medical marijuana advocates are calling one of the most prohibitive ordinances in California, three Long Beach city council politicians are calling for tougher restrictions, the Press-Telegram reports. Our Long Beach medical marijuana defense lawyers continue to report on the antics of amateur city and county politicians, who…
As our Orange County Marijuana Dispensary Lawyers reported earlier this year on our Marijuana Law News Blog, the CANNABIS LAW GROUP was able to win a temporary stay in the case against Lake Forest Wellness Center & Collective. The firm and the dispensary are appealing an Orange County Superior Court…
Our Costa Mesa medical marijuana dispensary attorneys have reviewed the latest city ordinance attempting to regulate the legal business of providing medical marijuana to patients. Our Los Angeles marijuana defense attorneys believe fines and civil lawsuits are the most likely sanctions for violating the ordinance. The Orange County Register reports…
Currently in litigation with our Los Angeles medical marijuana defense lawyers after having created an arbitrary ordinance in an attempt to close the vast majority of the city’s marijuana dispensaries, the City of Los Angeles has decided it wants tax what is left. The L.A. Weekly reports that a city…
The marijuana legalization effort is not going away. But Tuesday’s defeat of Proposition 19 makes the fight against the assault on California’s legal medical marijuana industry all the more urgent. Our Los Angeles medical marijuana collective attorneys urge anyone with a stake in the fight — whether patient, grower or…
What is it with the Los Angeles sheriff’s obsession with marijuana? Our Los Angeles marijuana dispensary lawyers have reported on our Marijuana Lawyer Blog that the sheriff has blamed legal medical marijuana businesses for being victimized by crime. And we also noted the sheriff spent his resources conducting raids for…