Neil M. Kaufman represented Kaufman McGowan PLLC at the 2024 Cannabis Law Institute presented by the International Cannabis Bar Association (INCBA) at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Chicago, Illinois in July 2024. Some of the highlights included:
- Kaufman McGowan proudly sponsored the 2024 Cannabis Law Institute!
- Neil moderated a panel discussion of “Cannabis Financing and M&A Post Rescheduling, 280E, and SAFER” with Kellie Rivera, Sr. Counsel & VP Corporate Affairs of The Cannabist Company f/k/a Columbia Care, David Feldman and Samantha Gleit.
- Neil provided a summary of how rescheduling, the potential end of 280E and the SAFER Banking Act will impact the currently moribund cannabis financing and mergers and acquisitions and summarized for the audience the IRC 280E tax strategy currently being deployed by many cannabis companies.
Other sessions included:
- Anticipating and Navigating Legal Risks in International Transactions
- State of Federal Cannabis Policy – The C-Suite Perspective
- Neil provided a summary of how rescheduling, the potential end of 280E and the SAFER Banking Act will impact the currently moribund cannabis financing and mergers and acquisitions.
- Psychedelics Regulation: Walking Its Own Path
- State Enforcement Against Licensed and Unpermitted Cannabis Operators
- Employment Nondiscrimination in a Drug-Free Workplace: the “WIRE” Concept
- Cannabis Labor Issues: Labor Peace Agreements and Beyond
- From Stigma to Medicine -Medical Cannabis Law and Healthcare Considerations
- Sleeping Giant: The Dormant Commerce Clause’s Impact on Future of Cannabis
- Fault Lines on Federal Policy Post Rescheduling
- Corporate Transparency Act: Federal Demands for Transparency in Cannabis
- Branching Out: Market Expansion in the Cannabis Industry
- License Litigation Actions
- Delta 8 and Delta 9 Knocking on the Door – The Five Ws of Cannabinoid Litigation
About Neil M. Kaufman
Neil M. Kaufman is the managing member of Kaufman McGowan PLLC, Long Island’s Corporate & Securities Law Firm ™ and Corporate & Securities Counsel to the Cannabis Industry™. He is one of the leading corporate cannabis lawyers in New York and the USA and a fixture of the New York and Long Island corporate and securities legal community. Learn more here!
About INCBA and the Cannabis Law Institute
“INCBA was founded in 2015 in San Francisco, California by a group of visionary attorneys who recognized the absence of a professional association for attorneys who practiced cannabis law. Since then, INCBA has become the world’s leading resource for cannabis law education, and community.” INCBA’s purpose is “to educate and connect cannabis industry lawyers for the purpose of providing excellent, ethical, and advanced legal assistance to this growing industry.”
You can join INCBA here!