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RICO claim dismissal pushes cannabis cultivators off the tightrope

February 7, 2023Article
Daily Journal

Cannabis Co-Chair Priya Sopori published "RICO claim dismissal pushes cannabis cultivators off the tightrope" in the Daily Journal. 

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Those in the cannabis business walk a tightrope in California. Businesses must stay balanced entirely on state law. Any misstep into federal interstate commerce risks criminal jeopardy. But if a business does walk that line, pay its taxes, and obtain its licenses, which protections of federal laws can it receive? Not a civil RICO action, according to a recent Ninth Circuit decision.

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