Jeffrey O'Brien

1 week ago | jdsupra.com | Hilary Bricken |Jonathon Duffy |Jeffrey O'Brien

Minnesota Adult Use Cannabis UpdateWe assisted multiple clients in completing and submitting their adult-use cannabis license applications to the Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”), and we continue to monitor how and when the OCM evaluates those applications.

2 weeks ago | jdsupra.com | Jeffrey O'Brien

These are not good times for Minnesota’s brewing industry. Seemingly every time one opens the paper or goes online, there’s news of another longstanding Minnesota craft brewery closing its doors. Tin Whiskers, Burning Brothers, Rustech, Lupine, and most notably, Dangerous Man, are all no longer with us. In other industries, when a business owner seeks to exit their business, the exit typically comes in the form of a sale to a third party, which in many cases can be a competitor.

2 months ago | orlandosentinel.com | Jeffrey O'Brien

The start of April brings together two seemingly disparate events: the conclusion of the NCAA basketball tournaments and the beginning of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. One celebrates excellence in sport, and the other calls attention to the fact that sexual violence is widespread and has broad impact throughout the country. How are they connected?

2 months ago | jdsupra.com | Hilary Bricken |Jeffrey O'Brien

Like many others, we were caught up in filing a slew of Minnesota adult use cannabis applications for our clients by March 14 (which, if you were paying attention, that deadline was extended to March 15 by midnight because of a crash with the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) website). Every time a licensing window opens in a state with a new adult use cannabis program, there are lessons to be learned for clients, attorneys, and regulators, alike.

Nov 20, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Hilary Bricken |Jeffrey O'Brien

The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”) has begun issuing final denials to the overwhelming majority of previously qualified social equity applicants (“SEA”s) ahead of its first statewide cannabis lottery on December 2 for 280 available “preapproval” cannabis licenses.