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Licensing
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Canada Cannabis Legal
Micro-Cultivation Licences: Assessing Their Role in Canada’s Craft Cannabis Market
By Marc Devlin
Canada’s federal legalization of recreational cannabis in 2018 marked a seismic shift in drug policy, aiming not only to dismantle the entrenched illicit market but also to safeguard public health…
Canna Law Blog
DCC License Conversions After Rescheduling: How and When to Split A/M Licenses in California
DCC license conversions after rescheduling: how and when to split A/M licenses in California When obtaining a California cannabis licenses, operators had to decide whether to operate under an adult-use…
Waldrop & Colvin Legal Blog
Licensing vs. Franchising: How Brand Licensing Fits Into a Franchise
The Basic Relationship Every Franchise Includes a License, but Not Every License Is a Franchise Business owners frequently describe licensing and franchising as two competing methods of expansion. That description…
International Trade Law
BIS Eases Export Controls on the UAE
By Scott Wise, Jeremy Iloulian, Nate Young
Key Takeaways: The UAE's reclassification to Country Group A:5 in the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) is one of the most significant expansions of U.S. export licensing flexibility extended to…
NIPC Law
Patents – Tesla Inc v InterDigital Patent Holdings Inc
By janelambertnipclaw-blogspot-com
This was an appeal against the Court of Appeal's decision in Tesla Inc and another v IDAC Holdings Inc and Others [2025] EWCA Civ 193 (6 March 2025) to dismiss…
Inside Global Tech
FCC Approves Massive Modernization of Satellite Licensing Regime
By Gerard J. Waldron, Conor Kane
On July 22, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC”) voted to approve a Report and Order (the “Order”) and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “FNPRM”) that will rework…
Regulatory Oversight
Compliance in the Wild West — How State AGs Are Using Traditional Legal Frameworks to Address AI Business Practices
By Ashley L. Taylor, Jr., Clayton Friedman, Daniel Waltz, Kyara Rivera Rivera
This article was originally published on Reuters and Westlaw and is republished here with permission as it originally appeared on July 27, 2026. Newsfeeds are saturated with dramatic headlines about artificial…
Budding Trends
Bama’s Big Stage: Integrated Medical Cannabis Facility Hearings Finally Kick Off in Tuscaloosa
If you've been following Alabama's medical cannabis saga, you know the state has mastered a very particular genre of drama: license gets awarded, license gets sued, license gets stayed, repeat.…
Consumer Protection Insights
Vermont Imposes Licensing and Disclosure Requirements for Sales-Based Financing and Factoring Transactions
By Timothy A. Butler, Matthew White, Tessa Cierny, Cody B. Davis, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Vermont enacted H.648, requiring certain commercial financing providers and brokers to obtain licenses and provide standardized disclosures.
FinTalk
QFMA Introduces International Licensing Regime for Financial Services Firms
By Catherine Martinez, Ahmad Mustafa
The Board of Directors of the Qatar Financial Markets Authority (QFMA) has issued Decision No. 3 of 2026, introducing the Instructions for the International License to Practice Certain Activities in…