Articles Posted in Cannabis Compliance

Received a DCC Notice to Comply? It is not a fine — but it is the first page of an enforcement file. Step-by-step response guide from a California cannabis attorney: deadlines, evidence packets, preserving disputes, and avoiding escalation. Baghoomian Law: (818) 514-9272.

Law enforcement seized your licensed cannabis in California? Under B&P Code section 26037, licensed product is not contraband — but six deadlines start running immediately. The full recovery playbook: preservation demand, ex parte TRO, and the motion for return of seized property. Baghoomian Law: (818) 514-9272.

Few documents land harder on a California cannabis operator than a Notice of Emergency Decision and Order from the Department of Cannabis Control. It can suspend a license and order a business to cease all commercial cannabis activity within hours, often before any accusation is even filed. Buried in that notice, however, is a short,…

A California cannabis license can be revoked over something that looks minor on paper — a few grams that never made it into the track-and-trace system, a security camera down for a weekend, a delivery driver working a shift before their badge cleared. Under the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) Disciplinary Guidelines, these are not…

Every plant and product in California’s legal market is supposed to be traceable from seed to sale, and the system that does it is METRC. Your discipline with it is one of the clearest signals to the DCC of whether you run a tight operation or a problem waiting to surface. Track-and-trace discrepancies are a…

Labeling and packaging look like the tedious corner of compliance — right up until a citation arrives over a missing symbol or a package a regulator decides appeals to children. These violations are common precisely because they feel minor, and they’re almost entirely avoidable once you understand what the rules are trying to accomplish. What…

You can do everything right with the DCC and still be squeezed by two problems that have nothing to do with state licensing. Both trace back to cannabis’s federal status, and both shape your margins from the very first day. Plan for them early. Problem one: banking access Because cannabis remains federally illegal, many banks…

Getting your California cannabis license approved is a milestone worth celebrating. But the work that keeps that license is different from the work that won it, and it starts the moment you’re approved. Many operators exhaust themselves on the application and then coast, only to find that the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) judges you…

The state of California has recently introduced Assembly Bill 766, a piece of legislation that aims to address the growing issue of unpaid debts within the state’s legal cannabis industry. This bill, proposed in March 2023, seeks to impose strict payment rules on cannabis retailers and distributors, requiring them to pay bills for goods and…

The cannabis industry in California has experienced rapid growth since the legalization of medicinal marijuana in 1996, followed by the recent approval of recreational use for adults in 2016. As the legal landscape continues to evolve, businesses and individuals operating within this sector have found it increasingly necessary to seek the guidance of experienced legal…