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Bob Steringer Recognized with “Lawyer of the Year” Award for Administrative / Regulatory Law in Portland, Oregon
Harrang Long P.C. is pleased to announce that our firm president, Bob Steringer, recently received the Best Lawyers® designation of “Lawyer of the Year” for 2025 Administrative / Regulatory Law in Portland, Oregon. Bob’s administrative and regulatory practice focuses on...
Covering in the Legal Profession
Harrang Long P.C. attorney Alyson Sneider’s article entitled “Covering in the Legal Profession” was published in the July/August edition of the Multnomah Lawyer newsletter. Authored as part of Alyson’s service on the Multnomah Bar Association’s Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Committee,...
Six Harrang Long Attorneys Selected to 2024 Oregon Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
Harrang Long P.C. is pleased to announce that six of the firm’s attorneys have been selected to the 2024 Oregon Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are...
Congratulations to Kevin Jacoby, a 2024 Oregon Super Lawyer!
We are pleased to announce that Kevin Jacoby has been selected to the 2024 Oregon Super Lawyers list. Throughout the last near-decade of cannabis legalization, Kevin has gained the respect and support of his peers by creating solutions for the...
Podcast: What Should Oregon Cannabis Retailers Know About Tax Compliance?
2024 is the first year that OLCC requires cannabis retailers to provide a certificate of tax compliance at renewal. In this podcast, Owner Kevin Jacoby discusses the systemic and state-wide reasons tax compliance has become an issue for Oregon cannabis...
Pointers on Oregon Cannabis Batch Tagging Regulations
In five minutes, Kevin Jacoby highlights key pointers regarding Oregon’s cannabis industry recently launched batch tagging regulations with Cannabis Law Report host Sean Hocking. The new batch tagging regulations allows for farmers to tag their cannabis plants in batches instead...
Oregon State Bar Cannabis & Psychedelics Law Section Announce Spring Social Networking Event
OLLC’s new licensing system, CAMP, persists to create roadblocks for Oregon cannabis business owners. See our webinar recap blog which discusses common CAMP and batch tagging issues and tips. Additionally, the federal reschedule of cannabis poses future uncertainty. If you...
Webinar Recap: Understanding Oregon’s Cannabis Batch Tagging and CAMP Updates
Last week JL co-hosted an insightful webinar with Alex Berger from Emerge Law Group, delving into critical updates for Oregon’s cannabis industry. The focus was on two pivotal topics: batch tagging and OLCC’s transition to CAMP. Batch Tagging Since the...
BREAKING: Oregon Judge Rules OLCC Employees’ Statutory Immunity Unconstitutional
Following up on our January 2024 post discussing the constitutionality of OLCC’s immunity statute in the cannabis regulatory context with some breaking news on the subject. On May 8, 2024, an Oregon Circuit Court judge agreed that the immunity granted...
U.S. Cannabis Industry Outplays Taylor Swift and Post Malone
So far in 2024, one of the top played songs (according to Billboard 100), is Taylor Swift’s and Post Malone’s “Fortnight”, with 225,695,235 active players. Despite these head turning stats, I’m willing to bet I’ve heard, “the U.S. cannabis industry...