Since the election of U.S. President Donald Trump, and the appointment of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, much has been made about the future of the cannabis industry. Bob Hoban's unique prospective that the sky is not falling offers insights into the Trump and Sessions administration and what current and future owners, investors and operators in the cannabis industry can expect.
This course will provide a basic update and overview of the state of the legal cannabis (hemp and marijuana) industry across the country as well as a review of the current political climate. Discussion points will include impacts of federal regulation on the cannabis industry and specific tax code provisions that impact owners and operators.
Bob Hoban will be available for a question and answer session and is able to speak to all questions concerning business aspects of the legal cannabis industry. This course is recommended for professionals with at least a basic understanding of the industry.
Hoban Law Group, LLC
Managing Partner
[email protected]
(303) 674-7000
Bob Hoban is an AV® Preeminent™ rated attorney and seasoned full-service commercial practitioner. Drawing upon more than twenty years of diverse legal and practical entrepreneurial business experience, he regularly counsels clients regarding corporate organizational and governance issues, general commercial transactions, real estate development/transactions, government/regulatory licensing, strategic acquisitions, and commercial litigation. Today, Bob concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial litigation, business law, cannabis law, real estate, land use/eminent domain, public policy/governmental relations, and appellate matters. He represents business owners, governmental entities, retail/commercial centers, landowners, developers, landlords/tenants and other entities in all aspects of these practice areas. Bob is recognized as one of the leading commercial cannabis practitioners nationwide; representing private and publicly-held clients in numerous states and abroad. He has litigated nearly every aspect of Colorado’s Marijuana Code and has closed well-over 200 marijuana-related business transactions. Commercial marijuana and industrial hemp-based business operations, related litigation and regulatory representation are a specialty. He is very passionate about protecting the rights of property owners facing the threat of eminent domain or other land use matters. In 2006, he helped co-found the Colorado Property Rights Coalition, a non-profit property owner resource [www.thecprc.org]. He is a leading eminent domain practitioner statewide and has successfully represented landowners, developers and other private parties in all aspects of the eminent domain process; including but not limited to due diligence, contracting and land acquisition. Bob has vast experience involving relocation and reestablishment issues arising from eminent domain acquisitions. Furthermore, Bob is devoted to impacting law at its source; he has drafted more than 30 bills for the Colorado General Assembly in policy areas relating to eminent domain, land use, hemp/marijuana and transportation policy. Bob is also involved in numerous renewable energy projects in the areas of regulatory compliance, business structuring, and land acquisition. As the General Counsel to Waunita Power Company, LLC and Pagosa Verde, LLC (both are Colorado-based geothermal power projects [www.waunitapower.com and www.pagosaverde.com]), Bob has honed his expertise in these aspects of alternative energy law. Bob is a professor at the University of Denver, in the Law and Society Program, and regularly instructs regarding government regulations, public policy advocacy, and various research-based policy courses. He has completed a number of hours toward his PhD at the University of Colorado Graduate School of Public Affairs. Bob is a regular presenter/lecturer at legal, policy and academic conferences around the country. - See more at: http://www.hobanandfeola.com/firm-overview/attorneys/robert-t-hoban/#sthash.TUtMiicu.dpuf