Amy Margolis

As the dust settles around the recent cannabis moonlighting scandal in Oregon, more details emerge. What Happened: Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan (D) resigned earlier this month following a public scandal related to the controversial cannabis consultant job she took as a side gig....

La Mota's Attorney Resigns From Oregon Cannabis Association  Amy Margolis, attorney for the La Mota dispensary chain whose owners are under scrutiny from multiple state agencies, is taking a hiatus from her position as executive director of the Oregon Cannabis...

Trailblazers is returning to Eden, Utah, next week, for its third edition. This one-of-a-kind, invite-only event series brings world leaders from cannabis, hemp and psychedelics spaces together for an intimate few days at a private property in the mountains. While many destination events promise a...

The Initiative, a business accelerator focused on promoting gender equality in the cannabis industry, announced Monday it will organize a comedy fundraiser, Sarah Silverman & Friends. The event will be held on March 3 at Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles. All proceeds from the show will be...

By Javier Hasse and Natan Ponieman. Carrie Solomon and Jody Ake are a husband-and-wife duo that co-funded the recently launched CBD brand Greater Goods, brainchild of the 2014-founded Leif Goods. The brand defines itself as “innovative, creative, and defiantly optimistic” and focuses on...

Not long ago, the cannabis industry could take pride in the higher-than-usual percentage of C-suite positions occupied by women, with roughly 1-in-3 of these posts held by a woman. This number plummeted in just a couple of years, however, dropping from 36 percent in 2015 to 27 percent in 2017...

The first recreational cannabis sales were made in  Massachusetts this week, although only two stores — New England Treatment Access, or NETA, in Northampton and Cultivate Holdings in Leicester — were allowed to service customers. “Tuesday was another...

The emergence of the cannabis industry coincided with a societal trend of empowering women. Combined with the more liberal environment that dominates the industry, it’s easy to understand why cannabis represents an industry were more women are getting involved and more women have...

Amy Margolis has been practicing law for more than 15 years. She's the founder of the Oregon Cannabis Association and advises businesses and investors on capital deployment issues, multijurisdictional growth, public offerings and corporate development. Not long ago, Margolis opened The Commune...

Canadian cannabis producer Tilray commenced trading on the Nasdaq this week, becoming the first pure-play marijuana company to list on a major U.S. stock exchange. “This week's listing of Tilray on NASDAQ is another positive move for cannabis stocks and particularly for the U.S....