It would allow medical marijuana operators to start selling recreational pot on Jan. 1, 2023, a full year before everyone else.
Bill that speeds launch of recreational marijuana market up for Senate vote
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Michael Hild to make case for acquittal or new trial at hearing next month
The former CEO of Live Well Financial seeks to blame his childhood friend-turned trial attorney for ineffective counsel as a reason to either overturn his conviction or get another chance to prove his innocence to a jury.
Bill would let medical cannabis, hemp firms jump-start recreational market
If it becomes law, existing operators could begin selling recreational marijuana Jan. 1, 2023, a year before the broader retail market is slated to launch.
City Council rolls dice and puts rejected casino proposal on ballot again
Voters narrowly defeated a $565 million Urban One project and councilmembers said sharing more details about the economic benefits would make it a winner.
Bill would require local referendums before pot dispensaries could open
The legislation was prompted by a request from Goochland County, where officials want to give voters a say in where the recreational marijuana industry operates.
Matson ‘co-conspirator’ surrenders law, CPA licenses over LandAmerica scandal
Robert Smith, who admitted receiving $1.5 million of the $3 million Matson was caught stealing, paid the money back and has not been charged criminally or civilly.
Imprisoned Bruce Matson sued by LandAmerica trustee for $500K
The disbarred Richmond attorney, who is serving a four-year sentence, has already paid more than $4 million back into the bankruptcy trust account he was caught stealing from.
Let’s be friends: Merged law firms break up in ‘conscious uncoupling’
The split will result in a new Richmond office for Virginia Beach-based Breit Biniazan, while Cantor Grana Buckner Bucci will remain headquartered in the West End.
2021 legal roundup: LeClairRyan, Matson, Hild dominated headlines
The law firm’s bankruptcy case continues, one of its top attorneys is in prison, and Live Well Financial’s former CEO fights his fraud conviction.
Debt-laden airplane leasing giant has bankruptcy stopover in Richmond
Ireland-based Nordic Aviation Capital is at least the ninth big corporation to bring its bankruptcy case to Richmond’s federal court since the start of the pandemic.