Fox Rothschild Lawyers Publish Article on Cannabis & Banking. What Defines Illegal Activity?

Jesse Harris and Joshua Horn of Fox Rothschild write by way of introduction

Many legal issues arise out of financing cannabis activities, not the least of which is whether a target property for a cannabis venture is mortgaged by a bank. The standard institutional mortgage contains language that allows the mortgagee to “call” the loan if the property is being used to conduct “illegal activity.” This language relates to federal lending guidelines and is usually nonnegotiable. The question thus becomes: what qualifies as “illegal activity”?

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https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2018/05/23/cannabis-and-banks-what-qualifies-as-illegal-activity/?mc_cid=9cb94c3e87&mc_eid=178dec0b63

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