This week Heather speaks with the CEO at Origin Therapeutics, Legal Expert…Anne Van Leynseele, then she catches up again with Eric Postow about Maine case US v BILODEAU and then to round out the podcast another catch up with regular contributor Peter Homberg who heads up the Dentons cannabis practice in Berlin
Guest 1: Alexander Somjen CEO Origin Therapeutics
Alexander Somjen has extensive experience serving as an officer and director of publicly listed and privately held companies across a broad range of sectors including technology, healthcare and cannabis. Most recently, Alexander served as President of a publicly traded, California based multi-state cannabis company and CEO of a publicly traded global investment company. Prior to that, Alexander spent over a decade in capital markets at a large financial institution working in both investment banking and sales and trading related capacities. Alexander holds an MBA from IE Business School.
Supplementary Information:
https://originpsychedelics.com/
Guest 2 Anne Van Leynseele of self, 7 Point Law
Author, legal expert, speaker, founder and managing partner
Topic: BOOK – Cultivating Crime: The Dark Side of Legal Marijuana
Anne’s song choice is Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Supplementary Information: cultivatingcrime.com
Guest 3 Eric Postow Parlatore Law Group
Partner/ Attorney, focusing practice on advising those in the cannabis industry
Eric keeps us up to date on MAINE CASE: US v BILODEAU – why important; how Joyce-Blumenauer Amendment interpreted by courts regarding cannabis
Supplementary Information:
- MJBiz Daily- Marijuana Executives Can Still Face Federal Charges Court Rules
- US v. Bilodeau Case
- 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals Opinion
Regular Contributor Peter Homberg – Dentons Cannabis Lead In Germany
German/EU MONTHLY wrapup
And it’s a long time since we heard the Scorpions. great song choice by Peter
Wind of Change by The Scorpions
Supplementary Information:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-homberg-90618519