Patrick Devine’s article in Benzinga examines the use of tax evasion as an enforcement strategy in the prohibition era and highlights the recent use of the strategy by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration to prosecute illegal cannabis businesses.  It then discusses potential federal enforcement in California as the DEA is in the early…

Rimon Partners, Justin Keller and Paul Jasper, will be speaking at the Cannabis Industry Virtual Symposium, hosted by Cal CPA. Learn about the tax, legal and accounting information relevant to the cannabis industry. A significant increase in cannabis industry activity is here which leads to an increase and demand for professional services. Attend to gain…

Partner, Justin Keller, of Rimon’s Cannabis Practice Group, recently discussed the regulatory challenges of cannabis dealmaking in the City of LA with the Los Angeles Business Journal. Read the full article. Justin Keller helps his cannabis industry clients, who span from farmers to tech start-ups, from industry advocates and legacy operators to publicly-traded cannabis companies, with…

Rimon’s latest arrivals to the firm, a cannabis group featuring two Partners and three associates, was covered extensively by Law360 and Law.com. “This is a perfect industry for Rimon,” CEO Michael Moradzadeh said in a statement. “Our attorneys have long been at the forefront of newly developing industries. Justin and Lukian, who have been involved in developing the cannabis legal…

Expanding its cannabis and hemp practice team, Rimon welcomes Justin Keller and Lukian Kobzeff, as Partners in its Los Angeles office. Mr. Keller and Mr. Kobzeff join Rimon from the Frontera Law Group, a boutique cannabis firm. Also joining Rimon’s cannabis practice from the Frontera Law Group are associates Paul Castillo, Alexandra Brown, and Patrick Devine. “The cannabis industry is a rapidly-growing and constantly-evolving business sector…