In the Press
March 16, 2023

How Cannabis Cos. Can Keep Up With Privacy Compliance (Law360)

The size of the cannabis industry has skyrocketed since the first states, Colorado and Washington, legalized cannabis for adult recreational use 10 years ago. With the rapid growth of the cannabis industry, the ever-changing patchwork of U.S. state-by-state data privacy and cybersecurity laws and the fact that companies operating in the cannabis industry often have access to sensitive information, it is becoming increasingly important for cannabis companies to treat privacy and cybersecurity as a significant risk and management priority. Several recent highly publicized data breaches in this space have only underscored the urgency surrounding these issues. Cannabis co-chair Brett Schuman, and Data, Privacy & Cybersecurity partner Jacqueline Klosek and associate Joshua Fattal explain more in Law360.