Replies to post #9742 on Cannabis Science Inc (fka CBIS)

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CBIS is a big part of the conference. Brian Vicente, part of our legal team will be a panelist during a business & legal discussion on Tues.

Business & Legal Ethics: Challenges in Advising Clients on Business Matters
1:35 – 2:35 PM
The Maine Bar Association Professional Ethics Commission recently issued an advisory opinion that forbids attorneys from counseling a client to engage in a federally criminalized business or to assist a client in doing so. What are the ethical limits and challenges inherent in counseling and assisting clients engaged in marijuana related businesses? Are attorneys and other counselors putting themselves at risk by giving compliance advice in this industry?
MODERATOR: NOAH POTTER, ESQ;
PANELISTS: JUSTIN ALPERT, Escher Alpert; BRIAN VICENTE, Sensible Colorado; Additional Panelists TBA