Joshua S. Bauchner is the new chair of the Cannabis and Psychedelics Practice Group @ NY & NJ Firm Mandelbaum Barrett and having been in the cannabis space for too many years to mention on the east coast he is a wealth of knowledge on all things NJ & NY.

In this episode we describe, in Joshua’s words the wild wild east; eg the chaos that is New York’s licensing program.

We also talk about the end of bi-partisanship on cannabis as a presidential election approaches and talk specifically about the Mayor of Jersey City, Steve Fulup, and his cannabis & police scare tactics press conference he held last week as he makes a tentative bid for governor.

We rake the coals of SAFE Banking just to keep the embers burning now the chaos of the house, the middle east, elections and a host of other issues put SAFE Banking back on the bottom shelf.

There’s plenty more but you’ll have to listen to find out

Joshua is involved in the ever-evolving area of psychoactive substances and was instrumental in co-hosting the inaugural Cannabis Symposium in New Jersey. As a notable member of the New Jersey State Bar Association Cannabis Law Committee, the NORML Legal Committee, and the Amicus Committee, he received the New Jersey Law Journal’s Innovator of the Year Award.*

A passion for education and community development, as a licensed real estate instructor in New York, he educates aspiring real estate professionals, and he has served as an adjunct professor at Brooklyn Law School.

After graduating from law school, Josh had the honor of clerking for the Honorable Ursula Ungaro at the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.  He also served as the Deputy Director of the Legal Division at the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs.

Josh is deeply involved in his community. He was appointed by the Manhattan Borough President to Manhattan Community Board 10, where he served as the Board’s treasurer and co-chaired the Committee on Land Use. Additionally, he has played an active role on the Board of Trustees for Wheaton College, the New York Theater Ballet, Frederick Douglass Boulevard Alliance, and the Harlem Wellness Center.

His extensive experience is also evident in representative matters, ranging from construction and design defect claims to defending corporate clients against securities fraud claims presented by the SEC and DOJ.

He is admitted to practice in both New York and New Jersey as well as the United States District Court of Michigan, The United States District Courts for the Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York, The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Second and Third Circuit.

Music by

Keith Hudson – Nah Skin Up

Dougie Poole – Beth David Cemetery

This week Sean Hocking, editor at Cannabis Law Report and Karma Koala host,  speaks with Lars Oloffson , Swedish Lawyer, about the Class Action he is trying to bring to court in Sweden with regard to the ever growing Juicy Fields Scam and how serving Mark Zuckerberg is a major part of the plan.

Lars Oloffson

Read more at Cannabis Law Report

The Music On This Week’s Show

Lars is an AC/DC fan and chooses 3 songs by them

Fire Your Guns

You Shook Me All Night Long

Who Made Who

This week Sean Hocking, editor at Cannabis Law Report and Karma Koala host,  speaks with compliance expert Mark Slaugh & also  Lawyer Heidi Urness from McGlinchey Stafford.

Mark heads up compliance company icomply and takes us through some of the latest compliance issues in the industry currently

Mark Slaugh – icomply

Heidi walks us through the latest in employment issues and cannabis.

Heidi Urness – McGlinchey Stafford

24 months ago most companies in the wider economy didn’t have to deal with cannabis and employment issues. Now that has all changed

The Music On This Week’s Show

Mark  chooses

Cage The Elephant – Ain’t No Rest

Alanis Morrissette – You Ought To Know

Weezer – Surfwax

Heidi chooses

Luniz – I Got 5 On It

Van Morrison – Into The Mystic

Sean chooses

Wet Leg – Chaise Longue