Every Tuesday from 6–7pm, Baltimore’s CBS Sports Radio airs AHA! Business Radio, a show produced by Allan Hirsh Advisors. Hosted by the eponymous Allan Hirsh, AHA! Business Radio offers expert advice to business leaders and features interviews with visionary regional executives, founders, entrepreneurs, innovators, and changemakers. AHA! Business Radio’s July 19, 2016 broadcast featured a conversation with Darren Weiss, Medical Cannabis and Employment Attorney at Offit Kurman. Darren H. Weiss is a cannabis industry thought leader and a seasoned business counselor and litigator, frequently writing and speaking on legal issues affecting the legalized cannabis industry. Darren has built his practice working with businesses to maintain, preserve, and protect their most valuable assets. During the show, Darren and Allan Hirsh discussed the misconceptions about medical marijuana, its recent legalization in Maryland and other U.S. states, the legal implications for cannabusinesses interested in entering the new industry, and much more. If you missed the episode or would like to read the transcript, we are pleased to present Darren’s interview. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.

ABOUT DARREN H. WEISS

A frequent author and speaker on legal issues affecting the medical cannabis industry, Darren H. Weiss is amedical cannabis thought leader and a seasoned business counselor and litigator. Mr. Weiss, an attorney with the law firm Offit Kurman, PA, has built his practice working with businesses to maintain, preserve, and protect their most valuable assets. A passionate and experienced legal advocate, Mr. Weiss’s practice focuses on medical cannabis and employment law. His cannabis law practice includes regulatory and compliance work, business transactions and corporate guidance, and labor and employment. Mr. Weiss’s employment practice spans from advice and counsel to defense of collective and class action litigation, charges of harassment and discrimination, and enforcement of restrictive covenants. Mr. Weiss represents clients in a wide variety of industries, including medical care, manufacturing, professional services, and financial services.

ABOUT OFFIT KURMAN

Offit Kurman is one of the fastest-growing, full-service law firms in the Mid-Atlantic region. With over 120 attorneys offering a comprehensive range of services in virtually every legal category, the firm is well positioned to meet the needs of dynamic businesses and the people who own and operate them. Our eight offices serve individual and corporate clients in the Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and Northern Virginia markets, as well as the Washington DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City metropolitan areas. At Offit Kurman, we are our clients’ most trusted legal advisors, professionals who help maximize and protect business value and personal wealth. In every interaction, we consistently maintain our clients’ confidence by remaining focused on furthering their objectives and achieving their goals in an efficient manner. Trust, knowledge, confidence—in a partner, that’s perfect.

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