Common Tax Litigation Situations Marijuana Businesses May Encounter Thirty states and the District of Columbia currently have laws broadly legalizing marijuana in some form. However, marijuana remains illegal under Federal law, and this creates an uncertain landscape for marijuana businesses in the preparation of their Federal income tax returns and in handling an IRS audit. [...]
St. Jude’s Walk/Run to End Childhood Cancer I am excited to be participating in the St. Jude’s Las Vegas Walk/Run to end childhood cancer on September 15, 2018. The Walk/Run will be held at Town Square (near the south end of the Las Vegas strip) with registration beginning at 7:00 a.m. If you are interested [...]
Power in Purple Wrap Up Thank you to everyone who donated to Amanda Connor’s Power in Purple Campaign during the month of April! The American Cancer Society invited several leaders in the community to raise awareness and funds for the Relay for Life Las Vegas chapter. In honor of her grandmother, Momo, Amanda spent the [...]
Strategies for Eating Healthier With Less Work While working in the legal field is definitely rewarding, sometimes it can be easy to get caught up in your work – so much so that you may neglect healthy eating habits. Today on the blog, we have a special guest sharing some tips on how to eat [...]
Pro Bono Work in Nevada: Why it “Lawyers have a license to practice law, a monopoly on certain services. But for that privilege and status, lawyers have an obligation to provide legal services to those without the wherewithal to pay, to respond to needs outside themselves, to help repair tears in their communities.” – U.S. Supreme [...]
Record Keeping for Marijuana Businesses Good record keeping is essential to ensuring your marijuana business runs smoothly. Not only does it allow you to track your business’ progress and stay organized, it also helps your business remain in compliance, as some records are required to be kept by law and can be subject to inspection [...]
What is the Nevada Dispensary Association? The Nevada Dispensary Association (“NDA”), a non-profit trade association, was formed in 2014 with a mission to develop and promote best practices in Nevada’s medical marijuana industry. Medical marijuana use was legalized in Nevada in 2000, but no mechanism for legal sales of marijuana existed at that time. Then, [...]
Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure (NRCP) 8 – General Rules of Pleading Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure (NRCP) 8 governs how a plaintiff must state a claim. NRCP 8 closely mirrors the federal rule, which largely covers claims for relief and defenses. Claim Requirements Under NRCP 8 The initial pleading a plaintiff uses to state [...]
NRCP 7: Pleadings Allowed; Form of Motions In following NRCP 6, which discusses when court documents should be filed, NRCP 7 discusses what kind of documents may be filed in those time periods and the format in which they must be drafted. There are six different enumerated pleadings allowed by NRCP 7, and the Court [...]
Flying High: Flying with Marijuana In 2017, over 42 million people visited Las Vegas.1 With such a large volume of tourists, and with the legalization of medical and adult-use marijuana in Nevada, the question of whether or not marijuana can be brought into or out of the state arises. Despite more states continuing to legalize [...]
