A Q&A with NJ-CRC Chief Counsel On What's New for 2024

New Jersey Law Journal (reprinted with permission)

1.4.2024

For the December issue of the New Jersey Law Journal cannabis law column, Wilentz attorneys, Michael F. Schaff and Jennie M. Miller asked Christopher Riggs, chief counsel of the NJ-CRC, to respond to some questions that would (i) provide insight into the operations of the NJ-CRC, (ii) highlight the key developments in 2023, (iii) provide some helpful pointers to attorneys practicing in the cannabis field, and (iv) provide a preview of what is to come in 2024.

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