Ohio Supreme Court Weighs MMJ Rule Change for Lawyers

The Ohio Supreme Court signaled last Wednesday it might rewrite its ethics rules to permit lawyers in the state to help medical marijuana businesses, a move that would no doubt be welcomed by MMJ entrepreneurs and attorneys. Earlier this month, the Ohio state supreme court’s Board of Professional Conduct issued a non-binding but influential advisory opinion warning that lawyers who counsel …

Ohio Supreme Court: Lawyers can’t help new medical marijuana industry

 Although cannabis is now legal in Ohio for medicinal use, a panel for the state’s Supreme Court said recently that lawyers are not permitted to provide legal services for those groups and individuals interested in getting into the business of medical marijuana because cultivation, sale and use of herb still remains illegal in the eyes of the federal government. According …