Lunch and Learn: The Latest on Cannabis and Hemp Litigation
Date: Dec 10, 2025 12:00 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.
Location: New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, and Online
Member Price: $99.00
Non-Member Price: $125.00
Section Price: $99.00
Areas of Law: Cannabis, Civil, Local Government
Earn up to 2 credits! (More Information)
Keynote
Moderator
- Joshua S. Bauchner, Esq.
- Mandelbaum Barrett, Roseland
Presenters
- Brittany A. Bonetti, Esq.
- Cooper Levenson P.A., Atlantic City
- Mollie Hartman Lustig, Esq.
- Co-Chair, Cannabis and Psychedelics Law Special Committee, NJSBA, McLaughlin & Stern, Westfieldis a Partner in McLaughlin & Stern, LLP in Clark, New Jersey, and New York City, and is Chair of the Cannabis Practice Group. She has a comprehensive understanding of the existing laws and regulations governing cannabis cultivation, sale, use and legalization; practices traditional civil law with a focus in labor and employment issues for governmental entities; and represents clients in family law matters.
Ms. Hartman Lustig is admitted to practice in New Jersey and Massachusetts, and before the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the District of Massachusetts. Secretary of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Cannabis Law Special Committee (CLSC), she has been a member of the Committee since 2017, co-chairs the CLSC’s Social Justice and Equity Subcommittee and sits on the Municipal and Land Use Subcommittee. She is an instructor at Rutgers Law School, has lectured for ICLE and is the recipient of several honors.
Ms. Hartman Lustig received her B.A. from the University of Rochester and her J.D. from Suffolk University School of Law, where she served as a Rule 3:03 Certified Student Attorney for the Suffolk University Legal Services and completed a concentration in Civil Litigation. She clerked for the Honorable Claude M. Coleman, J.S.C. and the Honorable Craig R. Harris, J.S.C., Essex County Superior Court, where she served as a Court-Certified Mediator in child custody and parenting cases.
(9/23) - Daniel T. McKillop, Esq.
- Scarinci Hollenbeck LLC, Little Falls
- Ruth A. Rauls, Esq.
- Saul Ewing LLP, Princeton
- Seth Tipton, Esq.
- Florio Perrucci Steinhardt & Cappelli LLC, Easton
Join this timely seminar for a comprehensive update on key developments in recent litigation impacting the cannabis and hemp industries in New Jersey. This esteemed panel of leading attorneys in the cannabis industry will leave attendees with the latest information to best represent their clients operating in this ever-evolving industry.
The panel will discuss the latest cases to watch and their impact on issues such as:
- New Jersey’s Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act (CREAMMA).
- Challenges to The New Jersey Hemp Amendments Act (NJHAA).
- Cultivation of medical cannabis and local zoning laws.
- Awarding of cannabis licenses.
- Other potential industry changes on the horizon.
Join us in person for lunch and an opportunity to interact with the experts!
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