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Clark Smith Villazor LLP Reaches Settlement with State Cannabis Agencies on Behalf of Service-Disabled Veteran Clients

November 28, 2023

Earlier today, Clark Smith Villazor LLP filed a Stipulation and Proposed Order of Settlement and Dismissal with Supreme Court, Albany County seeking Justice Kevin Bryant’s approval of the settlement reached by CSV on behalf of its four service-disabled veteran clients and New York’s two cannabis agencies and their top executives…

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Clark Smith Villazor LLP represents asset manager VR Global Partners, L.P. in civil fraud and securities violation claims against Venezuelan state-owned oil company

October 26, 2023

On October 25, asset manager VR Global Partners, L.P. filed an Amended Complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging that Venezuelan state-owned oil and natural gas company, Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), and its affiliates violated the securities laws and committed fraud in connection…

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Clark Smith Villazor LLP Successfully Defeats Request for Stay Pending Appeal in the Appellate Division for the Third Judicial Department

October 13, 2023

On October 13, 2023, a panel of five judges of the Appellate Division for the Third Judicial Department unanimously agreed with Clark Smith Villazor LLP’s four service-disabled veteran clients that the preliminary injunction issued by Supreme Court Justice Kevin Bryant halting the processing of adult-use cannabis CAURD licenses in New…

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New York Supreme Court Agrees with Clark Smith Villazor LLP’s Four Service-Disabled Veteran Clients that New York State Cannabis Agencies Failed to Comply with Court Order

August 30, 2023

After issuing a preliminary injunction halting the processing of allegedly unconstitutional conditional adult use retail dispensary (CAURD) licenses in the cannabis industry earlier in August, on August 28, the New York State Supreme Court Justice presiding over the case found that Defendants New York State Cannabis Control Board, Office of…

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Clark Smith Villazor LLP obtains preliminary injunction largely halting allegedly unconstitutional New York state cannabis retail licensing program.

August 18, 2023

Today, a New York State Supreme Court Justice issued a preliminary injunction in favor of Clark Smith Villazor’s four service-disabled veteran clients seeking to enter New York’s nascent retail marijuana industry.  The injunction largely halts the processing of allegedly unconstitutional conditional adult use retail dispensary (CAURD) licenses in the cannabis industry. …

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Counsel Brian Burns Obtains TRO for Service-Disabled Veterans in Lawsuit Against NY Office of Cannabis Management

August 11, 2023

Clark Smith Villazor LLP, on behalf of its service-disabled veteran clients, obtained an extension of a TRO previously issued by a NY state judge halting the processing of allegedly unconstitutional conditional adult use retail dispensary (CAURD) licenses in the cannabis industry. On August 3, 2023, the firm filed a lawsuit against the…

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