Joseph Cioffi, Massimo Giugliano and Christine DeVito discuss the risks real estate lenders face when working with cannabis-related businesses, in their Westlaw article entitled "Fortune or forfeiture: real estate lending in the cannabis space." From government forfeiture to anti-money laundering compliance, real estate lenders have options available to address the legal challenges in this...
Joseph Cioffi and Nicole Serratore's article "Same as Ever?" was published in Structured Credit Investor. Click here to view the full article.
Joseph Cioffi and Nicole Serratore's blog post was republished as an Auto Remarketing article "COMMENTARY: Nearly year-end market review".
State residency requirements for cannabis businesses are in jeopardy following some successful challenges on constitutional grounds. As seen in Westlaw today, Joseph Cioffi, Nicole Serratore and Anna Pinna's article, “State residency rules up in smoke as cannabis industry grows,” discuss how courts have relied on the dormant Commerce Clause of the US Constitution to strike down certain...
Joseph Cioffi was mentioned in a Consumer Reports article “Many Americans Are Overpaying for Their Car Loans“.
Joseph Cioffi was quoted in a Commercial Mortgage Alert article regarding the hurdles of bringing cannabis-related securitizations to market.
The tensions between federal and state cannabis laws continue to persist. In this article, we identify the key federal legal issues for financial institutions and lenders when working with state-legal cannabis businesses.
