On April 23, 2020, Law360 published “Mass. Ruling Clarifies Land Use Regs For Cannabis” by Paul Feldman and Courtney Simmons. In the article, Paul and Courtney examine the interplay between exercise of zoning power and other police powers, and how a recent decision arising from the regulation of the cannabis industry is helping to further delineate the circumstances when a municipality can validly implement or change a bylaw or ordinance as exercise of its general police powers rather than its zoning powers, with require a two-thirds vote. Read the article in Law360.

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