Eduardo Lombard

Charlotte’s Web rule challenge comes down to ‘snapshot in time’

Published on April 24, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by James Call

The battle over the Florida’s Charlotte’s Web law may come down to a snapshot in time. The question before administrative law Judge W. David Watkins is at what point Baywood Nurseries became an affected party with standing to sue and block the state from implementing the Compassionate Medical Marijuana Act of 2014. Put another way, to use the words of a Department of Health attorney, when did Baywood become “pregnant”? “Baywood was not pregnant on March 24,” DOH attorney Eduardo Lombard…

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Charlotte’s Web hearing to enter second day, glitch bill still on Senate calendar

Published on April 23, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by James Call

A potential Florida medical marijuana grower is getting every opportunity to make its case in court. Baywood Nurseries of Apopka insists the proposed rule to enact the 2014 Charlotte’s Web law by the Florida Department of Health is unfair to smaller nurseries, blocking them from applying for one of the five licenses available to grow marijuana. The DOH response: Baywood has no case. “We shouldn’t be here for a hearing and another delay,” protested DOH lawyer Eduardo Lombard. Judge W. David…

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Judge orders Medical Cannabis Trade Association to disclose membership

Published on April 13, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by James Call

The Medical Cannabis Trade Association of Florida is considering whether to withdraw its challenge to a proposed rule of the Charlotte’s Web law. Judge W. David Watkins ordered the association on Monday to divulge its membership when he granted a motion to compel filed by the Department of Health. DOH attorney Eduardo Lombard argued during a telephone hearing that the Department and the court needed to know the association’s membership in order to determine whether MCTA had standing to block…

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