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Get to Know BMD Member Brock McClane

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September 4, 2025

BMD Member Brock McClane recently took part in a Florida Bar International Law Section Lightning Round, offering a candid look at the person behind the practice. In this engaging interview, Brock shares his proudest career moments, the advice he would give his younger self, and a unique hobby he picked up during the pandemic.

Beyond these highlights, Brock opens a window into his approach to law, his favorite types of cases, and memorable experiences with the International Law Section. This feature offers a chance to see Brock’s personality, insights, and experiences in a way that goes beyond the office.

Watch the full interview here.

Attorney SpotlightBrock McClane
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Entourage Effect and Shield Compliance Join the ICLC

April 17, 2024In a continuation of its recent growth, only a bit more than a year after its organization, the ICLC is pleased to announce the addition of 3 more new participants. One of these is a commercial bank. In accordance with our commitment to our bank participants, they are not identified outside the Community unless they specifically authorize it. The other 2, Entourage Effect Capital (EEC) and Shield Compliance, are each well known within the cannabis industry and will enhance the ICLC’s potential value to its participants, enriching the spectrum of relevant and accretive cannabis industry experience, skillsets and perspectives available to them.Blog Post

Trulieve Tax Announcement and the ICLC Growth Spurt

March 19, 2024On March 12, leading cannabis tax lawyer James Mann made an extremely timely virtual presentation to ICLC participants regarding the announcement by Trulieve of its receipt of more than $100 million of tax refunds in connection with a challenge to what it owes under Section 280E of the Internal Revenue Code.Blog Post

Another Big Move Out of the Shadows; First Citizens Bank, the nation’s 19th largest, poised to enter the Cannabis Market

February 20, 2024A commentary on cannabis and hemp dated January 12, 2024 posted by First Citizens Bank on its website reflects the decision by the Bank to extend its very substantial hemp/CBD platform into the cannabis space.Blog Post

A Closer Look at Cannabis

December 8, 2023At the Nov. 30 Akron Roundtable event "A Closer Look at Cannabis," moderated by Andrew Meyer, deputy editor of news Ideastream Public Media, a varied group of panelists spoke about expected and potential outcomes and efforts of marijuana legalization.Blog Post

Out of the Shadows - Cannabis Going Mainstream

November 21, 2023BMD Phoenix Office Managing Partner, Stephen Lenn, recently discussed today's cannabis industry at an Akron Roundtable as part of their "Bringing it Home" series.
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