A judge decided on Friday that a New York case against Acreage Holdings (OTC: ACRHF) can proceed. Judge Andrea Masley in the New York Supreme Court listened to a week-long case and following closing arguments decided that the case against Acreage would not be dismissed. The case is regarding a New York license whose ownership got muddled through a series of mergers and partnerships.
Leading the charge is David Feder, an attorney who is part of a group that is claiming that Acreage Holdings cut them out of a portion of ownership of the converted limited New York cannabis licenses. The lawsuit claimed that Acreage acquired a New York property and this particular investor (EPMMNY) wasn’t included in the sale. A review of the legal document shows that EPMMNY’s equity stake was never finalized and so it wasn’t included in the final application for New York Canna (NY Canna).
Lawsuit Background
When medical marijuana was legalized in the state of New York, only 10 licenses were awarded. EPMMNY was formed in 2015 and the group began partnering up with another group called New Amsterdam Distributors, LLC, which was also seeking a medical cannabis business license. Members of the New Amsterdam group include Dixie, Duval, John Vavalo – a co-owner of a co-owner of J. Michael Shoes –, Dominic Falcone – who owns a plumbing company in Yonkers, and a pharmacist named Patrick Harvey. The complaint names Daino was CEO of Terradiol MC, a shell company for New Amsterdam.