How the world has changed since March 18 when the first of these updates was published. New York was still open for business (though my firm's office had closed), a scary 14,200 people had tested positive in the U.S. and at least 187 had died....

Two big announcements this week on the finance side of the emerging global cannabis industry. First, yesterday's word that the giant alcohol company, Constellation Brands, the maker of Corona Beer among others, is acquiring a stake in Canada's Canopy Growth Corporation. Canopy is possibly the...