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In life and in business, they say history doesn’t repeat, it rhymes. While catching up with folks on the recent moves by nuEra Cannabis, what I’ve come to call the Theranos Playbook, with new stops in Kentucky and Prairie Cannabis, I was given a fascinating reminder: “Joe, remember, you probably weren’t the first.”

Turns out, they were right. Public court records reveal that one key player in this story was previously involved in a lawsuit where allegations were made by their own family about exclusionary tactics and mismanagement in a business partnership. The allegations paint a strikingly familiar picture when compared to their actions today.

When you see similar behaviors appearing in both family disputes and corporate dealings, it becomes hard to dismiss them as isolated incidents. It looks more like a pattern, a roadmap, if you will. Add in Kentucky, Prairie Cannabis, and everything else uncovered so far, and the dots connect in ways regulators and jurors can easily notice. When behaviors align with legal and regulatory precedent, the guesswork disappears, doesn’t it?

The other plaintiffs and I? We’re just the latest chapter in a story that’s been told before. Patterns don’t lie, they tell the whole story.

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