Canadian Pot Producer Cronos Adds Avon Legal Chief (Correct)

Cronos Group Inc., a Canadian pot producer partially owned by cigarette maker Altria Group Inc., has hired a Federal Trade Commission expert as legalized weed continues to make inroads in the U.S.

Thomas Cohn, who spent the past year as general counsel for privately held consumer products company Avon Co. in New York, confirmed in an email to Bloomberg Law that he recently joined Cronos as head of regulatory and product.

Cronos sought FTC and Food and Drug Administration expertise for “building disruptive intellectual property by advancing cannabis research, technology, and product development,” according to an online job posting ...