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Congressional Briefing Highlights Growing Bipartisan Consensus on the Need for Federal Clarity in Hemp-Derived Cannabinoid...

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On July 17, the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture hosted a closed-door roundtable briefing focused on the regulatory gray areas surrounding hemp-derived cannabinoid products. The session, convened in response to ongoing...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

Déjà Vu: Congress Extends Farm Bill for 1 Year

As expected, before the end of session, Congress authorized another 1-year extension of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (the “2018 Farm Bill”), which had already been extended for one year beyond its initial...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Predictions: 2025 to Be a Very Big Year in Cannabis

It’s the first week of January, and you all know what that means in the blogging game: It’s time to make wild predictions about the coming year. As always, making predictions is hard, particularly when they’re about the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

High Stakes and Political Blazes: Top 10 Cannabis Trends of 2024

2024 was a banner year for cannabis lawmakers and business operators. From Kamala Harris advocating for marijuana reforms to California’s clash of titans between hemp and marijuana markets, there was no shortage of drama in...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

Cajun Cannabinoid Amendments Not Spared from Spate of Legal Challenges

With certain hemp operators and trade groups enjoying varying degrees of success challenging new state laws and regulations governing intoxicating hemp products, copycat lawsuits are being filed around the country, including,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Missouri Cannabis Regulators Show Me a Well-Considered Clarification of Earlier Rule Essentially Banning Hemp Products

I can only assume that being a cannabis regulator is a challenging and usually thankless job. The laws are relatively new and constantly evolving. Operators are always pushing the science faster than regulators can promulgate...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Good News, Bad News: Congress Wants to Help the Hemp Industry

Last week in a small hearing room in a House office building, the House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services held a hearing titled “Hemp in the Modern World: The Years long Wait for...more

Hogan Lovells

USDA and DEA interim final rules on hemp – Major issues remaining to be resolved

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While the hemp industry eagerly awaits FDA’s Cannabidiol (CBD) Enforcement Policy draft guidance, both the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) have active comment periods ongoing...more

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Are Bank Regulators "Mellowing Out" on Cannabis?

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Federal bank regulators no longer require banks to submit suspicious activity reports (SARs) for legally authorized hemp business transactions, absent another required circumstance....more

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