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Recent SEC AML Enforcement Against Securities Firms Engaged in Cannabis Sector

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani on 5/22/2025

The evolving regulatory landscape for marijuana-related businesses poses unique compliance challenges for firms in the securities industry. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) continues to enforce its 2014...more

What Would Cannabis Rescheduling Mean for Lending and Payments Legality?

McGlinchey Stafford on 8/28/2024

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency’s proposal to reschedule cannabis from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) has generated considerable buzz across business sectors, including for the...more

Rescheduling Marijuana FAQs: How Do I Submit Comments on DEA’s Proposed Rules?

McGlinchey Stafford on 5/20/2024

On May 16, 2024, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released the proposed rule (Proposed Rule) to reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). The Office of Legal...more

DEA’s Plan to Reschedule Cannabis: Implications and Insights

McCarter & English, LLP on 5/6/2024

Earlier this week, the Department of Justice proposed reclassifying cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act. The move follows an August 2023 recommendation from the Department of Health...more

Top Cannabis Scams of 2023

Husch Blackwell LLP on 12/19/2023

Overall, 2023 was a tough economic year for the entire cannabis industry. And with lean economic times comes a myriad of bad behavior, and cannabis is no exception. Every year, I like to put out a list of the top cannabis...more

Cannabis Banking: Will the SAFE Banking Act Finally Pass?

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 6/22/2022

One of the largest headwinds facing the cannabis industry is the lack of access to banking services. Many financial institutions refuse to serve the multibillion-dollar cannabis industry given the regulatory uncertainty...more

The House Passes Cannabis Banking Legislation: Implications for the Financial Services Industry

White & Case LLP on 10/9/2019

On September 25, 2019, the US House of Representatives ("House") passed, by a vote of 321 to 103, the Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act ("SAFE Banking Act"), bipartisan legislation designed to secure and regulate...more

Blockchain Week in Review - March 2019

Perkins Coie on 3/15/2019

CFTC Plans Public Meeting Addressing Fintech, Including Blockchain Technology - On March 27, 2019, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Technology Advisory Committee will host a public meeting at the CFTC...more

U.S. Marijuana Laws Cause Uncertainty for Financial Institutions

The Volkov Law Group on 2/26/2019

The quasi-legal status of marijuana in today’s United States is raising serious questions about federalism and enforcement for U.S. financial institutions. It is well known that marijuana is still classified as a Schedule I...more

It's Not Reefer Madness, It's Risk Management: Providing Investment Services to the Marijuana-Related Industry

Baker Donelson on 7/31/2017

Investment advisors and broker-dealers ask more and more whether they can safely provide investment services to prospective customers in the marijuana industry. The answer is still that there is a risk of liability under...more

Cannabis Industry FAQ

Troutman Pepper Locke on 7/18/2017

Can marijuana businesses receive federal copyright protection? Yes. The requirements for registration with the U.S. Copyright Office are that the work is original, creative and fixed in some form of expression. These...more

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