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Texas Cannabis Legalization: What the SB 3 Veto Means for Hemp Businesses - UPDATED

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What is Texas Senate Bill 3? As it stands, current Texas law permits hemp-derived products with less than 0.3% THC content, which are widely available at more than 8,000 locations throughout the state. In comparison to a...more

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Virginia Takes Action Against Retailer Selling THC Products

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On September 14, Virginia’s Attorney General (AG) Jason Miyares issued a letter to the registered agent of the Good Vibes Shop, a Radford, VA store, for selling tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) products without proper labeling and...more

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New Day, Same Story: FDA Issues Additional Warning Letters for Sale and Marketing of Hemp-Infused Human and Animal Products

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This week, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) posted warning letters to five hemp companies for, in the words of the FDA, "illegally selling products containing cannabidiol (CBD)."  The warning letters and additional...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Update on NYS Cannabinoid Licensing, Manufacturing and Labeling

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The New York State Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) has announced regulations concerning the manufacturing and labeling of cannabinoid hemp products, and the availability of an online portal to facilitate required state...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

MarkIt to Market® - July 2021: Budding Legislation – The Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act

On July 14, 2021, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, together with Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden and Senator Cory Booker, released a discussion draft of the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (the...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

MarkIt to Market® - July 2021

[co-author: Richa Patel, Summer Associate] The July 2021 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter discusses fluid trademarks and the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act. Plus, check out the answer key...more

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FDA signals uptick in enforcement with market sweep on depression claims

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On 19 February, 2021 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced warning letters to ten companies for selling dietary supplements that claim to cure, treat, mitigate, or prevent depression and other mental health...more

The Rodman Law Group, LLC

FDA Delivers Latest CBD Study to Congress

On July 8, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) delivered the results of its most comprehensive sampling study on the current cannabidiol (“CBD”) marketplace to the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations and...more

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The Week in Weed: July 2020 #3

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WHERE DO THE CANDIDATES STAND ON MARIJUANA? Vice President Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders formed a “Unity Task Force” in an effort to bring the party together on various issues. One of them is cannabis. The task force...more

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Court Stays CBD Class Action Until FDA Rolls Out Regulation

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A class action lawsuit alleging that Green Roads of Florida LLC misrepresented the amount of CBD contained in various products has been stayed pursuant to the primary jurisdiction doctrine because the plaintiffs’ claims...more

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CBD Industry Experiences Wave of New Consumer Lawsuits

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The cannabidiol (CBD) industry has been on the receiving end of over a half dozen new consumer class actions in recent weeks, which is likely only the beginning for the emerging industry....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FDA Issues Warning Letters to 15 Companies, Consumer Update on CBD Safety

On November 25, 2019, FDA issued Warning Letters to 15 companies illegally marketing cannabidiol (CBD) products. On the same day, U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) published a revised consumer update, “What You Need to...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FDA Explains Current Thinking on CBD and Issues Targeted Warning Letters

On November 25, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued 15 warning letters to companies selling products containing hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) and released a summary of its approach to the regulation of CBD...more

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FDA Issues Warnings to 15 Companies for Illegally Selling Products Containing CBD

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On November 25, 2019, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration ("FDA") published a press release, published a revised Consumer Update, and announced the issuance of new warning letters to 15 companies for illegally selling and...more

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FDA Declines to Conclude CBD is Safe and Sends Flurry of Warning Letters

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On November 25, 2019, the U.S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA) took several significant actions regarding sellers of products containing cannabidiol (CBD). The FDA announced that it cannot conclude that CBD is “generally...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning? The FDA Issues 15 New Warning Letters to CBD Companies - Cannabis Industry...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent a shot across the bow of the cannabidiol (CBD) industry on November 25. The FDA disclosed that it issued warning letters to 15 companies “for illegally selling products...more

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The ABC's of CBD Regulation

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“Isn’t hemp the same thing as cannabis (marijuana)?” The difference between cannabis and hemp stem from their most widely studied and commonly known chemical compounds: tetrahydrocannabinol (“THC”) and cannabidiol (“CBD”)....more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update l September 2019 #2

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - U.S. Lawmakers Urge FDA to Act on CBD - A group of U.S. lawmakers, led by Reps. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and James Comer (R-Ky.), have urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...more

Brooks Pierce

What is Hemp? Is It Even Legal?

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Hemp and cannabidiol (CBD) products are dominating the airwaves and the marketplace, and North Carolina has been at the forefront, ranking sixth in the nation in acres of hemp produced in 2018. Many predict that the market...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The FTC Issues Three New Warning Letters to CBD Companies Regarding Health Claims in Advertising - Cannabis Industry News Alert

On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent warning letters to three companies that sell cannabidiol (CBD) products regarding the health claims found in the companies’ advertisements. The FTC did not make the letters...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

FDA Regulatory Check-Up: CBD and Dietary Supplements

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has communicated a commitment to ensuring that firms marketing dietary supplements are not misleading particularly vulnerable consumers (e.g., elderly, cancer patients, or children) with...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

CBD is Everywhere – But Where Does the FDA Stand?

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Seyfarth Synopsis: CBD is “thriving” in the current regulatory environment, but is it doing so illegally? As former U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb opined last week, “the CBD craze is...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

CBD Industry Must Prepare For FDA Regulation

On May 31, 2019, the Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”) held its first public hearing on regulating the processing, dispensing, and ingesting of Cannabidiol (“CBD”). The FDA’s Deputy Commissioner, Dr. Amy Abernethy, noted...more

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Cannabis-Derived Ingredients in FDA-Regulated Products: More Questions than Answers at FDA’s May 2019 Public Hearing

As most folks with any interest in the burgeoning cannabidiol (CBD) industry likely know, on May 31, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration held a public hearing “to obtain scientific data and information about the safety,...more

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A Joint Crackdown from the FTC and FDA on Medical Treatment Claims from CBD Companies

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) jointly sent warning letters on April 3, 2019 to companies that advertise and sell cannabidiol (CBD) containing products via internet...more

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