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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

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Goin’ Down South: How the Southeastern U.S. Became the Current Hotbed of Cannabis Activity

Part of the reason we started a Cannabis Industry team at a Southeastern-based law firm before any Southeastern state had adopted a marijuana program was because we had a hunch that the expansion of cannabis would eventually...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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Week in Weed: July 2024 # 2

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, the House Appropriations committee weighed in on protecting state legal markets and rescheduling. A...more

Perkins Coie

Cannabis Legal Report – September 2023

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New York State Regulators Approve Final Adult-Use Regulations as Judge Bars New York State From Issuing New Cannabis Licenses - On September 12, state regulators approved final adult-use regulations and set October 4 as...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Some of It’s Magic, Some of It’s Tragic: Jimmy Buffett and American Cannabis Policy

Jimmy Buffett was a spirit animal of the Budding Trends blog. We don’t quote from him as often as we do the Grateful Dead, Phish, Widespread Panic, or popular movies, but maybe because in many ways his lyrics are too good for...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

Maryland Hemp Businesses Allege That New Cannabis Licensing Regime Violates Maryland’s Declaration of Rights

Adult-use cannabis is now legal and available in Maryland, but as so often happens, a group of businesses have filed a lawsuit because they do not like the way legalization has been implemented. Led by the Maryland Hemp...more

Butler Snow LLP

Alabama Medical Cannabis Update: Requests for Applications Accepted Beginning September 1

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September 1 will see the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (“AMCC”) begin accepting requests for applications pursuant to the “Darren Wesley ‘Ato’ Hall Compassion Act,” or the “Alabama Compassion Act” (hereinafter referred...more

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Takeaways from the 2022 Industrial Hemp Summit

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Ward and Smith's Hemp and Cannabis Law attorneys recently attended the fifth annual Industrial Hemp Summit.  After another year of adjustments and uncertainty caused by COVID-19 and other global factors, it was refreshing to...more

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The ABCs of CBD and Hemp: A Primer

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Hemp and marijuana both come from the cannabis sativa plant but as a result of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (the “2018 Farm Bill”), cannabis sativa with a THC content of less than 0.3% was removed from the federal...more

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Common Ground for Hemp in an Uncertain World

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Several members of our Hemp Law team attended the Industrial Hemp Summit in late February. The annual event is typically held in person at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research in Danville, Virginia. This year,...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

More CBD Certainty: Clearing Confusion over Hemp in New York State

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This fall, New York state released long-awaited proposed regulations for the hemp industry that shed light on legal issues related to growing, testing, labeling and retailing hemp and its extracts such as CBD. In this...more

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Regulatory Changes to Cannabis Industry in The United States

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In recent weeks it seems every U.S. map has been shaded in red and blue. But when it comes to legalization of cannabis, the color should be green. On Election Day, five states, some “red,” others “blue” and even one that went...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

SB 67 Moves California’s Cannabis Appellations Program Forward

In February of 2020, the California Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA) issued its first iteration of the Cannabis Appellations Program (CAP), which set forth proposed regulations for licensed cannabis cultivators to...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

The 2020 Election's Impact on CBD and Cannabis

With the 2020 Presidential election upon us, many members of the cannabidiol (CBD) and cannabis (marijuana) product industries, as well as consumers alike, are wondering if the election will result in policy changes that...more

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The State of Cannabis in New York

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New York state seemed poised to legalize marijuana in 2020 – but those efforts, like so many others, were thwarted by COVID-19. However, we can expect this unfinished business to remain on the radar – with legalization seen...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Cannabis and the Candidates: Donald Trump

This is the second article in a three-part series focused on the intersection of the 2020 United States presidential election and marijuana policy. Each article will focus on the specific presidential candidates of the two...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

What Does the New Jersey Cannabis Ballot Question Actually Mean – and What are the Next Steps?

Cannabis is on the ballot in New Jersey for the November 3, 2020 election (the “Referendum”), but what does that actually mean? Assuming it passes, does that mean I can grow at home? Open my own shop? Sell at my leisure? This...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

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

10 Legal Considerations When Starting a Hemp Business in North Carolina

Now that North Carolina and federal laws provide for the legal cultivation of hemp, you want to start a hemp company. You have your big idea and a business plan ready, but you begin to wonder whether you should be thinking...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Ten Legal Considerations When Starting a Hemp Business

So, you want to start a hemp company. You have your big idea and a business plan ready. At some point, though, you begin to wonder whether you should be thinking about any legal issues as you get your company off the...more

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