Marijuana Related Businesses, New Legislation, Financial Services Industry

The Week in Weed: September 2025

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/5/2025

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, the MORE Act was reintroduced, and the SAFER Banking Act got some support. Roger Stone came out in favor...more

The Week in Weed: January 2025 # 5

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 2/3/2025

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, Senator Elizabeth Warren offers the Department of Government Efficiency a marijuana-related way to save...more

The SAFE Banking Act

Bricker Graydon LLP on 10/10/2023

The Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act (SAFE) of 2019 creates “protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to cannabis-related legitimate businesses and services providers for such businesses,...more

CLIMB Act Introduced in Congress

Perkins Coie on 6/30/2022

Late last week, a bi-partisan pair of federal lawmakers introduced a new bill to expand cannabis companies’ access to financial resources and opportunities. Introduced by Reps. Troy Carter (D-La.) and Guy Reschenthaler...more

The Week in Weed: December 2019

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/6/2019

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. New Jersey is talking about decriminalizing marijuana. Regular readers will doubtless recall that legalization...more

SAFE Banking Act Passes House, Extends Cannabis Safe Harbor Protections

McDermott Will & Schulte on 9/27/2019

First introduced in 2013, the SAFE Banking Act passed the House 321-103 Wednesday, September 25th, 2019. This bill provides safe harbor to banks and financial institutions doing business with state-legal cannabis businesses,...more

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