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American Biogas Council Data Shows Waste-to-Energy Potential

Husch Blackwell LLP on 6/20/2025

On June 4, 2025, the American Biogas Council, a national trade association representing the U.S. biogas industry, released new data analyzing each state’s untapped potential to generate renewable energy by diverting organic...more

Are the Kids Not Alright? MAHA Report Sparks Debate on Chemical Safety

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 6/6/2025

The White House’s recent release of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Report marks a significant moment in the national conversation around children’s health and environmental exposure. Published on May 22, 2025, by the...more

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

Tariffs and Trade Actions: Summing Up the Last Few Days

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 3/7/2025

The tariff news of the last day has been coming at full speed. Whether a small manufacturer or part of a multinational group company; a firm that manages cross-border supply chains on a daily basis or one that rarely thought...more

Rhode Island Cannabis Update: Current Market, Proposed Rules and New Business Opportunities

Vicente LLP on 2/20/2025

Cannabis policy reform in Rhode Island has spanned nearly two decades, starting with the legalization of medical marijuana in 2006. Then, after years of determined advocacy and legislative debate, the Rhode Island Cannabis...more

Trump Administration Freezes Regulations and Takes Other Actions Affecting Industry

Hogan Lovells on 1/23/2025

Shortly after being sworn in on January 20, President Trump issued several actions, including issuing executive orders and instructions to agencies, that will affect the regulatory environment facing the food and agriculture...more

Cannabis Trends in 2025

Husch Blackwell LLP on 1/6/2025

2024 was a primarily lean and flat year for the U.S. cannabis industry. The state-legal cannabis industry has been volatile from its inception, and 2024 represented a year of winnowing with many cannabis businesses failing....more

Food and Beverage News and Trends - September 2024

DLA Piper on 9/10/2024

This regular publication by DLA Piper lawyers focuses on helping clients navigate the ever-changing business, legal, and regulatory landscape. USDA guideline encourages third-party certification of animal-raising and...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

July 2024 ESG Policy Update—Australia

K&L Gates LLP on 8/20/2024

Australian Update - Proposed Code of Practice to Reduce Modern Slavery Through Lending, Investment and Asset Management - The New South Wales (NSW) Anti-Slavery Commissioner (Commissioner) recently released its discussion...more

Rescheduling Marijuana FAQs: Cannabis-Related Investments

McGlinchey Stafford on 5/28/2024

On May 21, 2024, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) filed the Proposed Rule to move marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to Schedule III of the CSA. In light of the rescheduling marijuana news,...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

4 Major Implications of Cannabis Moving to Schedule III

Vicente LLP on 5/1/2024

After 50 years of being on the most restrictive schedule alongside drugs like heroin and PCP, the DEA will move to reschedule marijuana in Schedule III, where the plant’s medical benefits will finally be recognized by the...more

Marijuana Rescheduling is Here: How DEA’s Decision Will Impact Cannabis Businesses

McGlinchey Stafford on 5/1/2024

After fifty years, the federal government finally acknowledged that marijuana has medical value and is not as dangerous as heroin. As first reported by the Associated Press and confirmed by Marijuana Moment, on April 30,...more

IRS Issues New Guidance for Cannabis Companies That Receive Over $10K Cash

Fox Rothschild LLP on 3/29/2024

The IRS’s Office of Chief Counsel recently published a memorandum providing information for cannabis companies struggling to comply with the completion of Form 8300, which must be filed every time a company receives a cash...more

Europe Daily News, 20 March 2024

Mayer Brown on 3/21/2024

COMPETITION - Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11298 - Bilfinger / Stork Europe) - Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11490 - Blackrock / Canadian Solar / Recurrent Energy)...more

States Poised to Take Action on Hemp-Derived Cannabinoids in 2024

McGlinchey Stafford on 3/4/2024

Over the last several years, there has been a dramatic increase in retail and online sales of products containing hemp-derived and synthetically created cannabinoids. As a result, an increasing number of states are poised to...more

Europe Daily News, 22 February 2024

Mayer Brown on 2/22/2024

COMPETITION - Communication from the Commission – Commission Notice on the definition of the relevant market for the purposes of Union competition law Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11483 - MSD Hospitality /...more

Hemp Industry 2024: State and Federal Changes

McGlinchey Stafford on 2/22/2024

As an increasing number of states across the U.S. are becoming marijuana-friendly, many states are simultaneously attempting to enact more restrictive laws with respect to hemp-derived cannabinoids. Participants in the...more

Europe Daily News, 21 February 2024

Mayer Brown on 2/21/2024

COMPETITION - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11395 - Mytilineos / Volterra) - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11440 - Clearlake / Insight / Alteryx)...more

All the Outcomes of a Marijuana Reschedule

Husch Blackwell LLP on 1/23/2024

Between LinkedIn, Twitter, the media, and diehard marijuana investors, there is more noise and froth in the industry about a marijuana reschedule than I’ve seen since Washington and Colorado legalized it back in 2012. When...more

Marijuana Rescheduling: Process and Procedures To Know Now

Husch Blackwell LLP on 1/10/2024

On October 6, 2022, President Biden made a statement in which he asked the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Attorney General to review how marijuana is scheduled under federal law. In his statement, the...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

The Hits Keep Coming to Ohio Marijuana: Legislature Proposes More Limits to Adult-Use Law

McGlinchey Stafford on 12/5/2023

Last week the Ohio House proposed legislation designed to revise a number of aspects of Issue 2, the Ohio Marijuana Legalization Initiative, passed by over 57% of Ohioans in November. Today, the Ohio Senate proposed its own...more

Ohio Marijuana: House Member Introduces Bill to Amend Recently Passed Adult-Use Law

McGlinchey Stafford on 12/4/2023

Ohio Republicans have begun to propose legislative changes to the recently passed Issue 2, the Ohio Marijuana Legalization Initiative (Initiative), passed by over 57% of Ohioans in November. House Bill No. 341 (the Bill) was...more

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