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Tennessee Update: TABC to Honor Existing Agriculture Licenses for Hemp-Derived Products

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We are pleased to provide an update to our recent Client Alert regarding Tennessee’s new law transferring oversight of hemp-derived cannabinoid products (HDCPs) from the Department of Agriculture to the Tennessee Alcoholic...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

IYKYK: How a Few Words in the Next Farm Bill May Change the Future of Alcohol and Cannabis

These are remarkable times in what has been a remarkable, albeit relative to other industries, remarkably short life cycle for the cannabis industry....more

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A Lid on the Canna Worms? Congress Formally Pursues Prohibition of Intoxicating Hemp

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When Congress passed the 2018 Farm Bill, signed into law by President Trump in December 2018, the legislation aimed to support rural economies, promote the production of hemp-based materials such as fiber and grain, and open...more

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP

Not So Fast, Court Tells New York City Sheriff’s Office – Court Issues Injunction Ordering Immediate STOP to “Unconstitutional”...

Recently, New York State Supreme Court Justice Thomas Marcelle ordered an immediate halt to warrantless searches of licensed hemp retailers. These searches had been conducted in connection with raids targeting smoke shops and...more

Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld LLC

The Tip of the Spear Piercing the Regulated Cannabis Industry: How Intoxicating Hemp Cannabinoids and the Illicit Market Pose...

Consumer demand and public support for cannabis legalization has led to sweeping reform across the Country. Unfortunately, this appetite combined with a lack of access to regulated marijuana has perpetuated both a robust and...more

Saul Ewing LLP

From FDA to USDA – the Alphabet Soup of Regulatory Agencies and How the Government Has Permitted Some Flexibility During the...

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In this episode, host Kermit Nash, co-chair of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr’s Food, Beverage and Agribusiness (FBA) Practice, speaks with fellow FBA Practice co-chair, Jonathan Havens, on the portfolios of the U.S. Food and...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Federal agencies clarify SAR filing requirements for financial services provided to hemp-related businesses

On December 3, 2019, four federal agencies, in consultation with state banking regulators, clarified the legal status of hemp growth and production under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) for banks providing financial services to...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Banking Services for Hemp Growers – FinCEN Makes a Statement

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On December 3, 2019, FinCEN, along with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, in consultation with the Conference of...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Is the Bank Open? Federal Agencies Clarify Regulatory Requirements for Banking Hemp

On December 3, several federal agencies issued guidance (Guidance) that, by its terms, “provide[s] clarity” regarding “the regulatory requirements under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) for banks providing services to hemp-related...more

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DEA Recognizes Legality of Hemp

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On August 26, 2019, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (or "DEA") issued a public notice that formally – and, finally! – expresses the agency's acknowledgment that hemp and hemp-derived substances are legal and are not...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Hemp and CBD – The Latest From Washington

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Even as states across the country move forward with legislation and state plans for legalized industrial hemp and hemp-derived products, the news coming out of Washington, DC has slowed. This does not mean that regulatory...more

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