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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Attorneys general urge including a safe harbor provision in the SAFER Banking Act

Recently, U.S. attorneys general from 32 states and territories authored a bipartisan letter urging Congress to advance the SAFER Banking Act of 2025, which would increase access to regulated banking and financial services...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

32 Attorneys General call for enactment of marijuana banking legislation

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Thirty-two attorneys general representing states, territories and Washington, D.C. are asking Congress to pass legislation to provide financial institutions a safe harbor if they provide services to marijuana-related...more

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The House of Representatives Passes a Safe Harbor for Insurance Industry Participants Working With Cannabis Businesses

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On April 19, 2021, the SAFE Banking Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives, this time with a bipartisan vote of 321-101. The bill will move to the Senate where the Senate-filed bill enjoys bipartisan support with 32...more

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Alert: Bipartisan Bill Would Provide Federal Safe Harbor for Insurance for the Cannabis Industry

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On March 18, US Senators Robert Menendez, D-NJ, Rand Paul, R-KY, and Jeffrey Merkley, R-KY, introduced legislation meant to encourage insurer penetration in the cannabis industry. Under the Clarifying Law Around Insurance of...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Cannabis and Hemp-Derived Products Subject to New Proposition 65 Warning Requirements in California

California’s regulatory framework for cannabis and hemp-derived products, including CBD, continues to evolve, most recently via updated Proposition 65 warning requirements that came into full effect Jan. 3, 2021. As of that...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

SAFE Banking Act Passes House, Extends Cannabis Safe Harbor Protections

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

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: July 2019

Federal Banking Agencies Issue Final Rule to Simplify Regulatory Capital Calculations - The federal banking agencies have issued a final rule that simplifies several requirements in the agencies' regulatory capital rules...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Will Banks be Able to Play it SAFE with Marijuana Related Businesses?

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Marijuana is estimated to be a $10 billion industry and rapidly growing. Almost all of it is conducted in cash. Although legal in thirty three states plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and Guam, marijuana remains illegal at...more

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Nutter Bank Report, April 2019

FDIC Shares Examiners’ Expectations for Contracts with Technology Service Providers - The FDIC has issued guidance on examiners’ expectations for provisions of contracts between banks and technology service providers...more

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