With any new year, there is an opportunity to be hopeful. With a new administration taking office and recent changes to the international scheduling…
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Notwithstanding the lack of national standards and patchwork of state laws regarding the sale and marketing of hemp-derived products, one matter has always been clear:…
Recreational or medicinal cannabis is now legal in 35 states and the District of Columbia. But cannabis is still a Schedule I controlled substance under…
In November 2020, Ferrara Candy Company, the maker of the well-known Nerds brand of candy, filed a lawsuit against Tops Cannabis in the U.S. District…
On January 1, 2021, adult-use cannabis will be legal in New Jersey … but as of this writing, the state still lacks regulations to govern…
In the latest narrative of adapt or die, the cannabis industry is being battered with Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) lawsuits. Due to advertising restrictions,…
New York has rolled out extensive draft regulations governing the processing, manufacturing and sale of hemp and hemp-derived products. The 63-page bill, released in late…
The petitioners in Washington v. Barr, a historic lawsuit that sought to declare unconstitutional the federal law that criminalizes marijuana, received an enormous amount of…
Predictably, a lawsuit was filed in mid-September against the DEA and its acting administrator, seeking to invalidate the agency’s interim final rule (IFR) titled “Implementation…
While cannabis businesses continue to run and even thrive in the age of coronavirus, employers need to be aware of and prepare for new federal,…