June 2025
Amber Lengacher @ Rod Kight: Hemp Law Updates – Big Changes in Texas, Minnesota, Tennessee, and Kentucky
If you are new to cannabis or hemp, you may be overwhelmed by the headlines recently. But rest assured, those ...
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Eapen Thampy @ Rod Kight: The National Security Implications of Protecting Legal Hemp Access in the United States
Editor’s Note: I often note in my talks and writings that the US is currently experiencing a “Golden Age” of cannabis, where ...
Harris Sliwoski: Locked Out: SBA’s New Lending Policy Targets Hemp and Marijuana-Adjacent Businesses
In yet another setback for hemp and marijuana-adjacent businesses, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has quietly reintroduced a policy ...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers: Medicinal Cannabis Drug Driving Defence Introduce in NSW Parliament
New South Wales Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann has long been attempting to address the legal anomaly that sees prescribed users ...
Bradley: And Now the Rest of the Story: Alabama’s New Hemp Restrictions Also Legitimize Segments of the Industry
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot. That’s been the tenor of what I’ve heard and read from ...
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Dykema: Federal Labor Law Preempts State’s Attempt To Regulate Union Activity In Cannabis Industry
In an ironic turn of events this week, the application of federal law benefited state-licensed cannabis businesses in Oregon—and potentially ...
HWL Ebsworth: Australia: TGA Regulations and Medicinal Cannabis Advertisement
As Australia’s medicinal cannabis industry grows, so too does the scrutiny over how it’s marketed. The recent actions taken by ...
Harris Sliwoski: First Circuit Holds the Line Against Cannabis Businesses
In fall of 2023 I wrote about the lawsuit to end federal prohibition that wouldn’t really end federal prohibition. Last July, a ...
Foley Hoag: Proposed Bill from Joint Cannabis Committee Would Adopt Meaningful Reforms to Struggling Mass. Cannabis Industry
Nearly nine years after voters authorized the regulated sale of adult use cannabis in Massachusetts, the Joint Cannabis Committee is ...
Husch Blackwell: Minnesota Adult Use Cannabis Updates
We assisted multiple clients in completing and submitting their adult-use cannabis license applications to the Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”), ...
Arent Fox Schiff: California’s Cannabis Crackdown: Record Seizures and Budget Reforms Aim to Level the Playing Field
Since January, California officials have seized more than $316 million worth of illegal cannabis and $474,000 in cash through coordinated ...
Harris Beach Murtha: Minnesota Tribal Land Ruling Undercuts Cannabis Sovereignty
In a pivotal decision with significant implications for tribal sovereignty and cannabis regulation, a Minnesota judge recently ruled the state ...
Harris Sliwoski: America’s Missed Opportunity in the Global Marijuana Market
After attending the International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC) in Berlin at the end of April, I was reminded, yet again, of how ...
Husch Blackwell: Is Alcohol-Style Federal Regulation Coming for THC Beverages?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that “THC beverages” derived from hemp have exploded across America (at ...
Vicente: Frequently Asked Questions About Hemp Beverages: How Federal and State Laws Are Reshaping the THC Drink Market
There is no universal definition, but generally, a hemp beverage is any drink, typically a seltzer, soda, or mocktail, containing ...
Torys: Exploring A Canadian Regulatory Framework For Cannabidiol (CBD)
Health Canada is seeking stakeholder consultation for a proposed framework that would allow Canadians to access cannabidiol (CBD) containing health ...