Rod Kight – Anthony Traurig: Thailand Recriminalizes Recreational Cannabis in Unprecedented Move
Three years after freeing cannabis from its Narcotics Act and legalizing it with few restrictions, Thailand has implemented regulations to ...
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Rod Kight: 8th Circuit Reverses Key Hemp Industry Victory in Arkansas
Back on September 7, 2023, the Arkansas hemp industry scored a significant legal victory when the plaintiffs in Bio Gen LLC ...
Susan Burns: What is the Harris Hemp Amendment?
Last year, the hemp industry — advocates, business owners and campaigners — fought off a potentially devastating Farm Bill amendment ...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers: NSW inquiry into cannabis laws recommends staged reforms leading to legalisation
The NSW parliamentary inquiry into state laws governing cannabis released its final report on 20 June 2025, and its central issue, ...
Harris Sliwoski: Cannabis Branding and Trademark Protection
This would be a good time to review the branding protection avenues available to cannabis business owners, and to discuss ...
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Husch Blackwell: ESOPs for Cannabis Companies
Employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) have been used as a business succession strategy by employers across many industries. In the ...
Dickinson Wright: A Lid on the Canna Worms? Congress Formally Pursues Prohibition of Intoxicating Hemp
When Congress passed the 2018 Farm Bill, signed into law by President Trump in December 2018, the legislation aimed to ...
Lewis Silkin: Medical cannabis in the workplace: an increasing challenge for employers?
As the number of private prescriptions for medical cannabis continues to rise, employers are faced with new considerations in the ...
Foley Hoag: Oregon Won’t Enforce LPA Requirement After Law Declared Illegal – Similar Laws In Other States Are Also Ripe For Challenge
A federal judge in Oregon has struck down the requirement that cannabis companies enter into a labor peace agreement (LPA)… ...
Greenspoon Marder: Cannabis and the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERC)
Section 2301 of the CARES Act created a tax credit for employers who paid qualified wages during the coronavirus pandemic ...
Seyfarth: Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Card-Holder Survives Employer’s Motion To Dismiss
A recent opinion from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania serves a win to a medical marijuana card-holder who brought claims ...
Harris Bricken: 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 ...