January 2026
Rod Kight Law Amber Lengacher: Hemp Updates for Minnesota, Connecticut, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas
We’ve recently covered changes in coming to hemp programs in the new year in Oregon, Alabama, and California. Below we touch on other ...
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Rod Kight Law: Rod Discusses the Marijuana Rescheduling Order [Video]
Attorney Rod Kight Discusses Trump’s Marijuana Rescheduling Order ...
Foley Hoag: New Year’s Resolution for VA Governor-Elect: Adult-Use Cannabis Sales in 2026
Virginia will ring in the New Year with renewed momentum toward adult-use cannabis sales. After years of roadblocks following the ...
Harris Sliwoski: The 2025 Oregon Cannabis Market: “People are buying more Oregon cannabis than ever, at lower prices than ever.”
According to OLCC data, total sales from January 1 through November 30 were $848 million. That’s a 3.7% dip from the ...
Scarinci Hollenbeck: Executive Order Accelerates Federal Cannabis Rescheduling And Expands Medical Marijuana And Cannabinoid Research
On December 18, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order titled Increasing Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research, marking the ...
Benesch: Executive Order: A Game-Changer for Cannabis and Hemp
In April 2024, we wrote about the Biden administration’s cannabis rescheduling announcement, a milestone, but one that stalled for months amid ...
Constangy: President Trump’s Cannabis Rescheduling Order: Implications for employment law and workplace practice
On December 18, President Trump issued an Administrative Order directing the Attorney General to complete the rulemaking process to reschedule marijuana from ...
Foley & Lardner LLP: Prohibition to Prescription: What Trump’s Marijuana Executive Order Really Means
On December 18, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order, Increasing Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research, that directs the Attorney ...
Krieg Devault: President Trump’s Executive Order on Cannabis Rescheduling: What does it mean?
On December 18, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued an Executive Order (the “Order”) directing the federal government to expedite ...
ArentFox Schiff: Oops, We Did It Again? Executive Action Revives Federal Marijuana Rescheduling Efforts and Sets Research and CBD Policy Priorities
On December 18, President Trump issued an executive order (EO) directing the Attorney General to complete rulemaking to reschedule “marijuana” ...
DLA Piper: EO accelerates marijuana rescheduling and signals new federal framework for hemp-derived cannabinoids
President Donald Trump has issued an Executive Order (EO), “Increasing Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research,” which directs federal agencies to 1) ...
Debvoise & Plimpton: Federal Cannabis Developments: Executive Order on Marijuana Rescheduling and New Risks for the CBD Industry
On December 18, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order, “Increasing Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research” (the “Executive Order”), directing ...
Bradley: Trump Orders Marijuana Rescheduled, Broader CBD Access in Major Announcement: What Does It Mean?
Are you not entertained? In a much-anticipated ceremony in the Oval Office, President Trump signed an executive order that (1) ...
Goodwin: Bye-Bye 280E: New Executive Order Concerning Cannabis Rescheduling
In a historic development, on December 18, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order entitled “Increasing Medical Marijuana And ...
Feldman: President Trump Issues Executive Order to Move Cannabis to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act
On December 18, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order (the “Order”) directing the federal government to move cannabis ...
Akerman: Turning Point for Cannabis: What Trump’s Rescheduling Order Means for the Industry
Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order directing federal agencies to begin the formal process of rescheduling marijuana ...
Foley Hoag: Trump Signs Executive Order to Reschedule Cannabis and Expand Federal Policy
UPDATE: Today, President Trump signed a long-anticipated executive order (EO) directing the Attorney General to “take all necessary steps to complete the rulemaking ...
Holon: Like all rescheduling fire drills to-date, the rumors sparked heated debate and the flow of misinformation about rescheduling and its potential impacts.
Last week, cannabis industry stocks and hopes soared again with rumors President Trump would reschedule cannabis by executive order. Those ...
Clark Hill: Historic Marijuana Rescheduling to Schedule III: The Football Just Moved Closer to the End Zone
On Dec. 18th, President Trump signed an executive order directing the Attorney General to expedite the rescheduling of marijuana from Schedule I ...
Dentons: President Trump’s Executive Order on Marijuana Rescheduling also Directs HHS to Develop Models to Improve Access to Hemp-Derived Cannabinoid Products
Yesterday, the Trump Administration issued an Executive Order titled “Increasing Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research” (the “EO”). It directs the ...
BGM: Marijuana Rescheduling and IRC 280E: What Cannabis Operators Need to Know
On December 18, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order. It directed the Department of Justice to expedite rescheduling marijuana ...
Dykema: President Trump Signs Executive Order To Reschedule Marijuana To Schedule III: Quick Takeaways for Cannabis Operators
On December 18, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order to fast-track the reclassification of marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III ...
Broadcast Law Blog: President Trump Issues Executive Order to Remove Marijuana from Schedule I – Concerns about Broadcast Advertising Remain
President Trump Issues Executive Order to Remove Marijuana from Schedule I – Concerns about Broadcast Advertising Remain ...
Zuber Lawler: Cannabis Rescheduling to Schedule III What Has Changed and What Remains Unsettled
Federal cannabis policy is entering an exciting phase, but businesses should be cautious about assuming clarity where none yet exists ...
Vicente: Cannabis Rescheduling Explained
The CSA has governed America’s relationship with cannabis since its enactment in 1970. The CSA divides drugs, certain chemicals used ...
Dentons: EO Directs Cannabis to Be Rescheduled to Schedule III
President Trump directs cannabis be moved Schedule III, calling it “common sense”; major tax relief and a potential new Medicare ...
Harris Sliwoski: President Trump Issues Executive Order Directing the Attorney General to Reschedule Marijuana
What long resembled a Never Ending Story has finally reached a turning point. Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order directing the Attorney General ...
Vicente: The Legality of Distributing and Dispensing Botanical Cannabis under Schedule III
In this collaborative analysis, Vicente LLP and the preeminent FDA law firm Kleinfeld, Kaplan & Becker LLP examine how the potential reclassification of cannabis ...
Harris Sliwoski: Canna Provisions v. Bondi, R.I.P.
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari in Canna Provisions, Inc. et al. v. Bondi, a high-profile lawsuit that challenged the constitutionality ...
Finnegan: Precision Breeding in England: Navigating the New Regulatory Framework
On 13 November 2025, England introduced the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Regulations 2025, creating a new regulatory framework for precision bred ...
Husch Blackwell: Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Regulate Hemp Products Ahead of an Impending Ban
In our previous legal update last month, we outlined language included in one of the appropriations bills which was passed in connection ...
Bradley: How Will the Cannabis World Look When Marijuana Is Rescheduled?
A few weeks ago, someone at a holiday party asked “Whitt, why doesn’t Budding Trends take on the weighty legal issues of ...
Bradley: How Much Does the New Federal Hemp Law Really Change Business for Existing Hemp Companies?
Sportscaster Jim McKay famously said that “our greatest hopes and worst fears are seldom realized.” When the federal government enacted ...
Bradley: So Much for “Closing the Loophole”: How the Entire Hemp Industry Got Rolled and What Comes Next
Shock. Grief. Dismay. Desperation. Just a few of the emotions I have encountered during countless phone calls and meetings with ...