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Susan Burns Lawyer: Four Bills, One Deadline, and an Industry on the Brink: A Practitioner’s Assessment of the Federal Hemp Legislative Landscape

Susan Burns Lawyer: Four Bills, One Deadline, and an Industry on the Brink: A Practitioner’s Assessment of the Federal Hemp Legislative Landscape

Susan Burns S Burns Legal PLLC | Top 200 Global Cannabis Lawyer May 1, 2026 November 12, 2026 is not an abstraction. It is a hard deadline — one that, absent congressional action, will destroy a $28 billion industry, eliminate 328,000 jobs, and erase $13 billion in...
Susan Burns Lawyer: Four Bills, One Deadline, and an Industry on the Brink: A Practitioner’s Assessment of the Federal Hemp Legislative Landscape

RN Collins: Federal Drug Policy, April 2026: The Operative Architecture of Cannabis Rescheduling, the Psychedelic Therapeutic Acceleration Directive, and the Road to June 29

Federal Drug Policy, April 2026: The Operative Architecture of Cannabis Rescheduling, the Psychedelic Therapeutic Acceleration Directive, and the Road to June 29 RN Collins | https://www.linkedin.com/in/rn-collins/ Abstract The week of April 18 through April 23, 2026...
Susan Burns Lawyer: Four Bills, One Deadline, and an Industry on the Brink: A Practitioner’s Assessment of the Federal Hemp Legislative Landscape

Rod Kight Law Firm: New “Industrial Hemp” Definition – More Loopholes Instead of Real Reform?

The new federal 0.4mg Total THC limit that goes into effect this November has been the focus of much discussion in recent months but perhaps less discussed are the “industrial hemp” carveouts from that limit, and they may be broader than you think. Of course, for...
Susan Burns Lawyer: Four Bills, One Deadline, and an Industry on the Brink: A Practitioner’s Assessment of the Federal Hemp Legislative Landscape

Rod Kight Law Firm: Schedule III for Medical Marijuana! Here’s the Big Shift, Broken Down

Here is our quick breakdown of rescheduling news: what the final order does, how DOJ says it can do it, a high-level overview of changes, and what comes next. What the Order Does Today, April 23, 2026, the United States Acting Attorney General, Todd Blanche, (the...
Susan Burns Lawyer: Four Bills, One Deadline, and an Industry on the Brink: A Practitioner’s Assessment of the Federal Hemp Legislative Landscape

Zuber Lawler: What Schedule III Means for State-Licensed Medical Cannabis Companies 

What Schedule III Means for State-Licensed Medical Cannabis Companies Article by: Ivy Perez-Bader, Raza Lawrence, and Tom Zuber On April 23, 2026, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) took a historic step the cannabis industry...
Susan Burns Lawyer: Four Bills, One Deadline, and an Industry on the Brink: A Practitioner’s Assessment of the Federal Hemp Legislative Landscape

KMK Law: From Schedule I to III: A Partial Tax Reset for Cannabis Businesses

By Tanner C. Fisher on 4.28.2026 Key Takeaways The rescheduling of certain cannabis products to Schedule III represents a meaningful shift in federal cannabis policy and offers long-awaited tax relief for portions of the industry. However, the benefits are limited in...
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Author Bios

Canada
Matt Maurer – Minden Gross
Jeff Hergot – Wildboer Dellelce LLP

Costa Rica
Tim Morales – The Cannabis Industry Association Costa Rica

Nicaragua
Elvin Rodríguez Fabilena

USA

General
Julie Godard
Carl L Rowley -Thompson Coburn LLP

Arizona
Jerry Chesler – Chesler Consulting

California
Ian Stewart – Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Otis Felder – Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Lance Rogers – Greenspoon Marder – San Diego
Jessica McElfresh -McElfresh Law – San Diego
Tracy Gallegos – Partner – Fox Rothschild

Colorado
Adam Detsky – Knight Nicastro
Dave Rodman – Dave Rodman Law Group
Peter Fendel – CMR Real Estate Network
Nate Reed – CMR Real Estate Network

Florida
Matthew Ginder – Greenspoon Marder
David C. Kotler – Cohen Kotler

Illinois
William Bogot – Fox Rothschild

Massachusetts
Valerio Romano, Attorney – VGR Law Firm, PC

Nevada
Neal Gidvani – Snr Assoc: Greenspoon Marder
Phillip Silvestri – Snr Assoc: Greenspoon Marder

Tracy Gallegos – Associate Fox Rothschild

New Jersey

Matthew G. Miller – MG Miller Intellectual Property Law LLC
Daniel T. McKillop – Scarinci Hollenbeck, LLC

New York
Gregory J. Ryan, Esq. Tesser, Ryan & Rochman, LLP
Tim Nolen Tesser, Ryan & Rochman, LLP
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Oregon
Paul Loney & Kristie Cromwell – Loney Law Group
William Stewart – Half Baked Labs

Pennsylvania
Andrew B. Sacks – Managing Partner Sacks Weston Diamond
William Roark – Principal Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin
Joshua Horn – Partner Fox Rothschild

Washington DC
Teddy Eynon – Partner Fox Rothschild