January 2021
Arthur Cox: European Union: Marketing Of CBD Consumer Products In The EU Addressed By ECJ
The European Court of Justice recently ruled that an EU Member State cannot prohibit the marketing of CBD that has been ...
Husch Blackwell: Operation CBDeceit Marks Beginning of FTC Crackdown on Deceptive CBD Medical Claims While FDA Continues to Issue Warning Letters
On Thursday, December 17th, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it was taking action against six companies selling CBD-based products. ...
Wasel & Wasel: Commentary on Lebanon’s Medical Cannabis Law – Article 2: Definition of Terms
On 20 April 2020, the Lebanese Parliament passed a law permitting the cultivation, trade, research, and use of medical cannabis ...
Hoban Law: At A Glance – Jersey’s Just-Passed Adult Use Act
On Thursday, December 17, 2020, New Jersey lawmakers approved the “Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act” (“Act”), which ...
Kight Law: USA – Delta-8 THC and State Law
For the uninitiated, ∆8 is one of many cannabinoids found in the cannabis plant. Although ∆8 is a minor cannabinoid, ...
CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni: The CBD legal status in Italy: reforms and uncertainty.
The legal qualification of CBD-based products is one of the most debated issues in the Italian cannabis legislation. The regulatory ...
Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP: Post-Election Cannabis Update
The cannabis industry was center stage during the November election, collecting a trove of wins making recreational marijuana legal now ...
Steven Groce: USA The MORE Act – What You Probably Didn’t Know
The U.S. House of Representatives, voted to repeal the Federal Prohibition of Marijuana. Now, it is up to the Senate ...
Lev Kelman: USA Extraction Methods and Healthy Edibles
Let’s talk about the cannabis extraction methods available today. There are three conventional methods: Butane (gas lighter fluid), CO2 (carbon ...
Nigeria: The Legal Landscape of Cannabis/Indian Hemp in Nigeria: An Inquiry and Comparative Lessons from other Jurisdictions
It is in the context of the above backing that this paper examines the legal landscape of cannabis/Indian hemp in ...
Barclay Damon: New York’s Potential Pitfalls when Legalizing Adult Use Cannabis
Cannabis legislation made significant strides on Election Day throughout the United States. All five states with cannabis measures on the ...
Barclay Damon: Pre-Employment Marijuana Testing in New York
Faced with an estimated $15 billion dollar budget deficit due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the reality of legalizing adult-use cannabis ...