September 2021
Dentons: Medical Cannabis From German Cultivation
On 7th July 2021, the German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte – BfArM) ...
Jim Plamondon: Precision Fermented Cannabinoids: Disrupting Cannabis Extracts – Cannabinoids made by precision fermentation pose an existential threat to much of the cannabis farming & processing industry.
Genetically modified microbes are being fermented in breweries, today, to produce cannabinoids. The combination of genetic engineering and fermentation is ...
Global Cannabinoid Solutions (Company): The New Delta Variant – Delta-8-THC
The delta-8 -tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-8-THC) trend has emerged as a solution to this oversupply of CBD biomass. An interesting chemical property ...
Global Cannabinoid Solutions (Company): From CBD to Cytochrome.
Much of the cannabis industry we see today is based around just two of the 1000+ phytochemicals that reside in ...
Baker & McKenzie: The Cannabis Industry pushes forward despite the pandemic
As we enter the critical stage in our fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and its lingering effects on the world's ...
Scientific Solutions (Company): The Conflicting Personality of Hemp: The Challenges of a Heavy Metal Avid Hyperaccumulator Being Used as a Source of Medicinal Cannabinoids
Cannabis and hemp are known to be avid hyper-accumulators of contaminants in the soil. That is why they have been ...
Michael Sassano: GMP Series Part 6 – Quality Assurance Implementation
The difference between Quality Control (QC) and Quality Assurance (QA) is not always clear. Quality Control refers to the process ...
Leafreport (Company): Slow and Steady: The Road to CBD Regulation Inches Forward
11 million pounds of unsold hemp are sitting idle in Kentucky. For hemp farmers in Kentucky and the wider US, ...
Regrow (Company): Can Technology Keep Pace with the Rapidly Evolving Cannabis Market?
As the cannabis industry begins to see its first large-scale, multi-state operators, many businesses are finding that their current operations ...
Goodwin: New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission Approves Specially Adopted Personal Use Cannabis Rules
On August 19, 2021, the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC) approved the Specially Adopted Personal Use Cannabis Rules (the ...
Seyfarth: Connecticut Becomes the 20th Jurisdiction to Legalize Recreational Marijuana
Seyfarth Synopsis: In the first six months of 2021, several states legalized marijuana for recreational and medicinal purposes, including New ...
Meritas: Podcast – Meritas World Tour: Cannabis Legalization in Costa Rica
Podcast series where Mario Torres, lawyer at Meritas member firm BrazeauSeller and Co-Chair of Meritas’ Latin America & Caribbean Cannabis ...
Freeman Law: Section 280E and The Taxation of Cannabis Businesses
Section 280E of the Internal Revenue Code prohibits taxpayers who are engaged in the business of trafficking certain controlled substances ...
Green Light Law Group: Jackson County Code Enforcement Against Greenhouses Runs Afoul of State Law
Jackson County is running afoul of appellate decisions that the county itself is a party to, such that code enforcement ...
Bass Berry Sims: Tennessee Expands (Minimally) Medical Marijuana Law and Establishes Cannabis Commission
Tennessee recently enacted a minimal expansion of its medical marijuana law. The law took effect May 27, 2021, and it ...
Littler: Puerto Rico – Got The Green Light, New Puerto Rico Law Expands Employment Protections For Registered And Licensed Medical Cannabis Patients
On July 29, 2021, Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi signed into law Act No. 15-2021 (Act 15). Act 15 amends ...
Green Light Law Group: Exploring THC-O’s Legality
For years, the only cannabinoid that anyone seemed to care about was delta-9 THC. Cannabinoids are compounds found in or ...
Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman: Tribal Regulation Of Marijuana Is A Public Health Imperative
With the legalization of recreational marijuana sweeping across the states one-by-one—and the possibility of federal legalization—Tribes are in a unique ...
Nolan IP Law: Industry Snapshot: Cannabis Plant Patents
A plant patent is granted to an inventor who has invented or discovered and asexually reproduced a distinct and new variety of ...
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