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  • Watch Out! The DEA Just Passed a BAD Interim Rule Impacting Hemp CBD and Other Cannabinoids

    Aug 23, 2020, 10:00 am By Daniel Shortt
    On August 20, 2020, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued an interim rule on hemp, hemp-derived CBD (Hemp CBD) and other hemp-derived cannabinoids. According to the DEA, “[t]he interim final rule merely conforms DEA’s regulations to the…
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  • TCPA Claims: Will the Supreme Court Come to the Rescue?

    Aug 22, 2020, 10:00 am By Jihee Ahn
    After we discussed TCPA claims in our last webinar, we received a few follow-up questions relating to the somewhat recent Supreme Court decision in Barr v. American Ass’n of Political Consultants (“Political Consultants”) and its impact on TCPA claims…
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  • Cannabis Litigation: Will the Supreme Court Hear the Litigation to De- or Re-schedule Marijuana?

    Aug 21, 2020, 10:00 am By Jesse Mondry
    Last summer I wrote about a ruling by the Second Circuit concerning a lawsuit filed by five persons challenging marijuana’s status as a schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”). The lawsuit asked the federal courts to rule that…
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  • Will California Ever “Legalize” CBD?

    Aug 20, 2020, 10:00 am By Griffen Thorne
    It’s been a while since we’ve discussed the status of hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) in the Golden State, and unfortunately, it may be a while before we have finality on its legal status. The bulk of the issues that the state faces today go back more than…
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  • NIST and FDA May Be the Cannabis Quality Assurance Heroes We Need

    10:00am By Hilary Bricken
    Over the years, we’ve pointed out when federal agencies opt to ignore the federal illegality of cannabis. It happens more often than you might think depending on the topic (see, for example, the NLRB). One agency, though, that has surprisingly never lifted a…
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  • Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire: Donald Trump Is a Threat to Cannabis Legalization

    Tue 10:00am By Daniel Shortt
    Personally, Donald Trump does not care about cannabis. Don’t take my word for it, go to the source, Trump’s Twitter account. Use Twitter’s “Advanced Search” options to search for whether Trump has used certain words and phrases on Twitter. As of…
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  • Curaleaf Meets the TCPA

    Aug 17, 2020, 10:00 am By Jihee Ahn
      We introduced our readership to TCPA claims in this post last month, and it looks like our prediction was right: this week, Curaleaf became the latest defendant in a long line of TCPA class action complaints filed against cannabis companies this year. The…
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  • dot.LA Webinar Replay: Is the Green Rush Over in California?

    Aug 16, 2020, 10:00 am By Canna Law Blog
    On August 11, dot.LA hosted a virtual panel consisting of experts in California cannabis regulatory, policy and legal issues. The panel included our very own cannabis business group chair, Hilary Bricken, who is never one to disappoint. The topic of this…
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  • Cannabis Litigation Trends: The Webinar Video Replay

    Aug 15, 2020, 10:00 am By Canna Law Blog
    For anyone who was not able to join our webinar last week on cannabis litigation trends, we’ve got you covered! Below, please find the full presentation for your viewing pleasure. Panelist Jesse Mondry answered some additional questions in a blog post that…
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  • Cannabis Litigation Q&A Webinar – A Few More Questions and Answers

    Aug 14, 2020, 10:00 am By Jesse Mondry
    On August 5th, Harris Bricken attorneys Griffen Thorne, Jihee Ahn and Jesse Mondry presented a webinar entitled Cannabis Litigation – Trends And Q&A. If you missed the live webinar, we will publish a replay tomorrow here on the blog. The webinar was well…
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  • California May Ban Flavored Cannabis Vapes

    Aug 13, 2020, 10:00 am By Griffen Thorne
    The California legislature is considering a new law (AB-1639) that, if passed, would restrict how cannabis vape products are made and sold. AB-1639 would change California law for tobacco and cannabis businesses (for the purposes of this post, we’ll just…
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  • Kamala Harris Will Help With Cannabis Reform (and That’s Good Enough For Me)

    Aug 12, 2020, 10:00 am By Vince Sliwoski
      Congratulations to Senator Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s V.P. pick. Harris will become the first Black woman and the first person of Indian descent to be nominated for national office by a major party. It’s a huge accomplishment. It could also impact the…
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  • B Corp Certification: Another Way to Legitimize the Hemp CBD Industry?

    Aug 11, 2020, 10:00 am By Nathalie Bougenies
    For the past eighteen months, hemp stakeholders have been begging the federal government to regulate the hemp-derived cannabidiol (“Hemp CBD”) industry. As of date, the Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) has received over 4,000 comments from…
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  • The Laws and Regulations on Hemp CBD in All 50 States

    Aug 10, 2020, 10:00 am By Daniel Shortt
    The 2018 Farm Bill removed hemp from the Controlled Substances Act did not affect or modify the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (“FDCA”) or the Food and Drug Adminstration’s (“FDA”) ability to promulgate regulations and guidelines that relate to…
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  • Stanley Brothers Face Another Setback with Final Refusal of “CW” Trademark

    Aug 9, 2020, 10:00 am By Alison Malsbury
    We’ve written previously not only about the challenges faced by Stanley Brothers Social Enterprises (and the other related “Charlotte’s Web” companies), but also about the different challenges faced by CBD companies. Some of these posts can be found…
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  • FREE Webinar September 17: Hemp CBD Q&A

    Aug 8, 2020, 10:00 am By Canna Law Blog
    Register HERE today! At this point, everyone has heard about cannabidiol (“CBD”), a marquee cannabinoid present in the cannabis plant. Unlike THC, CBD is non-intoxicating, but many consumers and businesses are abuzz with the promise of CBD nonetheless.…
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  • Enforcement Alone Won’t End California’s Illicit Market

    Aug 7, 2020, 10:00 am By Griffen Thorne
    It seems like every week, there’s a new announcement of state or local enforcement actions or raids of allegedly unlicensed cannabis operators in California. Some time ago, this would have been welcome news to many licensed cannabis businesses in the Golden…
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  • Did You Just Issue Cannabis Securities? Top 10 “Go to Jail” Scenarios

    Aug 6, 2020, 10:00 am By Jonathan Bench
    I can’t count how many times I have been talking to a client about a business venture, and I stop them in the middle of their explanation and say, “You just issued securities.” I get a blank stare looking back at me. Then I say, “Securities is one…
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  • Big Ideas: Apply For Your Mexico Cannabis License NOW

    Aug 5, 2020, 10:00 am By Canna Law Blog
    — A Guest Post by Adrián Cisneros Aguilar * For the past 15 years, the global “War on Drugs” has shaped Mexico’s national security landscape. The Mexican government’s offensive against illegal drugs has taken two paths: head-on clashes with the…
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  • Free Webinar Tomorrow! Cannabis Litigation Trends (with Q&A)

    Aug 4, 2020, 10:00 am By Canna Law Blog
    Register HERE today! Harris Bricken litigators regularly advise cannabis and hemp businesses, investors and third parties at all stages of dispute resolution. Our expertise ranges from pre-filing resolution and mediation through motion practice, arbitration…
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