Did the 2018 Farm Bill Open the Door to Importing Hemp?
Apr 15, 2019, 10:00 am By Daniel Shortt
We get a ton of questions about whether it’s legal to import hemp into the U.S. It’s a complicated question without a clear answer. We do know that the Drug Enforcement Administration has confirmed that the importation of cannabis plant material that falls…Another Round of Rally Cries for the SAFE Banking Act
Apr 14, 2019, 10:00 am By Jihee Ahn
The SAFE Banking Act just got a new, prominent supporter – on April 9, 2019, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin pledged to take a look at the legislation that would allow financial institutions to service cannabis businesses. While the Treasury Secretary…FDA Issues Warning Letters to CBD Manufacturers Making “Over-The-Line” Health Claims
Apr 13, 2019, 10:00 am By Nathalie Bougenies
Last week, the departing Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) Commissioner, Scott Gottlieb, released a statement in which he announced that the agency, in collaboration with the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), had issued warning letters to three CBD…Oregon Wine and Cannabis Litigation: Why Can’t RICO Be Friends?
Apr 12, 2019, 10:00 am By Jesse Mondry
The Oregon wine and cannabis industries can’t seem to get along. Where some see a natural synergy, others see undesirable competition. And as a RICO case filed in the Oregon federal court last week makes clear, Momtazi Family, LLC v. Yamhill Naturals, LLC,…Prop. 65 Potentially Expanding to Cover More California Cannabis Products
Apr 11, 2019, 10:00 am By Hilary Bricken
Prop 65 just goes and goes… We’ve written time and again about the looming terror of Prop. 65 violations for cannabis businesses when it comes to packaging and labeling their products with the correct safe harbor language. The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic…Breaking News: L.A. Identifies Phase 3 Retail License Undue Concentration Numbers
Apr 10, 2019, 4:17 pm By Griffen Thorne
On April 10, 2019, the Los Angeles Department of Cannabis Regulation (or “DCR”), the local department that oversees cannabis operators, sent an email blast regarding its newly re-designed website. One of the many new features is an interactive city…Topical CBD: The FDA Stance on Hemp Derived CBD In Cosmetics
Apr 10, 2019, 10:00 am By Daniel Shortt
In the last few weeks, two major drugstores publicly announced that they will start carrying products containing hemp-derived cannabidiol (“Hemp-CBD”). Both CVS and Walgreens announced that CBD topicals would be available in their stores, in a select…Dear Cannabis Business Owners: Clear Your Marks Before Investing in Branding
Apr 9, 2019, 10:00 am By Alison Malsbury
It has become an unfortunate trend for clients to come to me seeking trademark and brand protection advice after spending large sums of money on brand design, often having engaged with third-party designers, only for us to find out that their mark may infringe…Oregon Hemp: Another Round of ODA Rules
Apr 8, 2019, 10:00 am By Nathalie Bougenies
Hemp production is incredibly hot right now in Oregon. Since 2015 the number of licensed hemp growers has climbed from 13 to 584 (with much of that in the past two years) and hemp acreage has rapidly expanded to 11,000 acres. In 2019, we expect to see this…Selling Hemp Products to Europe? Welcome to the GDPR Nightmare.
Apr 7, 2019, 10:00 am By Griffen Thorne
Ever since the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, our hemp lawyers have been getting a barrage of questions about the lawful status of hemp and hemp-derived cannabidiol (“Hemp CBD”) in the United States. The hemp laws appear to be changing in favor of a…Senators Wyden and McConnell Press for Hemp Industry Banking Services
Apr 6, 2019, 10:00 am By Jihee Ahn
Unfortunately still the position for most banks and hemp. Shortly after the 2018 Farm Bill passed, legalizing industrial hemp, we predicted that banking services for hemp businesses would be slow going. That has proven to be the case. For this reason, a…BREAKING NEWS: 24 Cities Sue California Over Statewide Cannabis Delivery Rule
Apr 5, 2019, 6:18 pm By Julie Hamill
As expected (and as we’ve written about here), California cities have joined forces to fight the State’s regulation allowing delivery of cannabis in every jurisdiction. Here is a copy of the complaint. The lawsuit was filed in Fresno County Superior Court…Canadian Advertising and Promotion Regulations Really Are As Strict As We Thought
Apr 5, 2019, 10:00 am By Alison Malsbury
I was fortunate to spend a couple of days last week in Vancouver, B.C. attending an American Bar Association Business Law Section meeting, where I joined a panel to discuss the myriad intellectual property (“IP”) issues business lawyers advising cannabis…The More You Know: California Cannabis Provisional Licensing Update
Apr 4, 2019, 10:00 am By Hilary Bricken
California cannabis licensing has been quite a ride. If you’re in the cannabis licensing game in California, you know that it’s taking months and months to secure annual licensing from all three agencies overseeing the implementation of the Medicinal and…FDA Enforcement Priorities for CBD Products: We Can Roll With That
Apr 3, 2019, 10:00 am By Vince Sliwoski
Last week, we explored whether the addition of hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) to food and beverages is actually unlawful, notwithstanding FDA policy. In that article we explained that we hadn’t seen much in the way of FDA enforcement, and that we “believe…BREAKING NEWS: FDA Issues More Guidance on CBD Products
Apr 2, 2019, 2:24 pm By Griffen ThorneOn April 2, 2019, the federal Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb issued a press release on hemp and hemp-derived cannabidiol (“Hemp CBD”). This is Gottlieb’s first major official press release since the now infamous…Cannabis Litigation: Another Federal Court RICO Case Dismissal
Apr 2, 2019, 10:00 am By Jesse Mondry
Last week the federal district court in Oregon dismissed with prejudice the plaintiffs’ amended complaint in Ainsworth v. Owenby, Case 6:17-cv-1935. As you may recall, this is one of several cases tracked by this blog in which a group of residential property…The Marijuana Banking Act Is Going Down (To the Floor)
Apr 1, 2019, 10:00 am By Jihee Ahn
After its introduction on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, the House Financial Services Committee has voted 45-15 to advance the SAFE Banking Act of 2019 to the House floor on a to-be-determined date. Currently, the Safe Banking Act has 152 cosponsors, including 12…California Cannabis Deliveries May Soon Change, Again
Mar 31, 2019, 10:00 am By Griffen Thorne
For a few moments there, it seemed like the California cannabis delivery companies could deliver anywhere in the state—even to cities that said no. It now looks like that may not be allowed. In January 2019, the California Bureau of Cannabis Control…FDA Suggests Congress Holds the Key to Legalizing CBD-Infused Foods
Mar 30, 2019, 10:00 am By Nathalie Bougenies
During a recent interview with the Brookings Institution, Scott Gottlieb, the departing head of the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), explained it would take several years for the agency to come up with rules that would legalize the use of hemp-derived…
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