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Budding Issues? The Fading Smoke of One Union at a Cannabis Workplace in Massachusetts

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Employees at a Cresco Labs cannabis cultivation facility in Massachusetts recently made an unexpected and significant decision: they chose to say goodbye to their union membership just shy of their first...more

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The End is Near for North Carolina's Hemp Pilot Program

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For some time, North Carolina's hemp farmers and growers have questioned the fate of our hemp cultivation pilot program, authorized and adopted under the Agricultural Act of 2014 ("2014 Farm Bill"), and how the eventual end...more

Burns & Levinson LLP

Part 1: State of the Cannabis Industry Conference – Keynote Address by Dr. Karen Munkacy and Dan Fireman

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As previously blogged last week, Burns & Levinson hosted its third annual State of the Cannabis Industry Conference on October 23rd, with over 200 attendees present. The conference featured a keynote address by Dr. Karen...more

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Sewing Strong Seeds, Reaping Strong Benefits: NC Chamber's 2019 Agribusiness Conference Delivers Big Yields

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This marks the second year that the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce has hosted a formal business conference dedicated to Agribusiness in North Carolina and beyond. We were proud and privileged to participate in both....more

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Hemp Crop Insurance Update: "Whole-Farm" Coverage to Include Hemp

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The unavailability of crop insurance for hemp has long been a source of frustration and risk for growers in North Carolina, especially in the wake of recent disaster events like Hurricane Florence....more

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Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire: The Raging Legislative Battle Over Smokable Hemp

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Hemp and its derivatives – including hemp-derived cannabidiol ("CBD") – were previously classified as Schedule I controlled substances under the Controlled Substances Act of 1972 ("CSA"). That changed in December 2018,...more

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Compliance Inspections for CBD Retail Operations in NC

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In February, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (the "Department") disclosed its intent to issue CBD Advisory Letters to hemp and CBD industry participants within our state. Since then, letters...more

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USDA Accepting Plant Variety Protection Applications for Hemp

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Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture ("USDA") announced that it will accept plant variety protection applications from breeders of seed-propagated hemp. This is a major step forward for the industry and will allow...more

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The End of Hemp Prohibition

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On Thursday, December 20, President Donald J. Trump signed into law the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 ("Farm Bill"). "Farm bills" are adopted by Congress from time to time to reauthorize and modify USDA programs that...more

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