News & Analysis as of

Licensing Rules Hemp State and Local Government

Pullman & Comley, LLC

New 2024 Connecticut Cannabis Laws: Impacts on Disproportionately Impacted Area (DIA) Cultivators and Conversion to a...

Pullman & Comley, LLC on

Recent amendments to Connecticut’s cannabis and hemp laws are providing great relief to DIA (Section 149) cultivators who have struggled to operationalize their licenses. The new rules provide the opportunity to convert to a...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

Maryland Hemp Businesses Allege That New Cannabis Licensing Regime Violates Maryland’s Declaration of Rights

Adult-use cannabis is now legal and available in Maryland, but as so often happens, a group of businesses have filed a lawsuit because they do not like the way legalization has been implemented. Led by the Maryland Hemp...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

New York Bans Delta-8/Revises Hemp Regulations

New York, which only recently passed an ambitious adult-use cannabis bill, has also positioned itself as a leader in the field of hemp cannabinoid products, and just today, May 19, 2021, updated its regulations and standards...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Cannabis Investors and Producers Face Need for Due Diligence

Rivkin Radler LLP on

The cannabis industry is growing in leaps and bounds, but entrepreneurs interested in developing cannabis companies – as well as business people interested in investing in them – must make certain that they know what they are...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Ohio Department of Agriculture now accepting applications for hemp licenses

Bricker Graydon LLP on

The Ohio Department of Agriculture’s Hemp Program recently announced that it is now accepting applications for hemp licenses for cultivators and processors....more

FordHarrison

California Attempts to Weed Out Unfair Labor Practices at the State Level by Enacting Union-Friendly Regulation on Employers in...

FordHarrison on

As the cannabis industry has rapidly progressed over the years, states such as New York, New Jersey and Illinois have begun to implement legislation that encourages employers to engage in labor peace agreements with unions....more

Woods Rogers

Part 3: United States Department Of Agriculture Publishes Interim Final Rule On Domestic Hemp Production

Woods Rogers on

Part III - This article is the third in a three-part series discussing the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Interim Final Rule on the establishment of a domestic hemp production program recently published in...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Week in Weed: November 2019 #2

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. As is so often the case, the states were the big newsmakers this week. In Maine, the Office of Marijuana Policy...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Key Takeaways from USDA’s Interim Hemp Production Rule

Foley & Lardner LLP on

On October 31, 2019 the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published an Interim Final Rule (84 FR 58522) establishing the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program and outlining a regulatory framework for monitoring hemp...more

Dickinson Wright

Ohio Department of Agriculture Releases Proposed Rules for the State’s Hemp Program

Dickinson Wright on

On October 9, 2019, the Ohio Department of Agriculture (the “Department”) released proposed statewide regulations for hemp cultivation and processing. The Department crafted the rules in response to the Ohio General...more

Lowndes

Florida's Hemp Rules Released and Available for Public Comment Until Oct. 31

Lowndes on

On October 10, 2019, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (the “Department”) published the Notice of Proposed Rules for the State Hemp Program (the “Rules”). ...more

Foster Garvey PC

New York: The (H) Empire State?

Foster Garvey PC on

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Proposed Legislation on Legalization of Cannabis - Under the leadership of New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo (whose party also controls the State legislature), the Empire State appears...more

12 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide