Hemp Legally Speaking
The Hemp Legally Speaking Blog focuses on all the interrelated areas of the hemp-derived CBD business, from cultivation and production to warehousing, transportation, marketing and retail. It provides timely updates on both national and state-specific hemp regulations and enforcement trends, with articles written by attorneys regarded as leading advocates for the hemp industry — including Jonathan Miller, who has played an outsized role in crafting and securing passage of state and federal legislation that ensured hemp’s legalization, particularly the 2018 U.S. Farm Bill.
While compliance remains the principle focus of the blog, our contributors also provide insights on entity formation, product liability, and trademark and patent protections for hemp-related IP, as well as other issues unique to the industrial hemp and CBD marketplaces. You can subscribe below to get the latest in hemp law news and analysis sent directly to your inbox.
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April 20, 2022 | Blogs
The rules governing the Texas Compassionate Use Program (TCUP) are currently under review, and publi...
March 9, 2022 | Blogs
This webinar explores the many connections between the world of sports and legal cannabis. Stream th...
February 25, 2022 | Blogs
In late January, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued its opinion in United States...
November 2, 2021 | Blogs
Like any nascent industry, the hemp industry is experiencing growing pains and challenges. This is p...
September 23, 2021 | Blogs
The FDA and CDC each issued warning notices to the public regarding Delta-8 THC products on Septembe...
September 16, 2021 | Blogs
“Hemp Legally Speaking” hosted by D.C. Member-in-Charge Jonathan Miller The leader of Frost Brow...
June 24, 2021 | Blogs
While the FDA continues to delay action regarding regulation of CBD consumable products, lawmakers c...
April 6, 2021 | Blogs
Hemp and CBD businesses continue to face challenges with banking, credit card processing and other f...
January 21, 2021 | Blogs
This webinar provides a primer on the ever-evolving state and federal laws and regulations concernin...
July 30, 2020 | Blogs
Given the lifted prohibition on hemp and CBD under the 2018 Farm Bill, there is currently a gold rus...
July 1, 2020 | Blogs
The U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) just issued a precedential decision that will conti...
June 4, 2020 | Blogs
Early this year, plaintiffs’ lawyers filed seven nationwide class actions in California federal co...
May 26, 2020 | Blogs
Colorado-based Elixinol cleared of manufacturing misleading products A team of Frost Brown Todd (FBT...
April 3, 2020 | Blogs
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), a sweeping third-wave relief pac...
March 5, 2020 | Blogs
Overview Over the past year, hemp products have been springing up everywhere, both online and in r...
February 20, 2020 | Blogs
Franchising is not an industry. It is a distribution model that can be utilized within any industry ...
December 11, 2019 | Blogs
Overview The new industrial hemp industry presents financial institutions with exciting business o...
December 10, 2019 | Blogs
The Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has just issued a batch of new warning letters and a co...
December 5, 2019 | Blogs
Wave of Trademark Applications Filed for CBD-Related Products On May 2, 2019, the U.S. Patent and Tr...
December 4, 2019 | Blogs
Soil. Seeds. Sunlight. A license – AND A LOT OF HARD WORK. With the explosion of the hemp-derived ...
December 4, 2019 | Blogs
Four key federal banking regulatory agencies, joined by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, is...
November 20, 2019 | Blogs
Distribution Laws Since the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, distribution and retail activities involv...
November 19, 2019 | Blogs
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its interim final rule for the U.S. Domestic Hemp...
November 18, 2019 | Blogs
Overview The USDA recently issued its Interim Final Rule on U.S. hemp production. The FDA contin...
November 5, 2019 | Blogs
Over the past year, hemp products have been springing up everywhere, both online and in retail outle...
October 31, 2019 | Blogs
On October 29, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a draft version of the inter...
October 21, 2019 | Blogs
In September, three states authorized the retail sale of hemp-derived CBD, one state Board of Pharma...
October 2, 2019 | Blogs
Planting the Seed – How the Hemp Industry Began to Bloom Few products have ever taken the market b...
September 11, 2019 | Blogs
The hemp industry took a step forward as one state expanded its hemp program and one non-hemp progra...
August 9, 2019 | Blogs
One state established a hemp growth program, one governor vetoed legislation expanding his state’s...
July 31, 2019 | Blogs
It’s official — with Governor DeWine’s signature, Senate Bill 57 legalized hemp-derived produc...
July 23, 2019 | Blogs
Background While marijuana remains illegal at the federal level, decriminalization of marijuana in o...
June 12, 2019 | Blogs
Hemp growth programs took root in four different states, expanded in two states, and legislation awa...
March 29, 2019 | Blogs
Hemp is not marijuana – let us start there. This is a critical distinction the Ohio legislature ha...
March 11, 2019 | Blogs
The United States District Court for The Southern District of West Virginia dismissed the case again...
February 22, 2019 | Blogs
The use case for industrial hemp – defined under federal law as cannabis plants or plant parts con...
December 20, 2018 | Blogs
With the signing of the 2018 Farm Bill, hemp is now fully and permanently removed from drug control ...
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