Ohio’s Hemp Law Runs Into the Dormant Commerce Clause: Federal Court Blocks Enforcement of S.B. 56 Against Hemp Companies
Ohio can regulate hemp. Ohio can regulate intoxicating cannabinoids. Ohio can decide that certain...
Category: Hemp
Illinois HB 5784 Would Kill Hemp THC Beverages Early
If you sell, distribute, manufacture, or simply enjoy hemp-derived THC beverages in Illinois, the...
New Federal Hemp Rules and the 0.4 mg THC Cap: Bad News for Hemp Drinks
Congress just slipped a near-total federal hemp rewrite into the shutdown bill. If you...
From Farm Bill Freedom to State Control: Tenth Circuit Upholds Wyoming’s Hemp Restrictions
The dispute in Green Room LLC v. Wyoming arose after Wyoming’s 2024 legislative session...
Farm Bill Hemp Preemption Fails: 4th and 8th Circuits Uphold State THC Bans in Bio Gen and Virginia Hemp Rulings
Two Courts, One Message: States Can Ban Intoxicating Hemp In back-to-back rulings, the Fourth...
Win for hemp producers: USDA backs off requiring hemp testing at only DEA registered labs and certain hemp disposal requirements it made in the Interim Final Rule on the Domestic Hemp Production Program.
Commercial hemp producers got a win yesterday as the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced...
Wisconsin hemp grower sues for Illinois hemp dryer’s alleged fire damage and resulting loss to hemp crop intended for CBD extraction. Bonus: docs include a hemp growing and storage contract.
Hemp producer (and CBD extractor) Lake Country Growers filed an action against a company...
USDA issues much needed guidance on hemp production.
The United States Department of Agriculture has released its initial guidance through an interim...
Don’t get your marijuana smell on my grapes, it ruins the wine. Vineyard will have its day in court against neighboring cannabis grower.
This case is interesting because other recent attempts by neighbors of cannabis growers to...
You and Illinois’s new Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Part 3 – advertising and promotional restrictions and potential First Amendment concerns.
Section 55-20 of Illinois’s new Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act governs advertising and promotions...
USDA general counsel’s opinion sides with the Mallory decision for those looking to ship lawfully produced hemp in interstate commerce and against States attempting to stop its transportation.
In what is undoubtedly a nod to recent State action and current pending litigation...
Update: Illinois passes comprehensive recreational marijuana bill – the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. New Year’s Day 2020 will be grand.
It’s official, Illinois just became the latest state to allow for recreational cannabis use....
