Welcome to our weekly roundup of CBD and hemp-related legal and regulatory news:
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Boston R&D challenges refusal of ‘CBD Science’ TM registration
An examiner rejected Boston Research & Development’s request to register the phrase “CBD Science” as a trademark
Continue Reading CBD and Hemp Legal and Regulatory Roundup – October 22, 2021
Today, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced an agreement reached with five countries – Austria, France, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom – on digital services tax (DST) measures that had been subject to recent investigations by
Continue Reading United States Reaches Deal with Austria, France, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom to Avoid Section 301 Duties
On September 30, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) proposing new requirements for mobile wireless carriers to protect consumers from two practices that nefarious actors use to take control of a subscriber’s cell
Continue Reading FCC Proposes Amending Privacy and Number Portability Rules to Stop Virtual Cell Phone Theft
Over the last ten days, 700 companies and 70 for-profit colleges received notice of the FTC’s intent to pursue civil penalties under Section 5(m)(1)(b), if these companies and colleges engage in certain conduct deemed by the FTC to be
Continue Reading Flexing the Agency’s Muscles: What FTC Notice of Penalty Offenses Really Means for Advertisers
Partner Hank Kelly will present “The Path to a Fully Connected America: Strategies for Expanding Broadband Access and Affordability” during The 2021 INCOMPAS Show’s Policy Workshop on October 25th. Getting and keeping Americans connected has become a priority for policymakers
Continue Reading Join Kelley Drye at the 2021 INCOMPAS Show
Updated October 21, 2021.
Employers implementing mandatory COVID-19 vaccination programs are no doubt starting to feel the pressure resulting from an influx of religious and disability accommodation requests. In all the internal commotion (and resulting strain on human resources departments),
Continue Reading The Accommodation Process Requires More Than Lip Service
In 2017, California updated its automatic renewal law to create some of the strictest requirements in the country. Now, just four years later, the Governor Newsom signed a new law that will impose even stricter requirements.
Continue Reading California Updates its Automatic Renewal Law
Yesterday, the Biden Administration released the results of a broad review of U.S. economic sanctions policy following two decades of expanding use of sanctions as a foreign policy tool. The report recognizes that U.S. sanctions policy must evolve to confront
Continue Reading Treasury Announces A More Tailored Approach to U.S. Sanctions Policy
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the serious threat posed by unchecked airborne infectious diseases, and has prompted New York to pass the Health and Essential Rights Act (aka the “HERO Act”), which serves to establish health and safety protocols
Continue Reading Show Me a HERO: Department of Labor Clarifies New York’s HERO Act
Welcome to our weekly roundup of CBD and hemp-related legal and regulatory news:
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CBD company sues YouTube channel for intimidation, IP infringement
CBD brand FullSend is seeking a declaratory judgment that it has not infringed copyrights or trademarks held
Continue Reading CBD and Hemp Legal and Regulatory Roundup – October 15, 2021
