01.15.19As we previously blogged, President Trump has signed the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (commonly called the “Farm Bill”) into law.
Among other provisions, the Farm Bill legalizes hemp by defining it as an agricultural commodity under federal
01.08.19The U.S. Department of Justice has made an unprecedented move to terminate 11 False Claims Act cases in the wake of the so-called “Granston Memo.” In doing so, the United States exercised its inherent authority under 31 U.S.C. § (c)(2)(a)
01.07.19The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will now require companies to disclose any practices or policies that allow for employees or directors to engage in certain hedging transactions with respect to company equity securities.
The new rules implement Section 14(j)
01.07.19The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has adopted standards on auditing accounting estimates and the auditor’s use of the work of specialists. The new standards, which were adopted in tandem, were the first substantive auditing standards finalized since the
01.02.19As of today, January 2, 2019, the continued closure of the federal government should have very little impact on pending liquor license applications. If the federal shutdown continues for much longer, we expect that backlogs will persist, even after a
12.26.18The Tennessee ABC’s fancy new online filing system known as RLPS has changed the landscape for liquor licensing in Tennessee. The system generally works well.
Notices of catered events, however, present an opportunity for the system to do better.
Obtaining a
11.09.18The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued an order settling charges against EtherDelta founder Zachary Coburn, finding that his digital cryptocurrency “token” trading platform was being operated as an unregistered national securities exchange.
It appears the action was brought
11.07.18The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted amendments to the property disclosure requirements for mining issuers and related guidance, under the Securities Act of 1933 (33) and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (34). The SEC made the changes
11.07.18A look back at the inaugural Grains & Grits Festival.
Twenty-nine of the licensed distillers in Tennessee poured their finest at the third annual Grains & Grits Festival in Townsend, Tennessee this past weekend. The distillers rocked a crowd of
11.06.18The epidemic of opioid addiction persists across the country, demanding renewed efforts to combat the effects of drug abuse. Traditional methods of enforcement have failed to curb the spread of opioid addiction in the Appalachian region, so the Department of
