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Cannabis Law Update
Hemp Crop Insurance Coverage Coming in 2020
On August 27, 2019, USDA’s Risk Management Agency (“RMA”) announced that it will provide crop insurance for industrial hemp beginning in the 2020 crop year. Insurance coverage will be provided…
Kight on Cannabis
The Future of Hemp Flower- Could it all go up in smoke? A Report From the Southern Hemp Expo.
By Rod Kight
Kight Law attorney Philip Snow discussed The Future of Hemp Flower at the 2019 Southern Hemp Expo. This article was written by Kight Law attorney Philip Snow. He recently participated…
Financial Services Perspectives
National Credit Union Administration Encourages Banking Hemp Businesses — With Some Caveats
By James W. Wright Jr., Benjamin William Perry
In December 2018, Congress gave the hemp industry a significant boost by passing the 2018 Farm Bill, which legalized the cultivation and sale of hemp (i.e., cannabis with a THC…
The Blunt Truth®
National Credit Union Administration Issues Statement About Serving Hemp Businesses
By Tonya M. Esposito, Renee B. Appel
Following last year’s passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) issued a regulatory update in August of 2019 to federally insured credit unions. Citing growth in hemp-related…
Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform
“Hemp legalization is slippery slope, and that’s OK”
The title of this post is the headline of this new Columbus Dispatch commentary authored by Benton Bodamer, who is a member of the law firm Dickinson Wright and teaches…
The Blunt Truth®
The Week in Weed: September 6, 2019
By Susan Ryan
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what's happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Let's start this week with hemp, marijuana's straight arrow cousin. The United…
Ogden Glazer + Schaefer Blog
News Worth Knowing About
In the past few weeks, there have been a number of stories published in regard to hemp and intellectual property. Since that’s two of our favorite topics at OG+S, this…
Cannabis Law Update
Credit Unions Lending to Hemp-Related Businesses is Permissible
On August 19, 2019, the National Credit Union Administration (“NCUA”) made an economically significant change to the hemp banking landscape. As is the case with cannabis businesses generally, hemp operations…
Waller Law Blogs
Federal credit union regulator provides guidance confirming that credit unions can loan to hemp businesses
08.20.19The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), which regulates and insures federal credit unions, has issued interim guidance for credit unions interested in banking businesses “dealing with hemp and hemp-derived products." Bottom…
Cannabis Law Update
New Jersey Gives Green Light to Industrial Hemp Program
On August 9, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Assembly Bill 5322, establishing the state’s program for cultivation, handling, processing, transport, and sale of hemp. The bill also repeals the…