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Kight on Cannabis
USPS Publishes New Guidelines for Mailing Hemp and Hemp Products
By Rod Kight
The USPS published new guidelines for mailing hemp and hemp products. This post was written by attorney Kamran Aryah with the Kight on Cannabis law firm.Sending hemp and CBD in…
Technology Law Source
Status of CBD products under Ohio law; Emerging issues in intellectual property related to cannabis business: Part 1
Two emerging issues related to commercial cannabis are taking center stage for industry stake holders in Ohio: Current legal status of hemp and cannabidiol (CBD) based products under state law…
The Blunt Truth®
USPTO Allows Hemp-related Trademarks on or after December 20, 2018
Federal trademark registrations are now possible to obtain for some hemp-related trademarks. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) recent guidance, Examination Guide 1-19 “Examination of Marks for Cannabis and…
Kight on Cannabis
Texas Passes Hemp and CBD Law- Effective Immediately
By Rod Kight
Texas enacts landmark hemp and CBD law. Texas has always been an anomaly in the hemp and cannabidiol (CBD) industry. It is the second largest state in the United States…
Waller Law Blogs
USDA: With hemp now legal, states must comply with federal guidelines
06.05.19In the same week that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) updated its “What Can I Bring?” website to allow travelers to carry (with special instructions) medical marijuana and hemp-derived CBD…
DC Medical Malpractice & Patient Safety Blog
Can we avoid getting dopey about hype, use, regulation of dope-derived CBD?
The federal Food and Drug Administration has waded into its potential oversight of a substance that already is becoming wildly popular. The process of figuring government rules for cannabidiol, aka…
AD-ttorneys Law Blog
Takeaways from FDA Hearing on CBD
On May 31, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a hearing at its headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, to hear from the public about cannabidiol (CBD). The popularity of…
Alcohol Law Advisor
USDA Issues Opinion on Several Hemp-Related Provisions of the 2018 Farm Bill
By Marc Sorini, MaryKathryn Hurd
On May 28, 2019, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a legal opinion to address questions raised by several hemp-related provisions of the Agricultural Act of 2018, better…
Cannabis Law Now
USDA Issues Legal Opinion on Hemp
By Steve Levine, Benjamin Jones
On May 28, 2019, the United States Department of Agriculture (the “USDA”) and the Office of the General Counsel (the “GC”) issued a legal opinion on the status of hemp…
Cannabis Law Update
California Bill to Allow Hemp-Derived CBD in Foods, Beverages, and Cosmetics
Assembly Bill 228 is a promising piece of legislation that could soon bring an end to California’s prohibition on adding hemp-derived CBD to foods, beverages, and cosmetics. The bill, in its…