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By Lauren Mendelsohn and Omar Figueroa May 21, 2024 Today, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officially posted the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) of the intent to reclassify cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). […]
by Omar Figueroa & Lauren Mendelsohn May 6, 2024 In recent years, the U.S. government has introduced several measures to combat illicit financial activities, with the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) of 2019 being one of the most significant. Aimed at enhancing transparency within legal entities such as corporations and […]
January 22, 2024 By Lauren Mendelsohn In a letter dated January 2, 2024, an agent at the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) confirmed that “magic mushroom” spores are legal under US Federal law and are not controlled substances under the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) – at least while they […]
by Omar Figueroa April 2, 2022 On April 1, 2022, the United States House of Representatives passed the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act with a bipartisan majority and a decisive margin of 220-204. This is the second time that the MORE Act has made it through the House. […]
By Lauren Mendelsohn June 29, 2021 On June 28, 2021, the United States Supreme Court declined to take up the issue of tax treatment of cannabis businesses in Standing Akimbo, LLC, et al. v. United States, 594 U.S. __ (2021), which had come before the Supreme Court on a petition […]
By Transactional Attorney Daniel Dellafosse June 18, 2021 On May 28, 2021, the “Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2021” (the “MORE Act of 2021”) was introduced in the United States Congress. Senior Associate Attorney Lauren Mendelsohn wrote a brief blog post describing a few key details […]
by Omar Figueroa December 6, 2020 On Thursday, December 3, 2020, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 3884, known as the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2020 (MORE Act.) This historic bill aimed to decriminalize and deschedule cannabis, to provide for reinvestment in persons adversely […]
by Lauren Mendelsohn & Omar Figueroa, December 31, 2018 On December 20, 2018, President Donald Trump signed the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (“Farm Bill”), which decriminalizes hemp and products derived from hemp under federal law. The Farm Bill defines “hemp” as follows: HEMP.—The term ‘hemp’ means the plant […]
January 4, 2018 – Today, United States Attorney General Jefferson B. Sessions, III rescinded a number of federal memoranda that provided guidance regarding marijuana and medical marijuana enforcement. Included in the memos that were rescinded is the Cole Memo, which laid out eight marijuana enforcement priorities for federal prosecutors in […]