At its October 8 meeting, the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) voted to continue to authorize administrative ...
A new continuing resolution pushes the federal total THC standard and 0.4 mg per-container cap for hemp products to December ...
On October 14, 2026, the DEA published two new notices of intent in the Federal Register that restructure its kratom-related scheduling actions. The first replaces the pending 7-hydroxymitragynine ...
Henrico County, Virginia, released draft zoning rules for adult-use cannabis businesses on October 7, 2026, the first from a Richmond-area locality. Virginia’s statute sets baseline siting rules for ...
About Charles Alovisetti Charlie Alovisetti is a corporate lawyer, partner at Vicente LLP, and co-chair of the firm’s Corporate Department. He advises investors, companies, and other law firms on ...
In a sweeping blow to legal consumable hemp industries across the nation, Congress passed a new federal definition of “hemp” on November 12, 2025, which was signed into law by President Donald Trump ...
The Government still has the cleaner path to Schedule III. The opponents, however, may have built the better record for challenging the agency. Testimony in DEA’s marijuana-rescheduling proceeding ...
The Drug Enforcement Administration is scheduled to hold a historic hearing beginning Monday, June 29, 2026, which could extend Schedule III cannabis rescheduling to adult-use marijuana and reshape ...
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) licensing governs which federal permits, registrations, formulas and label approvals an alcohol beverage business needs before it can produce, import or ...
Denver—Today, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a Final Order (“the Order”) immediately placing both FDA-approved marijuana products and state-regulated medical marijuana products in ...
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it is moving state-licensed medical cannabis and FDA-approved products containing marijuana to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act, and ...