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Law Offices of Omar Figueroa Open NY Outpost

Cannabis Law Report

The Law Offices of Omar Figueroa , which focuses on cannabis legal services, plans to hang a shingle in New York, considered an emerging market since voters approved adult recreational use last year. The law firm began taking clients Feb. The North Bay Business Journal reports. Medicinal marijuana became legal there in 2014.

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The Hemp Standard is 0.3% THC. That Should Be Changed.

Canna Law Blog

We are heading into the first decade of scaled commercial hemp production in the United States since the 1920s. As a law firm that has been helping cannabis businesses succeed since 2010, we couldn’t be more excited. Hemp is legal. percent to be deemed hemp, and later by the United States, which codified the 0.3

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Harris Sliwoski LLP Welcomes Five Outstanding Cannabis Attorneys

Canna Law Blog

Aaron Pelley, Kristin Westphal, Karen Albence, Aaron John, and Elijah Hartman have joined our law firm from Cultiva Law Group. They will continue to focus on representing cannabis, hemp, and psychedelics-related businesses. And we are looking forward to providing our clients even better service in 2024.

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Official Statement On the Marketing of Intoxicating Products Under the Guise of Hemp

Cannabis Law Report

Hemp Roundtable, the hemp industry’s national advocacy organization, is deeply troubled about the increasing proliferation of products that are sold under the guise of the hemp name but that are marketed for their intoxicating effect. Hemp Roundtable, former U.S. (Washington D.C.) — The U.S. Official Statement.

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Important DCC and LADCR Licensing News

Cannabis Law Report

Since 2010, Manzuri Law cannabis, CBD, and hemp attorneys in California have helped more than 200 businesses procure and/or maintain state and local industry licenses, making important licensing news a priority with our law firm.

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CO Hemp Clone Farm, “National Hemp Farm”, Used Client’s Money For Own Investment Purposes Inc Real Estate & Capital Equipment Purchases Without Ever Intending To Supply Order Worth $US590K, Lawsuit Alleges.

Cannabis Law Report

Authored By: Teri Buhl for Cannabis Law Report. Mertz , is being accused of civil theft and conspiracy for keeping hundreds of thousands of dollars from the sale of unhealthy hemp clones to a Colorado farm and then using that money to improve his hemp farm infrastructure so the two year old farm could be flipped and sold.

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New Hemp Testing Guidelines Make Meeting 0.3% THC Limit Difficult

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Last week the USDA issued its much-anticipated interim final rule for hemp manufacturing. In a conference call, the USDA further clarified that hemp samples should only include flower and could be as little as the top 2” of the upper-most flower. . The language in the 2014 Farm Bill classified hemp as cannabis with less than 0.3%

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