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On April 23, 2026, the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration issued an order placing FDA-approved marijuana products and marijuana products subject to a qualifying state-issued medical license in Schedule…
Marijuana’s proposed move from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act has renewed focus on what rescheduling could mean for marijuana-related businesses (MRBs) and the financial institutions that serve…
Schedule I → Schedule III: A Landmark Policy Shift with Important Limits
On December 18, 2025, President Donald J. 2 The related White House Fact Sheet emphasizes expanding medical marijuana and cannabidiol (CBD) research, coordinating federal policy, and encouraging scientifically rigorous study of…
Are you not entertained? In a much-anticipated ceremony in the Oval Office, President Trump signed an executive order that (1) directs the attorney general to expeditiously reschedule marijuana to Schedule III and (2) instructs…
McGlinchey Stafford SOURCE JD SUPRA The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency’s proposal to reschedule cannabis from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) has generated considerable buzz across…
The Department of Justice’s move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, on which it began formal proceedings on May 16, won’t legalize state-level adult…
S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released the proposed rule (Proposed Rule) to reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
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By Hilary Bricken, Steve Levine & Marshall Custer on April 30, 2024
Overall, 2023 was a tough economic year for the entire cannabis industry. And with lean economic times comes a myriad of bad behavior, and cannabis is no exception.
C. 280E was the overwhelming lack of cannabis banking. This inability to access financial institutions for just depository accounts was staggering to businesses, leading to endless public safety hazards and organizational chaos.
I. Introduction Effective on January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) will require all nonexempt entities to report certain identifying information of its beneficial owners (as defined below) and company applicants…
Proponents of marijuana reform have had cause for celebration in 2023. Despite challenges facing the industry, the political and social momentum surrounding cannabis is ticking upward.
As chair of McGlinchey’s Cannabis team, Heidi Urness has a national reputation as a skillful, tenacious, and results-focused attorney who advises licensees, financiers, and cannabis-ancillary business and service providers as…
com/in/paul-dunford/ In 2014 the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued “BSA Expectations Regarding Marijuana Related Businesses,” a document that laid out how banks and credit unions can serve the cannabis industry…
In an era of Theranos, Fyre Fest, FTX and WeWork, cannabis scams, frauds, and scandals probably pale in comparison. However, cannabis scams (and their evolution) are still worth noting, spotting, and avoiding at all costs.
Thomas Howard became a stockbroker after law school in 2008. The next year, he became licensed to practice law in Illinois and began a complex financial litigation practice with community banks and private equity funds as his…
Over 50 years ago President Nixon declared a “War on Drugs,” leaving housewives over the country proclaiming marijuana[1] to be the devil’s lettuce and urging sweet Billy to steer clear of the gateway drug.
I was relieved to learn that Albert Einstein never actually said that “[i]nsanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results,” because it seems like a really bad idea to start a blog post…