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The Hemp Legally Speaking Blog focuses on all the interrelated areas of the hemp-derived CBD business, from cultivation and production to warehousing, transportation, marketing and retail. It provides timely updates on both national and state-specific hemp regulations and enforcement trends, with articles written by attorneys regarded as leading advocates for the hemp industry — including Jonathan Miller, who has played an outsized role in crafting and securing passage of state and federal legislation that ensured hemp’s legalization, particularly the 2018 U.S. Farm Bill.

While compliance remains the principle focus of the blog, our contributors also provide insights on entity formation, product liability, and trademark and patent protections for hemp-related IP, as well as other issues unique to the industrial hemp and CBD marketplaces. You can subscribe below to get the latest in hemp law news and analysis sent directly to your inbox.

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Webinar: Key Banking and Credit Card Processing Issues All Hemp Businesses Must Get Right
April 6, 2021
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Webinar: Are You Protecting Your Hemp and CBD-Related IP?
July 30, 2020
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Continued Hurdles for Trademarks in the CBD Industry
July 1, 2020
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Hemp and CBD Class Actions
June 4, 2020
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Frost Brown Todd Earns Dismissal in Hemp Lawsuit
May 26, 2020
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Hemp Farmers and the CARES Act
April 3, 2020
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Webinar: Hemp FDA Regulatory Update
March 5, 2020
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Hemp-chising – Why Hemp Companies Should Consider Franchising?
February 20, 2020
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Webinar: Banking America’s Hemp Businesses
December 11, 2019
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Is a regulatory “pathway” to the marketing of CBD food and supplement products farther away than...
December 10, 2019
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Which Hemp and CBD Trademarks Can be Registered?
December 5, 2019
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How Do I Grow Hemp in Ohio?
December 4, 2019
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Bank Regulators Get into the Weeds About Industrial Hemp
December 4, 2019
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Avoiding the Franchise & Business Opportunity Law Traps
November 20, 2019
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The latest hemp laws state-by-state: October 2019
November 19, 2019
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Webinar: Hemp, CBD and Federal Regulation
November 18, 2019
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Are CBD Products Really Legal?
November 5, 2019
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Hemp Production Regulation in Final Stages
October 31, 2019
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The latest hemp laws state-by-state: September 2019
October 21, 2019
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You Down with CBD? Yea You Know Me – States Look to Incentivize and Tax Growing Hemp Industry
October 2, 2019
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The latest hemp laws state-by-state: August 2019
September 11, 2019
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The latest hemp laws state-by-state: July 2019
August 9, 2019
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Ohio, Let’s Talk About C-B-D, Let’s Talk About Hemp Baby
July 31, 2019
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Obtaining Federal Trademark Protection for Hemp and CBD Products
July 23, 2019
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The latest hemp laws state-by-state: May 2019
June 12, 2019
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Hemp and CBD Sales Bill Cultivated in Ohio
March 29, 2019
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Frost Brown Todd Attorneys Earn Dismissal in Groundbreaking Hemp Lawsuit
March 11, 2019
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Now is the Time to Plan IP Strategies for Industrial Hemp
February 22, 2019
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The Era of Hemp Prohibition is Over
December 20, 2018
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