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On August 24, 2023, the United States Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights ("OCR" or the "Department") released a Dear Colleague Letter (the "DCL") regarding "Race and School Programming." This DCL, which surely appears to be a response to the Supreme Court's ruling in Students for Fair...
On August 4, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Government Entities. The DOJ Fact Sheet is at Fact Sheet: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on...
Crash Course: Starting a Cannabis Business in Delaware Dazed and Confused? Learn expert legal strategies on how to position yourself, and your Half Baked cannabis business idea, on the Pineapple Express to success. The workshop will cover the pitfalls, regulatory processes, and legal strategies for...
CRB Due Diligence for Banking Executives Complementary to compliance, due diligence is an extremely important part of cannabis banking. Beneficial ownership and layered legal entity structures are two hot topics, what else should an FI look for when onboarding a CRB? What about ongoing due diligence...
Join Saul Ewing attorneys and guests for a discussion on the implementation of the Delaware Cannabis Act; opportunities for new and expanding operators; and the likely challenges businesses and regulators will face in standing up to the state's adult-use industry. On April 23, 2023, Delaware became...
Trending Risk Management Topics in Athletics Tuesday, September 12 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm EDT ABOUT Athletics at colleges and universities offer students the ability to build skills including physical fitness, teamwork, and perseverance. Athletics also create risk, and with athletic risks evolving and...
In a Bloomberg article titled, “Cannabis Industry Enjoys a Rare Moment of Progress,” Partner Zachary Kobrin discussed the implications of last week’s news that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is recommending looser restrictions for cannabis producers. Kobrin, who is based in Fort...
In a recent letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recommended that cannabis be reclassified as a Schedule III drug under the Controlled Substances Act. The DEA will conduct its own review of HHS’s findings before officially determining...
“When Congress removed hemp from the list of controlled substances and established a 0.3% limit on Delta-9 THC via the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018, also known as the 2018 Farm Bill, it resulted in two somewhat unexpected product categories. The first was hemp-derived products, such as...
In an effort to combat discrimination and harassment based on caste, numerous colleges and universities have amended their nondiscrimination policies to explicitly prohibit misconduct based on caste. Institutions of higher education are joined in this effort by some states and municipalities...
Financial services giant Mastercard banned the use of its debit cards for the purchase of state-legal cannabis. In an interview with Forbes, cannabis law attorney and partner Zack Kobrin says Mastercard’s actions are understandably motivated by the legal limbo that the cannabis industry exists in...