The DEA rules on hot hemp extract
As a followup to my earlier Cannabis Musings about the Drug Enforcement Agency’s interim final rulemaking implementing the 2018 Farm Bill...
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Reed Smith Archive
Further delay from the FDA on CBD today?
Friends, revisiting another 2019 year-end prediction (link), the FDA continues to remind us that it (almost certainly) still isn’t going...
ASA finds numerous code breaches following monitoring operation on children's websites
The UK's advertising watchdog, the ASA, is known predominantly for being a reactive enforcer of the advertising codes; investigating...
The DEA weighs in on Delta-8 THC in Cannabis
Last week, the Drug Enforcement Agency (the arm of the Department of Justice that, among other things, maintains the list of controlled...
First Cycling Esports World Championships announced
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) - the world governing body for cycling - just announced that the first ever Cycling Esports World...
PDVSA plans to ship sanctioned oil using its own fleet
Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, PDVSA, has a new approach to U.S. sanctions: “We are starting to use our own fleet and controlled...
The interstate commerce opportunity for cannabis
Friends, it’s been a while since we’ve looked at the problem of interstate commerce in non-hemp cannabis. I wrote about this last summer...
Singapore makes case for upholding rules-based trading system and developing global digital economy
The Trade and Industry Minister for Singapore has, at a webinar held by The Economist, stressed the need for governments to adopt an open...
Results day for kids privacy: it's a fail from me
What an extraordinary week for children's data privacy.
On the 12th August we had the ICO's long anticipated but heavily flawed Age...
U.S. confiscates Iranian gasoline shipment en route to Venezuela
The U.S. confiscated the cargo of four Greek-owned, Liberian-flagged vessels, (the Bella with IMO # 9208124, Bering with IMO # 9149225,...
FTC Issues Staff Perspective on Video Game Loot Boxes
What is notable about the FTC’s Issue Perspective Paper on Video Game Loot Boxes, which is a follow up from the 2019 workshop held by the...
Age Appropriate Design Code transition period starts next month!
The ICO has confirmed that its Age Appropriate Design Code has completed the parliamentary process and was officially issued on 12 August...
A gradual start for the cruise industry
It appears that the cruise industry is starting to emerge from the global-lockdown with plans from Carnival Corporation to start sailing...
Singapore's monetary authority commits $250 million to boost financial sector innovation and tech adoption
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is stepping up its support for fintech here, by committing $250 million in the second edition...
Federal Cannabis enforcement news
There’s been a recent battle in federal court with the U.S. Department of Justice seeking to force California cannabis regulators to...
The wait is over: the increase in Chapter 11 filings has arrived
Since the end of the first quarter of 2020, bankruptcy professionals have been planning for a substantial increase in business...
Hemp seed oil beverages
I wanted to share with you both an explanation and a clarification.
Good Hemp, Inc., a food and beverage company, has announced that it...
Chinese tech looking to expand Southeast Asia
While Southeast Asia has its fair share of challenges being a highly fragmented market, there are compelling reasons for Chinese tech...
Two steps forward....
Last week the House of Representatives by a vote of 254-163 passed a bill which would prevent the US Department of Justice from...
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