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Adult-Use Marijuana to Be Rescheduled? Here’s What’s at Issue and How It Will Be Decided

There were massive cheers in the marijuana industry when Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a final order last week that rescheduled FDA-approved marijuana medications and state-licensed medical marijuana. And for...more

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The Changing Landscape of U.S. Food Additive Regulation: MAHA and the End of Business as Usual

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The “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement has rapidly turned food additive regulation from a niche issue into a mainstream political and business priority. Longstanding debates over ingredient safety, chemical...more

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Food and Beverage News and Trends - May 2026

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FDA budget now before Congress. Earlier this month, President Donald Trump’s fiscal year (FY) 2027 budget request was submitted to Congress. On April 22, the House Appropriations Committee released its initial proposal for...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Interstate Commerce and the Dormant Commerce Clause in Light of Rescheduling

On April 22, 2026, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a final order immediately placing both FDA-approved marijuana products and state-regulated medical marijuana products in Schedule III of the Controlled Substances...more

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Maryland Gets Crabby with Surveillance Pricing

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Maryland recently passed the Protection from Predatory Pricing Act, becoming the first state to ban “surveillance pricing,” or the use of personal data to set consumer-specific prices, in the food sector. ...more

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Significant Cannabis Law Updates from the 2026 Connecticut Legislative Session

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With the Senate’s passage of HB 5222 this week, and barring a surprise veto of the bill, Connecticut's 2026 legislative session has delivered the most significant changes to the state’s cannabis framework since the original...more

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European Commission Releases New EU Deforestation Regulation Measures

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The measures include a new delegated act on scope, updated FAQs, and an updated guidance document....more

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California Trial Court Finalizes Ruling for Taxpayer in Smithfield Apportionment Dispute

Following its February 26, 2026 Proposed Statement of Decision, the California Superior Court issued a final Statement of Decision in Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. v. California Franchise Tax Board directly rebuking the...more

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Doctor’s Orders: What Schedule III Means for Patient Access and Healthcare Facilities

Another industry that isn’t currently in the plant-touching realm that will be directly impacted by medical marijuana being rescheduled to Schedule III is the healthcare industry. This piece takes us to the story unfolding in...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

What’s Different in the Proposed Joint Employer Rule

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) last month for its proposed rule on joint employment, where multiple employers simultaneously employ the same employee....more

A&O Shearman

New Belgian antitrust guidelines on sustainability agreements: what you need to know

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The Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) has released its long-awaited guidelines on how companies may cooperate on sustainability objectives without breaching antitrust rules (BCA Guidelines). While largely based on the...more

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UPDATE: USDA Announces Reorganization of Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Mission Area

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On April 30, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced additional departmental actions as part of its ongoing reorganization initiative, this time focused on the Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services mission area....more

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Glyphosate/Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Environmental Working Group Judicial Petition for Writ of Mandamus Alleging...

The Environmental Working Group (“EWG”) filed a Petition for Writ of Mandamus (“Petition”) before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit against the United States Environmental Protection...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Farm Credit Administration’s 2026 Priorities Reflect Some Alignment with Federal Banking Regulators, With Continued Focus on Risk...

Early 2026 developments from the Farm Credit Administration (FCA) show the regulator is identifying opportunities to reduce regulatory complexity while reinforcing risk management expectations across Farm Credit System (FCS...more

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EU Deforestation Regulation Update – a Commission Report, New FAQs and Guidance, a Proposed Delegated Act and Other Developments

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On Monday, the European Commission published a package of measures relating to the EU Deforestation Regulation. More specifically, the Commission published (1) its required simplification review report to the Parliament and...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

From Lab to Dispensary: What Rescheduling Means for Marijuana Clinical Trials

Those of you who have been following along with our series on marijuana rescheduling know that on April 22, 2026, the DEA issued its long-awaited final order moving certain marijuana products — specifically state-licensed...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Rescheduling and Intellectual Property: What Medical Marijuana Operators Can (and Can’t) Do at the USPTO Now

When the acting attorney general moved state-licensed medical marijuana and FDA-approved marijuana-containing products from Schedule I to Schedule III, the headlines focused on banking, taxation, and what the change might...more

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Section 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit: National Pork Producers Council Comments on Internal Revenue Service Proposed...

The National Pork Producers Council (“NPPC”) submitted comments on the United States Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (collectively, “IRS”) rules published in February regarding the Clean Fuel Production...more

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The EU Commission Publishes its Report on the Simplification of the EU Deforestation Regulation

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On May 4, 2026, the European Commission ("Commission") published its report on the simplification of the revised EU Deforestation Regulation ("EUDR") to the European Council and Parliament. The Commission also published an...more

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DOL Proposes New Joint Employer Rule Defining Horizontal and Vertical Joint Employment Relationships

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On April 22, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a proposed rule that would establish a uniform standard for determining joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Family and Medical...more

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Consistency and Clarity: DOL Proposes Unified Joint-Employer Standard Across FLSA, FMLA, MSPA

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The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Wage and Hour Division on April 23, 2026, published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would establish a single, nationwide standard for determining joint-employer status under...more

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Regulatory and IP considerations for veterinary drugs in Canada

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This article provides an overview of the regulatory regime and associated intellectual property rights for veterinary drug products and provides an update on recent issues, focusing on features that differ from drugs for...more

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OSHA Updates Heat Illness Prevention Program

On April 10, 2026, OSHA published an updated National Emphasis Program (NEP) for outdoor and indoor heat-related hazards. The updated NEP largely mirrors the prior NEP, but adds new industries and changes some inspection and...more

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DEA Final Order Creates Federal Pathway for Medical Marijuana

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Federal cannabis law has never tracked cleanly with the illicit, and then state-legal markets that grew up around it. For decades, marijuana was listed on Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act, while states built...more

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I Guess You Could Say That: Rescheduling and the Dawn of First Amendment Protection for Medical Marijuana Advertising

This is the fifth of 13 posts describing the impacts of marijuana’s rescheduling. An homage to Phish’s historic run at Madison Square Garden in the Summer of 2017, Budding Trends Baker’s Dozen will address how rescheduling...more

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