House Passes SAFE Marijuana Banking Bill by Big Margin September 26, 2019 By Elizabeth Dexheimer The U.S. House advanced legislation designed to let banks do business with cannabis companies in states that permit marijuana sales,...
The Politics Behind the Push for a Federal Marijuana Business Banking Law August 21, 2019 By Elizabeth Rembert Senator Jeff Merkley once shadowed a cannabis grower and dispenser as he tried to pay his state taxes. He stuffed...
Trump ‘Probably’ Will Back Lifting Federal Ban on Marijuana June 13, 2018 By Michael R. Blood President Donald Trump said last Friday that he was inclined to support a bipartisan effort in Congress to ease the...
Judge Nixes Medical Benefits Challenge to Federal Marijuana Laws February 28, 2018 A judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit challenging federal laws criminalizing marijuana as unconstitutional, saying the five plaintiffs had failed...
Lawyers Handling Marijuana Business Operate in Hazy Legal Zone December 12, 2017 By Brian Melley Just as entrepreneurs getting into the retail pot industry need a good lawyer, some of those lawyers might be wise...
Marijuana Task Force Undercuts Hard Line by Attorney General Sessions August 8, 2017 By Sadie Gurman The betting was that law-and-order Attorney General Jeff Sessions would come out against the legalized marijuana industry with guns blazing....
Bipartisan Senators Look to Address Banking Risk for Marijuana Industry May 18, 2017 By Lisa Lambert Republican and Democratic senators on Wednesday renewed their drive to make banking easier for marijuana-based businesses in those U.S. states...