February 19, 2025
A hemp product maker and retailer on Wednesday dropped their suit in federal court challenging a Virginia law restricting the sale of hemp-derived intoxicants a month after the Fourth Circuit affirmed that the law was not preempted by the 2018 Farm Bill that legalized the sale of industrial hemp.
January 07, 2025
The Fourth Circuit affirmed Tuesday that the federal farm bill legalizing hemp nationwide did not preempt Virginia's new law reining in intoxicating products containing THC derived from hemp.
December 08, 2023
A group of hemp companies is asking the Fourth Circuit to issue an injunction blocking the enforcement of a new Virginia law that bans hemp products based on their total THC, saying a district court was wrong in concluding the law was not preempted by the 2018 farm bill.
November 13, 2023
Hemp companies are appealing to the Fourth Circuit a judge's refusal to enjoin Virginia state officials from enforcing a law meant to rein in hemp-derived intoxicants, insisting the law is preempted by the 2018 Farm Bill that legalized hemp nationally.
October 31, 2023
A Virginia federal judge has nixed a bid by hemp companies to block state officials from enforcing a new law intended to rein in hemp-derived intoxicants, saying the law was not preempted by the 2018 federal farm act that legalized hemp nationwide.
October 18, 2023
Virginia officials on Tuesday urged a federal court to toss a suit by a hemp product maker and retailer challenging a recently enacted Virginia law, asserting that states have the authority to regulate the production and sale of hemp within their borders.
September 05, 2023
A hemp product maker and retailer have alleged in a new lawsuit that a recently enacted Virginia law designed to rein in goods with hemp-derived intoxicants oversteps by effectively criminalizing products that Congress legalized with the 2018 federal farm bill.