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.
May 09, 2024
A Fourth Circuit panel on Thursday pushed attorneys for the state of Virginia and a group of hemp companies and customers to define precisely how much power states have to restrict the production and sale of intoxicating products derived from federally legal hemp.
May 03, 2024
The Fourth Circuit's second session of 2024 will have the court pondering the tension between Virginia's recent hemp restrictions and federal regulations, and how the Truth in Lending Act impacts a case accusing PNC Bank of an unauthorized account withdrawal.
February 02, 2024
A cannabis industry trade group on Friday filed a friend of the court brief in a Fourth Circuit battle over a Virginia law that restricts the production and sale of hemp-derived intoxicants, telling the appellate court that the products are unlawful and unsafe.
January 29, 2024
The state of Virginia told the Fourth Circuit on Friday that a lower court was correct to deny hemp companies' bid for an injunction blocking the state's ban on intoxicating hemp products, saying the federal farm bill legalizing hemp empowered states to enact their own rules.
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.