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November 8, 2019News Alert USDA Interim Hemp Regulations Provide Welcome Guidance But Need Refinement
Beveridge & DiamondMackenzie Schoonmaker, Chris Strunk, Kathy Szmuszkovicz, Lucy Infeld, Hilary Jacobs, Dylan King
October 29, 2019News Alert USDA Issues Much-Needed Guidance to U.S. Hemp Industry via Interim Rule
Beveridge & DiamondHilary Jacobs, Mackenzie Schoonmaker, Chris Strunk, Kathy Szmuszkovicz
August 22, 2019News Alert EPA Seeks Public Comment on First-Ever Hemp Pesticide Applications
Beveridge & DiamondAlan Sachs, Chris Strunk, Kathy Szmuszkovicz
July 8, 2019News Alert Mississippi Joins States Enacting Stricter Labeling Requirements for Food Products Developed from Animal Cell Cultures
Beveridge & DiamondAlan Sachs, Sarah Kettenmann
July 1, 2019News Alert U.S. Supreme Court Increases Protection for Confidential Business Information Shared With The Federal Government
Beveridge & DiamondJamie Auslander, Kathy Szmuszkovicz, Eric Christensen
June 25, 2019News Alert Following Hearing, FDA Will Accept Comments on Cannabis Until July 2
Beveridge & DiamondAlan Sachs, Mackenzie Schoonmaker
June 3, 2019News Alert USDA Issues Legal Opinion on Hemp
Beveridge & DiamondAlan Sachs, Mackenzie Schoonmaker, Kathy Szmuszkovicz, Chris Strunk
May 29, 2019News Alert FDA to Hold Public Hearing May 31 Regarding Cannabis
Beveridge & DiamondMackenzie Schoonmaker
April 22, 2019Article Hemp Transporters are Still Dodging Potholes Despite the Farm Bill
National Industrial Hemp Council BlogChris Strunk, Dylan King
April 9, 2019News Alert Cannabis Business CEQA Exemption Expires on July 1: Will You Have a Permit or License to Conduct Business?
Beveridge & DiamondDavid McCray, Chris Strunk, Gina Ecolino
February 13, 2019Article Baby Steps in a Victory for Industrial Hemp and the CBD Industry
The VoiceAuthors: Chris Strunk, Mackenzie Schoonmaker
January 3, 2019News Alert USDA Issues Final Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard
Beveridge & DiamondRuss LaMotte, Alan Sachs, Matt Schneider
December 21, 2018News Alert 2018 Farm Bill Legalizes Industrial Hemp
Beveridge & DiamondAlan Sachs, Mackenzie Schoonmaker, Kathy Szmuszkovicz, Chris Strunk
December 21, 2018News Alert Nipped in the Bud: Massachusetts Regulators Send Strong Message to Cannabis Industry About Using Unapproved Pesticides On Cannabis Plants
Beveridge & DiamondMackenzie Schoonmaker, Chris Strunk, Dylan King
Winter 2019Article A Burger By Any Other Name
The SciTech LawyerAlan Sachs, Sarah Kettenmann
May 8, 2018News Alert USDA Seeks Comments on Proposed Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard
Beveridge & DiamondRuss LaMotte, Alan Sachs, Sarah Kettenmann
April 5, 2018News Alert USDA Accepting Public Comments on “Clean Meat” Labeling Petition
Beveridge & DiamondRuss LaMotte, Alan Sachs
February 23, 2018News Alert EU’s Highest Court Issues Advisory Opinion Supporting Exemption of Directed Mutagenesis Products From GMO Regulation
Beveridge & DiamondRuss LaMotte, Kathy Szmuszkovicz, Alan Sachs
February 20, 2018News Alert EPA Issues New Strategic Plan with Sharp Changes to Agency Goals and Policies
Beveridge & DiamondPam Marks, Alan Sachs, Anthony Papetti
February 15, 2018News Alert Environmental Protection Agency Streamlines Pesticide Residue Chemistry Data Requirements for Seed Treatment Uses
Beveridge & DiamondKathy Szmuszkovicz, Alan Sachs, Sarah Kettenmann
January 2, 2018News Alert USDA Issues Annual Agricultural Biotechnology Report for China
Beveridge & DiamondAlan Sachs, Kathy Szmuszkovicz, Weiwei Luo
January 2, 2018News Alert USDA Announces New Phytosanitary Requirements for Soybean Exports to China
Beveridge & DiamondAlan Sachs, Kathy Szmuszkovicz, Weiwei Luo
2018Article Environment: United States
Environment & Climate RegulationDon Patterson, Beth Richardson
2017Article Environment: United States
Environment & Climate RegulationDon Patterson, Beth Richardson
December 15, 2016News Alert New EU Disclosure Mandate for Proprietary Pesticide Data Has Serious Ramifications for Wider Chemical Industry
Beveridge & DiamondHarold Himmelman, Alan Sachs
November 16, 2016News Alert Impacts of the 2016 U.S. Election on Environmental Law, Policy, and Enforcement
Beveridge & DiamondDavid Friedland
September 23, 2016News Alert Comments Due November 1 on Proposed Update to Framework for Biotechnology Regulation
Beveridge & DiamondAlan Sachs, Kathy Szmuszkovicz
August 8, 2016News Alert New York State Attorney General Orders Companies to Stop Making Anti-Zika Claims In Connection with Minimum Risk Pesticides and Pesticide Devices
Beveridge & DiamondAlan Sachs, Mackenzie Schoonmaker
August 4, 2016News Alert First-Ever Federal Labeling Requirements for Bioengineered Foods Signed Into Law
Beveridge & DiamondEric Klein, Alan Sachs, Drew Silton
June 6, 2016News Alert China Announces Action Plan to Tackle Soil Pollution
Beveridge & DiamondSarah Kettenmann