Date/Time: July 22, 2020 2:00 PM EDT
The 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp at the federal level, but there has been little guidance offered to banks and payment processors who are interested in working with hemp-related businesses. In this webinar we will discuss some key developments in the cannabis industry, with a focus on
Last week, the Washington State Attorney General filed a lawsuit against Convergent Outsourcing, Inc. for sending 75,000 “Settlement Offer” letters to Washington consumers without disclosing that the underlying debt was beyond the statute of limitations. While yet another example of Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s active enforcement of the state’s debt collection laws, the Attorney
As many companies continue to struggle in the face of the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic, some of them can add increased regulatory scrutiny to their list of stressors. Over the last couple of months, the United States Federal Trade Commission and the Food and Drug Administration have issued over 100 warning letters to companies making allegedly
In a joint statement, four federal agencies in consultation with state bank regulators clarified that as a result of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (“2018 Farm Bill”), banks no longer are required to file a Suspicious Activity Report (“SAR”) on customers “solely because they are engaged in the growth or cultivation of hemp.”