Arkansas AG’ office files letter, apprising the court about recent district court rulings rejecting preemption challenges to state hemp laws that are stricter than federal law.

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Neil M. Willner- Co-chair, Cannabis Group at Royer Cooper Cohen Braun

He writes

In the BioGen v. Sarah Huckabee Sanders hashtag#hemp litigation (now on appeal in the 8th Circuit), the Arkansas AG’ office filed a letter, apprising the court about recent district court rulings rejecting preemption challenges to state hashtag#hemp laws that are stricter than federal law.

For anyone keeping up with the nearly two-dozen hemp lawsuits across the country, this letter is a handy rundown of the latest rulings and what’s happening. The actions mentioned include:

HW Premium CBD, LLC v. Reynolds, — F. Supp. 3d —, 2024 WL 3548320 (S.D. Iowa July 25, 2024);

Green Room LLC v. Wyoming, No. 24-cv-128 (D. Wyo. July 19, 2024);

Hemp Quarters 605 LLC v. Noem, No. 3:24-CV-03016, 2024 WL 3250461 (D.S.D. June 29, 2024); and

 AK Indus. Hemp Ass’n, Inc. v. Alaska Dep’t of Nat. Res., No. 23-cv253, 2023 WL 8935020 (D. Alaska Dec. 27, 2023)