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Minnesota CBD Bills Pending
St. Paul - Minnesota state legislators recently introduced bills that expressly define cannabidiol (CBD) products as legal derivatives of industrial hemp. CBD is not "marijuana" because it does not contain active amounts of THC, the substance that produces a "high"....
Brownson PLLC Submits Comment to FDA on CBD
On April 23, 2018, Brownson • Norby, PLLC submitted to FDA a comment regarding cannabidiol ("CBD"). Brownson • Norby, PLLC Comment to FDA. The comment was in response to FDA's April 9, 2018 request for input from stakeholders, the cannabis industry, and other...
CBD and the Midwest
This week state authorities from Wisconsin and Michigan issued statements regarding the legal status of CBD, which can be found here: Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Statement and Wisconsin Attorney General Statement Michigan On May 10, 2018,...
Lifto de Mayo CrossFit Competition
Last weekend we finally had some great weather, which was perfect for the Lifto de Mayo CrossFit Competition that we cosponsored. Events included lunging while holding a log on your shoulder, pull-ups and muscle-ups, running, "clusters" and powercleaning a heavy...
Brownson PLLC Obtains Federal Court Rulings in Catholic Diocese Insurance Coverage Cases
Brownson PLLC is pleased to announce that attorneys Robert Brownson and Olivia Cooper, together with their co-counsel from Tressler, LLP in Chicago, successfully defeated an attempt by an alleged victim of catholic priest abuse from being allowed to intervene in two...
FDA and CBD
Earlier this month, on April 9, 2018, FDA published a notice requesting comments from the public on the scheduling of cannabis-related substances ("Cannabis Plant and Resin; Extracts and Tinctures of Cannabis; Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol; Stereoisomers of...
FDA Revises Ingredient Listing Guidance Ahead of Looming Deadline
FDA has released another revision to Ingredient Listing Guidance (found here), which clarifies some longstanding issues surrounding the listing requirements (previously created for traditional tobacco products) as applied to ENDS products. The first major point...
Brownson PLLC Attorneys attend Insurance Coverage Conference
This week, attorneys Bob and Kristi Brownson attended the Perrin Conferences' Insurance Coverage and Allocation Issues Conference. The conference was filled with great content and informed speakers discussing emerging issues and trends impacting the insurance law...
Brownson PLLC Scores Federal Court Insurance Victory
Brownson PLLC is pleased to announce that attorneys Robert Brownson and Olivia Cooper obtained a ruling from the United States District Court in Minnesota granting a Motion for Partial Dismissal on behalf of its insurance company client in an insurance coverage case...
Robert Brownson Assists in Two Important Patent Venue Victories
Brownson PLLC attorney Robert Brownson, acting as co-counsel and local Minnesota counsel in Minnesota Federal Court, represented the Defendants in a patent dispute arising from a claim that Defendants infringed on various patents for the design of electrical...
Asbestos State of Art Reference Library
Brownson PLLC has assembled and maintains a proprietary collection of medical, scientific, and regulatory literature spanning the time period from 1907 to 2001. It is designed to support the state of art defense in asbestos litigation. Unlike other asbestos literature...
SV-40 Database
Robert D. Brownson has compiled the pre-eminent comprehensive database of materials related to Simian Virus 40 (SV-40), a viral contaminant in polio vaccines from the first polio vaccine trials in 1954 to the present. The database, comprising private, public, and...