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PartnerSeth A. Goldberg is a partner in the firm’s Litigation practice who focuses on complex commercial litigation, including trials, arbitrations, and appeals. He leads the firm’s Philadelphia office.
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President Trump has issued an Executive Order directing the reclassification of marijuana from a Schedule I controlled substance to a schedule III controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act. The EO does not legalize cannabis federally. Instead, it acknowledges that cannabis has some potential health benefits and should be treated like a medicine along the lines of Tylenol with codeine and thereby removes the harsh criminal penalties under Schedule I. Because of the rescheduling, cannabis will be subject to the Food, Drugs and Cosmetics Act and will need to received ...
Published in the National Law Review, December 15, 2025
Introduction: Marijuana and Hemp Distinguished
The legal landscape of cannabis in the United States has undergone dramatic changes over the past three decades. Central to these developments is the distinction between marijuana and hemp—both varieties of Cannabis sativa L.
The Controlled Substances Act of 1970 (CSA) classified all cannabis as Schedule I 'marijuana,' a substance deemed to have high abuse potential and no accepted medical use. Despite this, state-level reforms began in 1996 with California’s ...
Originally published in Law360 on 8.8.25
Seth A. Goldberg, partner in the firm’s Litigation practice and co-chair of the firm’s Cannabis & Hemp Law practice, and Samantha T. Alexander, partner in the firm’s Corporate & Business Law, Commercial Real Estate, and Cannabis & Hemp Law practices, recently co-authored an article in Law360 titled, “The Evolving Legal Landscape For THC-Infused Beverages” that discusses the proliferation of THC-infused beverages, how they are currently regulated under federal and state law, and legal challenges and potential federal and ...
Adult-use cannabis may at long last arrive in Pennsylvania. Senate Bill 120, sponsored by Senator Dan Laughlin (R), Senator Sharif Street (D) and others, dropped today (July 10, 2025), and it provides for the legalization of cannabis for adult-use in Pennsylvania. The text of SB 120 can be found here. The Bill is comprehensive in scope, sweeps in medical marijuana, and appears to reflect years of learning from the current PA medical marijuana program and adult-use and medical programs in other states. Among its noteworthy provisions are the establishment of a standalone (not part ...
Originally published in Beverage Digest on 5.5.25
Seth A. Goldberg, partner in the firm’s Commercial Litigation practice and co-chair of the firm’s Cannabis & Hemp Law practice, was featured in a Q&A with Beverage Digest titled, “What’s Behind U.S. Surge of THC Beverage Launches?” The article discusses the proliferation of beverages that contain psychoactive substances that occur naturally in or are manufactured from hemp and marijuana, and the spectrum of risks manufacturers should consider in assessing whether to enter or expand into THC-infused beverages, and ...
In Medical Marijuana Inc. et al. v. Horn, case number 23-365, the Supreme Court of the United States expanded the range of damages that could be sought under Civil RICO to include economic injuries resulting from a personal injury and those damages could be trebled under RICO. While the case is cannabis-related because the plaintiff alleged that he lost his job when he tested positive for THC resulting after ingesting mislabeled CBD products, the effect of this decision is industry agnostic. At first blush, it would seem this decision could open the floodgates for RICO claims because ...
