Speaker:

Shane Pennington, Partner, Blank Rome LLP

Discussion Points

• Path to rescheduling; the options for President Trump

• An entirely new rulemaking process?

• Or just complete the one started by the President Biden’s DOJ

• How could the process be expedited • Potential timeline? Potential legal challenges?

• What about descheduling? And or federally legalizing medical cannabis?

About Shane Pennington

Shane counsels clients on federal regulatory issues involving a number of industries, including energy, pharmaceuticals, controlled substances, aviation, and agriculture. A former law clerk to federal judges on the D.C. Circuit, the Fifth Circuit, and the D.C. District Court, Shane brings unique insight and strategic thinking to assist clients facing complex regulatory issues.

Rated “One to Watch” and a “Rising Star” in appellate law by The Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers, respectively, Shane has argued cases in the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First, Fifth, Ninth, and D.C. Circuits, securing landmark results for clients. In a series of cases on behalf of veterans and scientists, for example, Shane raised a novel claim under the Freedom of Information Act to uncover a secret 2018 Opinion of the Office of Legal Counsel that revealed the unlawfulness of a longstanding agency policy that had obstructed cannabis research for over half a century. Shane regularly litigates cases concerning federal and state agencies that involve the Administrative Procedure Act; the Controlled Substances Act; and the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.

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