Welcome back to Higher Law, our weekly briefing on all things cannabis. I’m Cheryl Miller, reporting for Law.com from Sacramento. Welcome to the Biden administration. Cannabis wasn’t the subject of one the new president’s first-day executive orders, but will action be coming soon? I’d be curious to hear your predictions.

This week we’re looking at: Reaction to the USDA’s final hemp rule • Goodwin’s work to release a cannabis offender • a European cannabis lawyer’s move to Latham & Watkins • a deal to provide bank services to California marijuana operators