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Operation Vape Trail: Smoke Shop Charges, Seizures & DEA Laws

October 14, 2025

DEA Targets Smoke Shops Selling THC and Hemp Products in “Operation Vape Trail” Business owners selling THC vapes, kratom, and other smoke shop products are increasingly being targeted for arrest and civil asset seizures by federal law enforcement agencies. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), for example, recently put out a press release announcing that it […]

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Hemp Update: Department of Agriculture rules that retail shops can sell Hemp “Pre-Rolls”

October 13, 2025

Hemp Update: Department of Agriculture rules that retail shops can sell Hemp “Pre-Rolls” Our firm recently submitted a request for a declaratory ruling from the Georgia Department of Agriculture requesting their position on different issues arising under Georgia’s new hemp laws, including whether hemp cigarettes (“pre-rolls”) are legal to sell in Georgia. Specifically, we asked…

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Our Firm Files RICO Lawsuit Against Hemp Wholesaler that Sold “Hot” THCA Flower

October 10, 2025

This week, our firm filed an unprecedented lawsuit under the Georgia RICO Act against a large wholesaler of smoke shop products in the metro Atlanta area after the wholesaler’s “hemp” products caused our client’s retail store to get raided, his assets seized, and his employee arrested. Our firm brought the lawsuit as a counterclaim by […]

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Church Law Firm Helps Client Avoid Deportation and Decades in Prison in Human Trafficking and Money Laundering Case

September 1, 2025

Our client’s restaurant, Sabor a Mexico, which remains open to this day Our client, a restaurant owner and longtime permanent resident in Atlanta, was facing serious federal charges in two different districts–he was charged with federal money laundering in the Southern District of Texas in Houston, and he and his wife were charged with alien […]

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Federal Prosecutors in Washington DC to Seek More Serious Charges, Harsher Sentences

August 25, 2025

On August 19, 2025, the new U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C. announced a policy requiring prosecutors to pursue the most serious charges and seek the harshest available sentences in federal court. This shift means many cases once handled locally in D.C. Superior Court will now face federal prosecution, exposing defendants to tougher sentencing guidelines, mandatory minimums, and red…

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