Cannabis

Cannabis Law360 provides breaking news and analysis of emerging and evolving legal issues surrounding cannabis. Coverage ranges from regulatory and policy concerns facing the industry to the business of lawyers who counsel cannabis companies. Among the practice areas covered are intellectual property, mergers & acquisitions and employment.



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Latest News in Cannabis

  • July 10, 2026

    Esco Bar Maker, FDA End Vape Suit Without Prejudice

    The manufacturer behind the popular vape brand Esco Bar has agreed to end its lawsuit accusing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of unfairly rejecting its $7 million application seeking permission to sell more than 100 vape products, with a federal judge sitting by designation in Texas accepting a stipulated dismissal.

  • July 10, 2026

    Patient Says Data Suit Against Medical Pot Co. Should Go On

    A medical marijuana dispensary accused of clandestinely tracking and sharing online user health data with Google shouldn't be allowed to escape a proposed class action, a patient has told a Florida federal court, arguing that a disclaimer within its website's privacy policy doesn't automatically mean users consented to the conduct.

  • July 10, 2026

    4th Circ. Upholds Sentence Hike Despite 'Murky' WV Records

    The Fourth Circuit on Friday upheld a West Virginia man's 15-year prison term for illegal gun possession and witness tampering, rejecting his argument that his prior conviction for cultivating marijuana should not have counted as a sentence-lengthening "controlled substance offense."

  • July 10, 2026

    Mass. Pot Repeal Measure Faces Signature Integrity Challenge

    Massachusetts cannabis business interests have filed a legal objection, challenging the integrity of signatures gathered in favor of putting a petition to repeal retail marijuana legalization before voters this fall.

  • July 09, 2026

    Cookies Retail Led Dispensary Into $1.9M Tax Crisis, Suit Says

    Six entrepreneurs alleged in a California state court lawsuit that cannabis giant Cookies Retail pushed them out of their dispensary and took control over its bank accounts, leaving the retail shop saddled with nearly $2 million in unpaid taxes.

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  • AGENCIES
  • U.S. Food & Drug Administration
  • Federal Trade Commission
  • Drug Enforcement Agency
  • U.S. Department of the Treasury
  • California Bureau of Cannabis Control
  • Department of Health & Human Services
  • Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
  • U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
  • U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
  • U.S. Department of Justice
  • State and international regulators
  • POLICY & REGULATION
  • SAFE Banking Act
  • STATES Act
  • Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement, or MORE, Act
  • Section 280E of the Internal Revenue Code
  • Rohrabacher–Farr amendment
  • Bank Secrecy Act
  • Federal and state legislation
  • ENFORCEMENT
  • FDA and FTC actions over cannabis’s purported health claims
  • IRS actions against cannabis companies
  • Antitrust investigations
  • Financial regulatory actions
  • Federal criminal matters
  • State enforcement actions
  • LITIGATION
  • Civil RICO actions brought against cannabis concerns
  • Employment disputes
  • Securities class actions
  • Intellectual property matters
  • Consumer class actions
  • Bankruptcy
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  • Federal and state lawmakers
  • Judges and court staff across the U.S.
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