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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

  • October 06, 2026

    NC Biz Court Bulletin: Monopoly Suit Setback, Historic Deal

    The North Carolina Business Court rounded the corner into fall with a setback for residents in an antitrust class action, a historic settlement in "forever chemical" contamination litigation and a raft of new restrictive covenant complaints.

  • October 06, 2026

    Couple Says NJ Pot Farm Owes $1.36M In Loans, Back Pay

    Multistate cannabis operator Grasshopper Farms and its CEO are accused of flaking on loans and other obligations totaling more than $1.36 million by a New Jersey couple who invited them to open a 20-acre indoor cannabis cultivation facility on their land in Galloway Township, according to a lawsuit removed to federal court.

  • October 06, 2026

    Cato, NRA Back Review Of Gun Ban For Nonviolent Felons

    Some four months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a gun ownership ban for drug users is unconstitutional as applied to a marijuana user, gun rights advocates are urging the high court to expand the finding to those convicted of nonviolent marijuana crimes.

  • October 06, 2026

    Novolex Accused Of Firing Worker Over Medical Pot Use

    Specialty packaging manufacturer Novolex was hit with a gender discrimination and wrongful termination lawsuit by a man who claims his supervisor harassed him for his long hair, calling him a girl, and later fired him for marijuana use despite his having a medical cannabis permit.

  • October 06, 2026

    10th Circ. Revives Prosecution Of Utah Psilocybin Church

    The Tenth Circuit has revived a state court prosecution against a Utah church that uses the psychedelic psilocybin as a sacrament, saying the enforcement action did not violate religious freedoms and a lower district judge erred by halting it.

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