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.



Sign up for a 7-day FREE trial today!



Latest News in Cannabis

  • July 02, 2026

    Cannabis Biz, Execs Ordered to Pay $43M In SEC Fraud Case

    A California federal court has ordered a cannabis business and two of its executives to pay nearly $43 million in a suit brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly raising more than $50 million from investors based on what the SEC alleged was "wildly inflated financial information."

  • July 02, 2026

    Colo. Judge Awards $2.75M In Kratom Failure-To-Warn Suit

    A Colorado state judge awarded $2.75 million in damages on Thursday to the parents of a Colorado man who died after using kratom products manufactured and distributed by a Colorado company.

  • July 02, 2026

    Calif. Vape Firm Says Wyoming Hemp Co. Owes $1M

    Two multistate hemp entrepreneurs must be forced to foot the bill for $1 million worth of vape products their company bought, claims a lawsuit filed by a California-based manufacturer that suggests they allowed their company to become administratively dissolved to avoid paying their debts.

  • July 02, 2026

    Legal Risks Of Using AI To Screen Psychedelic Trial Patients

    Though using artificial intelligence to preemptively identify drug trial participants likely to experience placebo effects could produce clearer research results, sponsors will need to be ready for the new legal questions these methods raise about informed consent, accountability for algorithmically derived criteria, and potential bias in data training sets, says Kimberly Chew at Husch Blackwell.

  • July 01, 2026

    Calif. Judge Sends $2M Cannabis Land Dispute To Arbitration

    A Los Angeles County judge has hit pause on a $2.2 million lawsuit accusing a cannabis company of misappropriating an investor's contribution after both sides agreed to take the case to arbitration.

See more Cannabis news

Cannabis

Areas of Coverage

  • 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
  • Tax disputes
  • Challenges to federal or state regulations
  • TRANSACTIONS
  • M&A activity involving cannabis companies
  • Commercial real estate transactions
  • PROFILES
  • Personnel moves
  • Profiles of law firm cannabis practices
  • Federal and state policymakers and lawmakers
  • General counsel interviews

READERSHIP

  • Cannabis lawyers at large to medium-sized law firms and boutiques
  • In-house counsel, compliance officers and executives at cannabis companies
  • Counsel and executives at venture capital and investment firms
  • Policymakers at federal and state agencies
  • Federal and state lawmakers
  • Judges and court staff across the U.S.
  • Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.