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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
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October 24, 2025
Curaleaf Urges Block On NJ Pot Shop Union Rule
Curaleaf asked a New Jersey federal judge Friday to block state cannabis industry regulators from making cannabis retailers sign labor peace agreements with unions, saying the requirement treads on the retailers' rights under the National Labor Relations Act.
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October 24, 2025
Cannabis Company Cresco Wants Potency Suit Tossed
Cannabis giant Cresco Labs asked an Illinois federal judge to end a proposed class action accusing it and its subsidiaries of mislabeling their products to get around state-mandated THC potency limits, arguing that this is an issue for state lawmakers to handle, not the judiciary.
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October 24, 2025
Pot Nonprofit Defends Timeliness Of Discrimination Claim
A Black entrepreneur who was denied a marijuana license eight years ago should be allowed to pursue his discrimination lawsuit against the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board, the businessman told a federal court this week, saying he just recently caught wind of the favorable treatment the board gave white-owned businesses over minority-owned ones.
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October 24, 2025
Okla. Drug Enforcers Claim Immunity Against Hemp Seizure Suit
Oklahoma drug enforcers urged a federal judge Friday to dismiss a $4 million lawsuit brought by hemp companies alleging state and local law enforcement wrongfully seized a shipment of federally lawful hemp bound from California to North Carolina.
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October 23, 2025
NY AG Sues Vape Shop Owners For Selling To Kids
New York's attorney general is looking to permanently shut down two smoke shops and ban their owners from ever working in the vape industry again, claiming they flagrantly sold illegal flavored vapes to customers including children, according to a petition filed on Thursday.
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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
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