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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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March 14, 2026
Va. Lawmakers Approve Bill To Begin Retail Marijuana Sales
Virginia lawmakers have given final approval to legislation that would tax and regulate the sale of adult-use cannabis, sending the bill to Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger, who is expected to sign it into law and bring to a close a half-decade of legal cannabis limbo for the state.
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March 13, 2026
Cannabis Co. Loses Bid To Merge Rival's Suit With AI Fight
A Florida federal judge has found "there is no basis to consolidate" two lawsuits between medical marijuana company Leafwell and its competitor My Florida Green, concluding Leafwell's lawsuit accusing My Florida Green's counsel of misusing artificial intelligence to wreck Leafwell's business doesn't substantially overlap with My Florida Green's unfair business practice suit against Leafwell and others.
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March 13, 2026
Calif., County, Hemp Co. Vie For Wins In Destruction Suit
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Kern County and its Sheriff's Office, and hemp grower Apothio LLC are pushing for wins in a suit from Apothio alleging that its hemp crop was illegally raided and destroyed.
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March 13, 2026
California Man Claims Vape Battery Caused Severe Burns
A California man alleges in a new federal lawsuit that a vape product he purchased exploded in his pocket, causing "catastrophic" burns, because it was manufactured using the wrong type of battery.
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March 13, 2026
Snoop Dogg Can't Register 'Smoke Weed Everyday' As TM
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected a bid from rapper and cannabis enthusiast Snoop Dogg to register the phrase "Smoke Weed Everyday" as a trademark, saying the phrase is too widely used to be linked to his products, and he can't register a phrase suggesting violations of federal law.
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.