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May 08, 2026
The owners of a New Jersey dispensary are asking a California federal court to disqualify Blank Rome LLP and its attorneys from representing a lender in a $1.6 million loan dispute, because the firm represented them as well and used confidential information in the lender's suit.
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May 07, 2026
A California federal judge has issued final judgments against a pharmaceutical company, its CEO and an affiliate on claims from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that they defrauded investors of $6.6 million, hitting them with more than $2 million in damages and civil penalties.
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May 07, 2026
Ready Mix Naturals LLC is suing a rival vape maker in Nevada federal court, alleging rival Globrands LLC and its subsidiaries are infringing Ready Mix's patents for non-nicotine vape products.
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May 07, 2026
Hemp company Oregon AG Service LLC is suing a logistics company and delivery service in Oregon federal court, alleging that the delivery service stole and then sold for its own profit a hemp shipment valued at $2.5 million.
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May 06, 2026
A Ninth Circuit panel determined Wednesday that federal tobacco regulators acted appropriately when placing the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians on a noncompliance list, concluding the tribe's remote cigarette sales to retailers of other tribes count as "off-reservation" activities covered by California state tax and licensing laws.
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May 06, 2026
A cannabis patent holder urged a Florida federal court to reject Trulieve Inc.'s effort to toss an infringement complaint, arguing that proof of its claims isn't needed when initially filing a lawsuit.
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May 06, 2026
A hemp company run by a North Carolina state lawmaker claims it has more than enough proof — including fake wire transfer confirmations — to show that a group of hemp distributors allegedly cheated it out of more than $1.5 million, the company said, urging a federal court not to throw out its claims.
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May 06, 2026
Altria and Juul are asking a California federal court to pause a case alleging the companies schemed to have Altria exit the e-cigarette market while they appeal a class certification ruling to the Ninth Circuit.
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May 06, 2026
Cresco, Verano and other cannabis companies have secured permanent ends to lawsuits accusing them of mislabeling products to get around state-mandated THC potency limits in Illinois, the latest stipulated dismissals following a swell of favorable court rulings for the industry.
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May 06, 2026
A group of medical cannabis patients are pushing back on a bid from a technology company to dismiss their claims that it shares their medical information with outside vendors, saying they have sufficiently pled their allegations that they did not consent to such sharing and they were injured by the disclosure.
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May 05, 2026
Recreational cannabis users hit some of the industry's largest companies — Cresco Labs, Green Thumb Industries, Verano Holdings and Curaleaf — with two sprawling lawsuits alleging the businesses overcharged for products deceptively marketed as safe and effective treatments for mental health disorders.
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May 05, 2026
A woman leading a proposed class action alleging Tilray Brands Inc. misleads consumers about the protein content of its hemp powders is pushing back against the company's dismissal bid, saying its latest motion is based on inadmissible evidence in the form of website printouts and other outside materials.
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May 05, 2026
A Utah federal judge on Tuesday refused to block a new state law banning sales of psychoactive products derived from the kratom leaf the day before the law takes effect, finding that the new restrictions aren't barred by federal law.
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May 05, 2026
A Travelers Property Casualty Corp. unit is suing two of its insureds in California federal court, seeking a declaration that its insurance policies don't cover defense and indemnity of suits over a deadly explosion allegedly caused by an illegal cannabis operation.
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May 04, 2026
Cannabis giant Cresco Labs Inc. has brought a permanent end to a proposed class action accusing it of mislabeling products to get around state-mandated THC potency limits in Illinois, securing a stipulated dismissal following a wave of unfavorable court rulings against consumers.
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May 04, 2026
Massachusetts' highest court on Monday was critical of the summary for a ballot proposal to reduce the state income tax during a trio of oral arguments on voter initiatives, including separate measures to repeal recreational marijuana legalization and to eliminate one-party primary elections.
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May 04, 2026
Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency officials have asked a federal judge to toss a whistleblower suit filed by a former dispensary employee, arguing they have qualified immunity through the Eleventh Amendment.
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May 04, 2026
Three Democrats in the North Carolina Senate introduced legislation Monday that proposes putting the decriminalization of both recreational and medical marijuana on the ballot come the November elections.
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May 04, 2026
Two former Fox Rothschild LLP partners and cannabis attorneys have moved their practice to Blank Rome LLP's corporate, mergers and acquisitions and securities group in the West Palm Beach, Florida, office that it launched this spring, the firm announced Monday.
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May 04, 2026
A secured creditor of The Cannabist Co. Holdings Inc. has objected to the debtor's bid for Chapter 15 recognition of its Canadian insolvency proceeding, arguing that doing so would be contrary to U.S. public policy since it would allow the debtor to monetize cannabis-related assets.
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May 04, 2026
The maker of Thesis Nootropics supplements is asking a New York federal court to throw out claims that it falsely advertises its products as ADHD medications, saying the plaintiff hasn't sufficiently alleged she ever saw the advertisements or even used the products.
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May 04, 2026
A Los Angeles cannabis-infused edibles producer has agreed to pay $50,000 to end a Proposition 65 lawsuit accusing the company of deliberately hiding the state-required warning with a peel-back product label, with most of the money going to the plaintiff's lawyer.
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May 01, 2026
The federal Gun Control Act's prohibition on cannabis users possessing firearms does not preempt New Jersey's cannabis legalization law, a New Jersey state appeals court ruled Friday, rejecting Jersey City's bid to use the federal law to justify the firing of two police officers who tested positive for cannabinoids.
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May 01, 2026
Michigan cannabis dispensary chain Joyology is suing a beach town, alleging in a federal complaint that local officials put at risk the company's ability to open a location there through the "arbitrary and inconsistent enforcement" of its zoning ordinances.
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May 01, 2026
A Florida jury heard in opening arguments Friday that a woman who died of lung cancer after smoking R.J. Reynolds cigarettes was a victim of the severely addictive nature of nicotine, something her lawyers said even the U.S. surgeon general didn't acknowledge until 1988.