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August 06, 2026
A New York federal judge has given his initial blessing to a $10 million deal that would end an investor-led securities fraud lawsuit against cannabis company Cronos Group Inc. and its executives, which accused them of artificially inflating company revenue by improperly recording "round-trip" transactions as sales.
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August 06, 2026
The U.S. International Trade Commission has upheld a judge's ruling that Altria cannot raise its primary infringement theory in a vape patent case against rival Juul Labs, finding that the issue had already been resolved in a prior case where the ITC cleared Juul on different patents.
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August 06, 2026
Missouri officials asked a federal judge to throw out a suit challenging new regulations on intoxicating cannabinoid products, saying the hemp coalition and other companies that sued to block the law haven't shown they have standing.
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August 05, 2026
The companies behind Posh, a well-known disposable vape brand, have agreed to pay Illinois $20 million and to halt sales of the e-cigarettes in the state, ending a lawsuit that accused them of marketing unapproved nicotine to minors, with a Chicago judge signing off on the consent decree.
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August 05, 2026
A Massachusetts state court judge has ordered a Boston suburb to refund $2.4 million in fees it collected from cannabis retailers, saying the city of Newton failed to show the fees were tethered to the costs of hosting the businesses.
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August 05, 2026
The family of a man who died following a chaotic ICE raid last summer at a cannabis farm has sued the U.S. government for negligence in California federal court, alleging that law enforcement agents used excessive force during the incident and prevented him from receiving timely treatment by medical personnel.
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August 05, 2026
Shareholders leading a derivative action against executives and directors of the online cannabis marketplace Weedmaps' parent company are asking a California federal court to approve a settlement to end claims the executives inflated user numbers to bump up the stock price.
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August 04, 2026
A trio of hemp interests have brought a new federal lawsuit against Texas officials challenging the constitutionality of new state-led restrictions redesignating intoxicating hemp products as Schedule I substances.
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August 04, 2026
A federal judge set aside a default order against a Washington cannabis grower that failed to timely answer counterclaims in a dispute over a multimillion-dollar hemp biomass purchase agreement, finding the company's late filing was due to attorney and staff error rather than willful misconduct.
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August 04, 2026
A bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general is urging Congress not to approve language in a pending continuing resolution that would delay the implementation of a ban on virtually all intoxicating hemp products for one month.
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August 03, 2026
Three entrepreneurs face claims they misused $1.1 million in seed money meant to launch a Merced, California, cannabis cultivation facility, according to a lawsuit filed by an investor who says the grow site never materialized and the funds were diverted for personal use.
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August 03, 2026
Vape companies challenging a Pennsylvania law that would make it illegal to sell most e-cigarettes are going to have to address rulings by the Fourth and Eighth Circuits, which largely upheld nearly identical state bans in North Carolina and Iowa, according to a federal judge.
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August 03, 2026
An April order changing the legal classifications of some medical marijuana products actually undermines a New Mexico marijuana company's bid to claim some business deductions rather than supporting it, the Internal Revenue Service told the U.S. Tax Court.
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August 03, 2026
A group of Virginia hemp businesses have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the state's new THC potency caps, which were enacted as part of the budget bill paving the way for a regulated marijuana industry and are due to take effect later this month.
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July 31, 2026
Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2026, our list of more than 160 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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July 31, 2026
There's no good reason to block Pennsylvania from enforcing a statewide ban on most vape products, the commonwealth has told a Pennsylvania federal court, saying many appeals courts across the country have come to the same conclusion that such laws are constitutional.
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July 31, 2026
Cannabis giant Verano Holdings Corp. filed a lawsuit Friday challenging a provision of New Jersey's cannabis law requiring labor peace agreements between cannabis operators and their employers, arguing that a federal judge has already declared that the requirement is invalid.
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July 31, 2026
A coalition of more than a dozen hemp beverage manufacturers is seeking to block enforcement of a new Ohio law that reclassified the products as "marijuana," at least the second federal lawsuit to challenge the new state policy.
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July 31, 2026
A Washington federal judge has thrown out a suit by the Canadian CEO of a cannabis company and two of his employees alleging they were wrongly denied entry to the U.S. because they work in the industry, saying a Court of International Trade ruling allowed the company's merchandise to enter the country, but not its employees.
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July 30, 2026
A divided Fourth Circuit on Thursday refused to block a new North Carolina law that regulates and prohibits the sale of certain e-cigarette or "vape" products, saying a coalition of vape retailers and manufacturers are not likely to prevail on their theory that the statute is preempted by federal law.
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July 30, 2026
Cannabis retail chain Velvet Holdings Inc. claims it is out millions of dollars after a contractor abandoned a storefront project, resulting in Los Angeles building officials refusing to certify the location and leading to the loss of its lease and cannabis licenses, according to a California state lawsuit.
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July 30, 2026
Iowa can start enforcing a state law that restricts the sale of some e-cigarettes, after the Eighth Circuit on Thursday determined that the policy was not preempted by federal tobacco law and overturned a lower court's ruling that blocked officials from implementing it.
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July 30, 2026
An Ohio appeals court has ruled that even though marijuana is legal in the state, law enforcement can use visible signs of the drug's use as probable cause to search a vehicle, as driving while intoxicated is still a crime.
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July 29, 2026
A divided Tenth Circuit panel ruled Wednesday that a lower court should not have denied class certification to consumers who claimed Santa Fe Natural Tobacco falsely implied its Natural American Spirit cigarettes were safer than others, saying the court erroneously rejected their damages model as common proof of causation and damages.
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July 29, 2026
A Florida appellate court on Wednesday sided with a county for terminating a firefighter-paramedic who tested positive for cannabis in a random drug screen, saying he wasn't entitled to a workplace accommodation for having a medical marijuana card.