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April 08, 2026
A Rhode Island federal judge on Wednesday ordered state marijuana regulators to halt social equity and adult-use cannabis licensure while a constitutional challenge from out-of-state entrepreneurs seeking to enter the market plays out.
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April 08, 2026
A group of Texas hemp interests is suing state officials to halt implementation of new regulations restricting the sale of certain hemp products, alleging that the policy unlawfully sidestepped the authority of state lawmakers.
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April 08, 2026
The Federal Circuit on Wednesday backed a decision by the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board that rejected a challenge to a vape company's trademark application, finding that there was no likelihood of confusion between it and another mark.
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April 08, 2026
Lawsuits across the country challenging the constitutionality of state and local cannabis licensure programs continue to move through the federal appellate courts, with judges reaching different conclusions on a topic with broad implications for marijuana regulation.
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April 07, 2026
An attorney's departure, fee disputes and clashes over who actually represents Oklahoma medical marijuana companies has caused a fissure in the litigation seeking to overturn the state's residency requirements, resulting in some plaintiffs being forced to file a separate lawsuit.
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April 07, 2026
There remains no timetable as to when the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will kick off hearings on the merits of a proposal to loosen restrictions on marijuana, according to a status report from the government Monday.
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April 07, 2026
The Illinois-based owner of the Urb vape brand claims it is out over $300,000 after a California company ordered tens of thousands of empty vape devices but never paid for them, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in California federal court.
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April 07, 2026
Insurers have no basis to rescind a $75 million policy issued to a tobacco company alleging it was wrongly denied coverage for $89 million worth of aging tobacco inventory that was destroyed in a tornado, the company told a Tennessee federal court.
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April 07, 2026
A vape distributor and seller are urging the North Carolina Supreme Court not to disturb an appeals court ruling in their favor in a suit over an exploding battery, saying the appeals court rightly applied the "sealed container" defense.
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April 06, 2026
An Alabama smoke shop has agreed to no longer sell alleged knockoffs of Quick Fix, a brand of synthetic urine, according to a joint filing made by the retailer and the brand's maker, which filed suit claiming the counterfeits were hurting its business.
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April 06, 2026
Florida state officials are asking a federal judge to trim a lawsuit seeking to upend a state law imposing residency and citizenship restrictions on paid canvassers affiliated with some sponsors and supporters of ballot initiatives, saying the underlying law has been changed.
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April 06, 2026
A Florida church that has used a federally prohibited psychedelic as part of its rites is asking a federal court to block raids on it after filing suit against the government in February over claims that law enforcement ransacked its Orlando-area sanctuary and detained its members in violation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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April 06, 2026
The U.S. International Trade Commission won't pause the import and sales bans imposed on cannabis vape company Stiiizy while the company pursues an appeal of the agency's patent infringement ruling in its dispute with rival Pax Labs.
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April 06, 2026
Tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co. said one of its in-house attorneys should not be forced to testify in person at an upcoming evidentiary hearing in a royalty fight with rival Philip Morris' parent company, arguing a recording of his deposition is all a North Carolina judge should need.
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April 03, 2026
North Carolina's unregulated market for intoxicating hemp products is a "medical and public safety crisis," said a report by the state's cannabis advisory council, which recommended state lawmakers legalize recreational and medical marijuana and enact rules focused on total THC content, rather than distinguishing between hemp and marijuana.
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April 03, 2026
Makers and distributors of flavored vape brands such as Puff Bar cannot escape New York's lawsuit seeking to hold them liable for the youth vaping epidemic, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, saying the state has adequately claimed the companies misrepresented how safe vaping is.
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April 03, 2026
State lawmakers in Delaware and West Virginia advanced legislation to more tightly regulate kratom products, Missouri and Kentucky legislators considered bills to fund research into the therapeutic uses of the psychedelic ibogaine, and Idaho's Legislature came together to urge voters to reject a medical marijuana legalization proposal that could be on the ballot this November. Here are the major moves in cannabis and psychedelics legislation from the past week.
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April 03, 2026
Law360 is pleased to announce the formation of its 2026 Editorial Advisory Boards.
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April 03, 2026
A wholesaler of electronic cigarette products is owed nearly $5 million in coverage for a warehouse fire that destroyed its inventory, it told an Illinois federal court, saying its insurer has wrongfully refused to pay anything beyond the $1.3 million it already paid for the loss.
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April 03, 2026
A New York federal judge dismissed the bulk of a suit from Advanced Flower Capital Inc. alleging lawyers from Loevy & Loevy misled the lender and breached a $46 million loan agreement, but let the fraud claims against one attorney move forward.
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April 02, 2026
The companies behind nitrous oxide brand Galaxy Gas cannot escape a proposed class action filed by a woman who claims her sister died while inhaling their product, a Florida federal judge ruled, giving the lead plaintiff an opportunity to amend her litigation in federal court.
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April 02, 2026
The Fifth Circuit on Thursday gave federal prosecutors in Mississippi a second chance to prove a defendant in a drug trafficking case voluntarily waived his rights during a police interview because he continued to speak with investigators even after being misled.
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April 02, 2026
A campaign to repeal the legalization of retail cannabis in Massachusetts via ballot initiative — the first campaign of its kind in the country — is uniting legalization advocates, entrepreneurs and industry players in a coordinated response to defeat the effort before it spreads to other states.
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April 02, 2026
A Pepsi worker said Thursday she'll seek Second Circuit review of a New York federal judge's decision to toss her proposed class action alleging the snack and beverage multinational violated federal benefits law when it charged employees who used tobacco more for health insurance.
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April 02, 2026
Cannabis giant Curaleaf violated federal labor law when it refused to bargain with a United Food and Commercial Workers Union local in Massachusetts, the National Labor Relations Board ruled.