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April 24, 2026
The Oregon Health Authority's refusal to allow home-based psilocybin services for terminally ill patients who cannot travel violates federal law, a coalition of disability rights groups have told an Oregon federal court in a brief in favor of broadening the state's psilocybin access program.
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April 24, 2026
A Michigan appellate court panel has restored an Open Meetings Act challenge to a city's recreational marijuana licensing process, ruling its closed-door review of applications for two retail licenses must face further scrutiny even as the court upheld dismissal of claims that an ordinance violated state cannabis law and constitutional protections.
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April 23, 2026
A solar company claims that Colorado's economic loss rule bars a negligence claim from a pair of hemp growers that claim a broken irrigation line caused nearly $200 million in damages to their hemp farm, according to a motion to dismiss filed in Colorado federal court Thursday.
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April 23, 2026
The Michigan Supreme Court has ordered the state's intermediate appeals court to accelerate a closely watched constitutional challenge to the state's 24% cannabis tax that went into effect earlier this year, halting trial court proceedings as the appeal unfolds.
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April 23, 2026
A campaign to repeal the legalization of retail cannabis in Massachusetts via ballot initiative — the first campaign of its kind in the country — has triggered a legal action from cannabis business owners akin to the sort pushed by legalization opponents for years.
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April 23, 2026
An Ohio federal judge has trimmed claims from a securities class action against Scotts Miracle-Gro and several of its executives claiming they misled investors about the lawn and garden care company's inventory levels, debt covenant compliance and financials.
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April 23, 2026
Despite an order from the U.S. Department of Justice loosening federal restrictions on medical marijuana, the Trump administration signaled Thursday that it does not intend for the changes to cannabis regulation to apply retroactively.
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April 23, 2026
Cannabis company Trulieve Inc. has said a rival company's complaint against it lacks any factual basis to support the allegation Trulieve infringed the rival's patents, urging a Florida federal court to throw out the suit.
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April 23, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice published a final order Thursday loosening federal restrictions on medical marijuana products that fall within the ambit of state-regulated programs or have approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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April 22, 2026
The Global Kratom Coalition and a seller of dietary supplements are urging a federal court to block Utah's law reining in the psychoactive products derived from the kratom leaf, arguing it is preempted by federal food and drug laws.
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April 22, 2026
An investor and a cannabis license holder are suing a couple they had hoped would manage a Los Angeles marijuana dispensary for them, claiming in California state court that they instead created $3.4 million in "phantom debt" to steal majority ownership interests in the business and then misappropriate millions.
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April 22, 2026
RJ Reynolds Vapor Co., which produces Vuse e-cigarettes, filed a suit in Delaware federal court seeking a declaration that it does not infringe a patent held by rival VPR Brands.
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April 22, 2026
Virginia legislators on Wednesday rejected Gov. Abigail Spanberger's proposed changes to a bill that would create a regulated cannabis market.
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April 22, 2026
Massachusetts' highest court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Philip Morris USA Inc. to impose rules aimed at curbing big-dollar punitive damages awards, declining to wipe out or further reduce a verdict against the tobacco company that was already slashed from $1 billion to $56 million.
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April 21, 2026
A man who sued a cannabis retailer on allegations he received unsolicited text messages has voluntarily dismissed his Florida federal lawsuit just a month after the company argued the Telephone Consumer Protection Act only covers calls, not texts.
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April 21, 2026
The Seventh Circuit declined Tuesday to revive vaping interest groups' bid to halt enforcement of a Wisconsin law banning sales of e-cigarettes that aren't approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, finding federal law doesn't preempt the state's authority to regulate the marketing and sales of tobacco products.
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April 21, 2026
Federal health regulators have told a D.C. federal judge that anti-pot advocates' attempt to block a program to ease access for Medicare beneficiaries to federally legal hemp products that have small amounts of THC was not bolstered by the addition of a pharmaceutical company as a co-plaintiff.
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April 21, 2026
A lender has asked a New Jersey federal court whether an order that blocked it from seizing a cannabis company's assets or cash amid a dispute over whether the company defaulted on loans applies to any default over the failure to pay the principal and interest due at maturity.
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April 21, 2026
A California-based management company linked to cannabis operations is challenging the IRS over a $4.2 million tax bill, according to a U.S. Tax Court petition, arguing that the company does not traffic in controlled substances that would otherwise bar it from claiming business deductions.
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April 20, 2026
Philip Morris cannot be the only company allowed to not follow a rule requiring cigarette makers to add graphic warnings to their labels, R.J. Reynolds and a coalition of tobacco businesses have told the Eleventh Circuit, suggesting that consumers might assume its cigarettes are safer than theirs.
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April 20, 2026
Utah officials have urged a federal judge not to halt enforcement of a new state law reining in psychoactive products derived from the kratom leaf, saying the policy is necessary for consumer safety and public health and is not preempted by federal law.
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April 20, 2026
Prosecutors can pause U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission fraud claims in New York federal court against convicted corporate raider Paul Bilzerian and his associates as the government's own charges against him, his accountant and a vape company head for an October trial.
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April 20, 2026
President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that his administration would instruct federal agencies to accelerate investigations into new therapies derived from psychedelic drugs and streamline patients' access to the treatments.
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April 17, 2026
A D.C. federal judge told lawyers for an association of marijuana "gifting" shops either to drop their lawsuit challenging the district's new dispensary enforcement scheme or have their members join as parties, after the attorneys conceded that the association had only been formed to bring the litigation.
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April 17, 2026
Rhode Island's Cannabis Control Commission said Friday it's looking at every possible option to undo a federal court's order that has stopped it from awarding recreational cannabis licenses, telling concerned industry leaders that the "extremely volatile and constantly evolving legal landscape" means there is no easy fix.