-
March 23, 2026
A North Carolina industrial hemp distributor has urged a federal judge to toss counterclaims lobbed against it from a state lawmaker's CBD company, alleging that all the fraud claims are too "wide-ranging" and "scatter-shot" to pass muster.
-
March 23, 2026
Oregon's liquor and cannabis authority has defeated, for now, a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by its deputy director who was fired in the wake of a liquor scandal, with a federal judge saying the ex-employee's choice to retire doesn't prove the existence of some unwritten separation agreement.
-
March 23, 2026
Connecticut's consumer protection agency has agreed to halve a $1 million fee for a marijuana dispensary, reaching a settlement that ends a dispute accusing state officials of missing a number of important deadlines, triggering the fee in the first place.
-
March 23, 2026
Members of Congress have reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would create a safe harbor for state-regulated marijuana businesses to access traditional business services without threat of federal enforcement and potentially be listed on securities exchanges.
-
March 20, 2026
The federal government is on the hook for more than $2 million in attorney fees following a settlement with a Phoenix-based church over its right to use the psychedelic beverage ayahuasca in religious ceremonies, a divided Ninth Circuit panel said in an unpublished opinion Friday.
-
March 20, 2026
New York's intermediate appellate court has upheld the dismissal of a challenge to the state law that legalized adult-use cannabis, saying that legalization was not preempted by federal drug policy.
-
March 20, 2026
A Rhode Island federal judge said Friday she was compelled to find that the U.S. Constitution's dormant commerce clause applied to federally unlawful recreational marijuana in a case challenging the state's plan for awarding retail cannabis licenses.
-
March 20, 2026
A man suing a Chinese vape manufacturer is pushing back against its efforts to dismiss the suit from North Carolina federal court, arguing that its marketing and sale of vapes in the state put it within the court's jurisdiction.
-
March 19, 2026
The new manager of a Los Angeles cannabis dispensary is suing state and city agencies in California state court to stop them from shutting down the business over a $4.9 million unpaid tax bill incurred by old management, arguing the agencies are acting arbitrarily and denying the managerial company due process.
-
March 19, 2026
Virginia lawmakers last week gave final approval to legislation that would tax and regulate the sale of adult-use cannabis, Georgia legislators passed a dramatic expansion of the state's medical cannabis program, and Iowa lawmakers approved a bill to designate kratom as a Schedule I substance. Here are the major moves in cannabis and psychedelics legislation from the past week.
-
March 19, 2026
Cannabis companies behind the Stiiizy brand are suing a San Diego-based retailer seeking $1.26 million, claiming in a state court lawsuit that they gave inventory and payroll funding, but the shop operator never paid it back.
-
March 18, 2026
A hemp and CBD company run by North Carolina State Rep. John Bell won't get a default win on its $1.6 million counterclaim against Texas-based ex-business partners who accused it of stealing trade secrets and using political connections to threaten their executives with jail time, a North Carolina federal judge has ruled.
-
March 18, 2026
An Oregon federal judge Tuesday rejected the state's health regulator's bid for a favorable judgment in a suit brought under federal antidiscrimination law, seeking to broaden access for homebound patients to the state's regulated psilocybin program.
-
March 18, 2026
A California attorney who has challenged cannabis social equity programs in numerous jurisdictions asked the entire Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to reconsider whether the U.S. Constitution's dormant commerce clause applies to federally illegal marijuana.
-
March 18, 2026
The maker and a seller of Zone nicotine pouches are suing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in Texas federal court, alleging the agency stalled and eventually refused to file their marketing application, despite federal law requiring the FDA to either approve or deny such applications.
-
March 18, 2026
An Illinois appeals court has rejected a neighbors group's challenge to a special-use permit granted to a Chicago dispensary, finding that a lower court correctly found that the group lacked standing to challenge the zoning board's decision.
-
March 17, 2026
MariMed and other cannabis companies beat claims they intentionally mislabeled their products to sidestep Illinois THC potency limits, with a federal judge highlighting the string of consumer-led suit losses and warning counsel to "heed the strong and universal concerns about the plausibility of their legal theories."
-
March 17, 2026
A man who claims a Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. battery exploded in his pocket is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to revive his case, arguing the Fifth Circuit wrongly applied an exception that allows companies to evade jurisdiction in states where they do business by claiming they marketed the products to manufacturers, not consumers.
-
March 17, 2026
A Michigan federal judge Tuesday shot down the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's bid for summary judgment against a man the agency accused of orchestrating a $2 million cannabis crowdfunding fraud, finding the case might be better suited for settlement talks.
-
March 17, 2026
The U.S. Department of Defense has asked a federal judge to toss a challenge brought by a former defense contractor who alleged his constitutional rights were violated when he lost his employment following his refusal to answer questions about his past cannabis use.
-
March 17, 2026
A former Jushi Holdings Inc. executive who claimed a cannabis company fired him in retaliation for compliance with safety standards told a Florida federal court he has settled his suit.
-
March 17, 2026
Employees working for Chicago's first medical cannabis dispensary and represented by a Teamsters local have ratified a five-year collective bargaining agreement with the business, the union announced.
-
March 16, 2026
An ex-employee of a Seattle cannabis shop has filed a sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit against the company, alleging she was fired after complaining about a co-worker's inappropriate comments and the store's illegal sales to minors.
-
March 16, 2026
The former chief financial officer of a cannabis cultivator and distributor has agreed to pay nearly $1.1 million to settle out of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission allegations the business raised over $30 million from more than 100 investors on the strength of "wildly inflated financial information."
-
March 16, 2026
A man charged with driving under the influence and other offenses after using caffeine and the herbal stimulant kratom cannot argue his case should be dismissed since he wasn't using controlled substances, the Pennsylvania Superior Court said Monday, reversing a lower court.