May 01, 2023
A Hawaii federal judge has thrown out a suit from a hemp seller challenging the state's revision to the definition of hemp, saying the state and its officials have sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment.
December 20, 2022
A hemp company alleging a Hawaii Department of Health rule redefining hemp violates federal law is asking a federal judge not to throw out its suit, saying the 11th Amendment's grant of sovereign immunity doesn't block its claims.
November 28, 2022
A Hawaii federal judge has denied a bid from hemp distributor Duke's Investments LLC seeking to block enforcement of a rule prohibiting the sale of certain types of hemp in the state, saying the rule does not conflict with federal law, and the balance of public interests weighs in favor of allowing the rule to stand.
August 23, 2022
A Hawaii hemp seller is suing the state's Department of Health for $10 million, saying it revised its definition of hemp in violation of federal law under the 2018 Farm Bill, effectively making the seller's products illegal in the state while they are still legal federally.