March 30, 2026
A Maryland federal judge has thrown out a challenge by hemp sellers, farmers and a consumer to Maryland's new rules requiring a cannabis license to sell intoxicating hemp products, finding that the state officials have sovereign immunity.
September 17, 2025
A group of hemp companies challenging Maryland's cannabis policies told a federal judge Tuesday that they plan to appeal a pair of recent adverse rulings, citing in part a new federal appellate ruling that pot sellers are entitled to constitutional protections.
August 12, 2025
The state of Maryland and its regulators are urging a federal court to toss hemp companies' challenge to a state regulation requiring licenses for intoxicating hemp-derived products, saying the claims are blocked by sovereign immunity under the 11th Amendment.
July 31, 2025
A Maryland federal judge has declined to halt enforcement of a state policy that requires hemp retailers to obtain recreational cannabis licenses, saying the hemp interests that sought the injunction lacked standing and were unlikely to succeed on their claims.
July 08, 2025
The Baltimore Police Department wants out of a lawsuit filed by hemp businesses and buyers seeking to upend a Maryland law that would require retailers to get recreational cannabis licenses to buy and sell hemp products, arguing that the department isn't responsible for the legislation.
June 17, 2025
A group of Maryland hemp interests is urging a federal court to halt enforcement of a state policy which would require retailers to obtain recreational cannabis licenses to buy and sell hemp products, which they say is impossible to do.
June 03, 2025
A group of hemp businesses and buyers is suing Maryland and its cannabis regulator, saying the state is using a 2023 law and licensing scheme to push the companies out of the market by only allowing licensed marijuana dispensaries to sell federally legal hemp products.