June 30, 2026
Cannabis giant Ascend Wellness Holdings Inc. is urging an Illinois federal court to throw out claims from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that a class of unnamed women employees faced constant sexual harassment, saying the complaint is too vague for the company to be on notice for what it has to defend against.
March 30, 2026
Male employees at an Illinois cannabis dispensary sexually harassed their female colleagues on a "near-daily" basis, which forced at least one woman to quit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a federal court Monday.