August 17, 2026
A Virginia federal judge has refused to block a state law placing new potency caps on THC products, ruling that the hemp businesses opposing the law are unlikely to succeed with claims that the law constitutes an unconstitutional taking.
August 11, 2026
The day before a court hearing on a motion for a temporary restraining order, Virginia officials are urging a federal judge not to halt enforcement of the state's new THC potency caps, saying the hemp businesses' request to do so "rests on a distorted premise."
August 03, 2026
A group of Virginia hemp businesses have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the state's new THC potency caps, which were enacted as part of the budget bill paving the way for a regulated marijuana industry and are due to take effect later this month.