June 23, 2022
U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Davis Wright Tremaine LLP have settled a Freedom of Information Act suit the firm filed over reports the agency decided Canadian cannabis workers weren't eligible to enter the U.S., which led to an overturned internal document contradicting officials.
May 10, 2022
A 2018 U.S. Customs and Border Protection document recently disclosed amid a lawsuit filed by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP indicates that foreign nationals working in legal cannabis industries aren't inadmissible to the U.S., despite statements to the contrary from CBP officials.
July 29, 2021
A Washington federal judge declined to require U.S. Customs and Border Protection to show cause why it should not be held in contempt for allegedly ignoring his order to search for documents related to its marijuana policy, telling Davis Wright Tremaine LLP that he is "comfortable" the agency undertook a "reasonable search."
October 26, 2020
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP told a Washington federal judge that U.S. Customs and Border Protection should be forced to explain why it has been ignoring his order to search for documents detailing the agency's policy toward foreigners who work in the marijuana industry.
October 02, 2020
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP will ask a Washington federal judge to hold U.S. Customs and Border Patrol in contempt as the two fight over documents outlining the agency's policy toward foreigners who work in the cannabis industry, the firm said Thursday.
June 17, 2020
A Washington federal judge has partially granted Davis Wright Tremaine LLP's summary judgment motion in its FOIA suit against U.S. Customs and Border Protection, ordering the agency to turn over documents related to workers in the legal cannabis industry.
March 16, 2020
U.S. Customs and Border Protection told a Washington federal court that it has handed over all the documents it can to a law firm seeking details on entry bans for Canadian marijuana industry players, which the agency said should close the book on Davis Wright Tremaine LLP's open records suit.
March 07, 2019
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on Wednesday sued U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Washington federal court for allegedly failing to timely produce documents related to whether individuals are being denied entry into the United States because of ties to the cannabis industry.