Federal health regulators have told a D.C. federal judge that anti-pot advocates' attempt to block a program to ease access for Medicare beneficiaries to federally legal hemp products that have small amounts of THC was not bolstered by the addition of a pharmaceutical company as a co-plaintiff.
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TOP NEWS

Feds Say Pot Foes Lack Standing To Stop CMS Hemp Program

By Sam Reisman

Federal health regulators have told a D.C. federal judge that anti-pot advocates' attempt to block a program to ease access for Medicare beneficiaries to federally legal hemp products that have small amounts of THC was not bolstered by the addition of a pharmaceutical company as a co-plaintiff.

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Lender Asks If Weed Co. Cash-Seizure Ban Applies At Maturity

By George Woolston

A lender has asked a New Jersey federal court whether an order that blocked it from seizing a cannabis company's assets or cash amid a dispute over whether the company defaulted on loans applies to any default over the failure to pay the principal and interest due at maturity.

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Pot Management Co. Says It's Allowed Biz Tax Deduction

By Kat Lucero

A California-based management company linked to cannabis operations is challenging the IRS over a $4.2 million tax bill, according to a U.S. Tax Court petition, arguing that the company does not traffic in controlled substances that would otherwise bar it from claiming business deductions.

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LITIGATION

7th Circ. Says Fed. Laws Don't Preempt Wis. Vape Sale Ban

By Gina Kim

The Seventh Circuit declined Tuesday to revive vaping interest groups' bid to halt enforcement of a Wisconsin law banning sales of e-cigarettes that aren't approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, finding federal law doesn't preempt the state's authority to regulate the marketing and sales of tobacco products. 

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Plaintiff Drops Pot Co. Spam Text Suit

By Jonathan Capriel

A man who sued a cannabis retailer on allegations he received unsolicited text messages has voluntarily dismissed his Florida federal lawsuit just a month after the company argued the Telephone Consumer Protection Act only covers calls, not texts.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On ESI Control

Several recent federal court decisions have perpetuated a split over what constitutes “control” of electronically stored information — with judges divided on whether the standard should turn on a party's legal right or practical ability to obtain the information, say attorneys at Sidley.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Some Firms Break Lobbying Revenue Records Again

By Alison Knezevich

After raking in record-breaking federal lobbying revenue last year, several firms reported this week that they had their strongest quarter ever in the first three months of 2026, with practice leaders predicting another busy period ahead as midterms approach.

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Breyer Says 'Shadow Docket' Not A Top Court Power Grab

By Carolyn Muyskens

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said Tuesday that the rise of the so-called shadow docket is a consequence of the post-COVID era and not a bid to usurp influence by the high court. 

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Sullivan & Cromwell Alerts SDNY To AI Errors In Ch. 15 Case

By Andrea Keckley

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP told a New York bankruptcy judge Saturday that an emergency motion it filed in Prince Global Holdings Ltd.'s Chapter 15 case contained several inaccurate citations and other errors, including what the firm described as artificial intelligence "hallucinations."

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Pillsbury Unlawfully Fired Pregnant Recruiter, Bias Suit Says

By Lauren Berg

The former Black female director for associate recruiting at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP says she was unlawfully fired just weeks after disclosing her high-risk pregnancy to her supervisor, according to her discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed Tuesday in Tennessee federal court.

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WDTX Judge Albright Stepping Down At End Of Summer

By Dani Kass

U.S. District Judge Alan Albright is resigning after nearly eight years presiding over cases in the Western District of Texas, Law360 confirmed Tuesday.

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Ex-Wis. Judge Argues ICE Case Reversal Backs Her Acquittal

By Craig Clough

Former state Judge Hannah Dugan asked a Wisconsin federal judge Tuesday to reconsider an order not to overturn her felony obstruction conviction for directing a defendant in her courtroom away from immigration agents, arguing the Fourth Circuit recently reversed a decision the trial court repeatedly relied upon.

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Warsh Rejects Claim He'd Be Trump's 'Sock Puppet' At Fed

By Jon Hill

Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh sought at his Tuesday confirmation hearing to rebut Democratic accusations that he would be a White House "sock puppet," distancing himself from President Donald Trump's calls for rate cuts and downplaying their significance.

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Copyright Head Touts 6,000 Registrations Of Human-AI Works

By Theresa Schliep

The U.S. Copyright Office has issued more than 6,000 registrations for works that incorporate artificial intelligence-generated materials and follow the agency's guidance for combined human-made and AI-created works, U.S. Copyright Office leader Shira Perlmutter said Tuesday.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Abiomed Inc.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations

American Postal Workers Union

BGR Government Affairs LLC

Ballard Partners Inc.

Burke Inc.

Cox Communications Inc.

FCA US LLC

Harvard University

Maquet GmbH

Smart Approaches to Marijuana

Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Adams & Reese

Akin Gump

Boies Schiller

Bracewell LLP

Brownstein Hyatt

DLA Piper

Dynamis LLP

Eversheds Sutherland

Fish & Richardson

Gimbel Reilly

Godfrey & Kahn

Gray Cary

Greenspoon Marder

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Knight

Just Food Law PLLC

K&L Gates

Kobre & Kim

Law Offices of Jibrael S. Hindi

Marino Tortorella

Pillsbury Winthrop

Quinn Emanuel

Sidley Austin

Squire Patton

Strang Bradley

Sullivan & Cromwell

Thompson Hine

Willkie Farr

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Executive Office of the President

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

Food and Drug Administration

Internal Revenue Service

Judicial Conference of the United States

National Labor Relations Board

Texas Attorney General's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Copyright Office

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Tax Court

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Wisconsin Department of Justice

Wisconsin Department of Revenue