Cannabis

Cannabis Law360 provides breaking news and analysis of emerging and evolving legal issues surrounding cannabis. Coverage ranges from regulatory and policy concerns facing the industry to the business of lawyers who counsel cannabis companies. Among the practice areas covered are intellectual property, mergers & acquisitions and employment.



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Latest News in Cannabis

  • March 09, 2026

    Verano Receipts Out Medical Pot Users, Suit Claims

    An Illinois man is suing cannabis giant Verano Holdings LLC in state court, alleging that it is in violation of state and federal privacy laws because it includes the buyer's name and date of birth on receipts for purchases at its dispensaries.

  • March 09, 2026

    Pot Co. Shareholder Says Rapper Berner Gutted Business

    A shareholder in Cookies Creative Consulting & Promotions Inc. is suing rapper Berner and a company the musician co-owns, claiming that he and other board members of Cookies Creative used their positions to gut it and transfer its assets to the other company.

  • March 09, 2026

    California Defends Cannabis Labor Law Before 9th Circ.

    California officials asserted the legitimacy of a state law requiring cannabis companies to enter into labor peace agreements and told the Ninth Circuit that a lower court was correct to toss a retailer's case challenging the policy, even if the state disagreed with the reasoning.

  • March 09, 2026

    Convicted Ex-Lobbyist Can't Get Early End To Supervision

    A Michigan federal judge said maintaining a job and sobriety are not enough to warrant the end of early supervised release for a former marijuana industry lobbyist convicted of bribing a politician with cash and a sex worker.

  • March 09, 2026

    Cannabis Cos. Get THC Potency False Ad Suit Tossed

    An Illinois federal judge has thrown out a proposed class action claiming that a group of cannabis companies mislabel their products as vapable oils to get around state possession and THC limits, saying at most, they alleged misrepresentations of law, not facts.

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  • AGENCIES
  • U.S. Food & Drug Administration
  • Federal Trade Commission
  • Drug Enforcement Agency
  • U.S. Department of the Treasury
  • California Bureau of Cannabis Control
  • Department of Health & Human Services
  • Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
  • U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
  • U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
  • U.S. Department of Justice
  • State and international regulators
  • POLICY & REGULATION
  • SAFE Banking Act
  • STATES Act
  • Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement, or MORE, Act
  • Section 280E of the Internal Revenue Code
  • Rohrabacher–Farr amendment
  • Bank Secrecy Act
  • Federal and state legislation
  • ENFORCEMENT
  • FDA and FTC actions over cannabis’s purported health claims
  • IRS actions against cannabis companies
  • Antitrust investigations
  • Financial regulatory actions
  • Federal criminal matters
  • State enforcement actions
  • LITIGATION
  • Civil RICO actions brought against cannabis concerns
  • Employment disputes
  • Securities class actions
  • Intellectual property matters
  • Consumer class actions
  • Bankruptcy
  • Tax disputes
  • Challenges to federal or state regulations
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  • Federal and state policymakers and lawmakers
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  • Federal and state lawmakers
  • Judges and court staff across the U.S.
  • Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.