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

  • June 05, 2026

    NY Appeals Court Tosses Gun, Drug Plea Over Illegal Search

    A man sentenced to 16 years in prison had his guilty plea for drug and gun charges vacated after a New York state appeals court found that a trooper who searched his jacket pocket and discovered a gun had no right to frisk him in this manner.

  • June 05, 2026

    Hemp Sellers Say Ohio Law Can't Mandate In-State Retail

    Hemp product manufacturers and sellers are looking to block an Ohio state law that reclassified their products as marijuana, which effectively handed the hemp market over to state-approved dispensaries, according to a federal lawsuit, which claims the statute violates the U.S. Constitution.

  • June 05, 2026

    9th Circ. Revives Tribal Smoke Shop Owner's RICO Suit

    Officials with the Colorado River Indian Tribes must face a lawsuit brought by a smoke shop owner who claims they wrongfully evicted his business and stole its inventory, the Ninth Circuit ruled in a published opinion, saying tribal employees aren't automatically shielded by sovereign immunity.

  • June 05, 2026

    CMS Hemp Program Foes Take Standing Fight To DC Circ.

    A group challenging a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services program to give patients access to federally legal hemp products will bring their case to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals after a federal judge tossed their petition for lack of standing last month.

  • June 05, 2026

    In Industry First, Cannabis Co. Trulieve Will List On NYSE

    Multistate marijuana company Trulieve Cannabis Corp. announced Friday that in response to a Trump administration rule loosening federal restrictions on medical cannabis, it would be listed on the New York Stock Exchange beginning next week, a first for the marijuana industry.

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