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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

  • September 18, 2026

    Cannabis Tech Co. Says Ex-Workers Stole IP For New Venture

    Cannabis marketing company Alpine IQ Inc. and its chief executive are countersuing two former employees, accusing them of stealing code to build a competing product and urging a federal judge not to let them avoid claims they infringed the company's copyright.

  • September 18, 2026

    A Look At Loper Bright's Uneven Effect On Immigration Law

    Recently decided cases in the Second and Fourth Circuits show the disparate effects independent judicial review has had on long-standing immigration precedents since the U.S. Supreme Court's 2024 ruling that ended Chevron deference, says Danny Alicea at the Legal Aid Society.

  • September 18, 2026

    Conn. Town Beats Firefighter's Appeal In Pot-Use Firing Suit

    A Connecticut appellate panel declined Friday to reverse a firefighter's loss in a lawsuit he brought against the town of Waterbury after he was fired for using medical marijuana, holding that his challenge to a state court's posttrial dismissal was inadequately briefed.

  • September 18, 2026

    4th Circ. Weighs DEA Power To Classify HHC Schedule I

    A Fourth Circuit panel Friday appeared skeptical of the rationale the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration used to justify designating hexahydrocannabinol, or HHC, a psychoactive compound synthesized from hemp extracts, as a Schedule I substance.

  • September 18, 2026

    TerrAscend Says Feds Sued Fake Co. In $8M Clawback Suit

    Multistate cannabis operator TerrAscend USA Inc. asked a New Jersey federal court to throw out the federal government's suit seeking to claw back an $8 million tax refund, saying the government sued a nonexistent entity and even if it substituted the correct one, the suit still wouldn't belong in New Jersey.

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  • POLICY & REGULATION
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  • Rohrabacher–Farr amendment
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