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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
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May 01, 2025
Smoke Shop Must Pay $4.9M For Conn. Cannabis Sales
A Connecticut smoke shop and its owner must pay a record-breaking $4.93 million civil penalty after they illegally sold cannabis despite repeated inspections and product seizures, and continued to do so in spite of a court order, the state's attorney general said Thursday.
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May 01, 2025
Vape IP Ruling Shows Stark Contrast Between ITC And Courts
The U.S. International Trade Commission's recent termination of a Section 337 investigation of vaporizer devices highlights the fact that — unlike in federal courts — all complaints terminated by the ITC may be refiled, though there are some ways for respondents to protest, says P. Andrew Riley at Mei & Mark.
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May 01, 2025
RI Pot Rules Challenger Says Cause For Ditching Case Is Moot
A Florida entrepreneur challenging Rhode Island's cannabis regulatory scheme said a judge's basis for dismissing the action no longer applies now that the state has published its rules, and has asked the First Circuit to remand the case to district court.
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May 01, 2025
Prosecutor Says He Is Immune In Suit Over $850K Hemp Bust
A Tennessee district attorney general is urging a federal court to throw out a suit alleging he maliciously prosecuted a driver transporting $850,000 worth of hemp through the state, saying he has immunity to all the claims against him.
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May 01, 2025
11th Circ. Says Ga. Smoke Shop Can't Burn $1.1M Verdict
The Eleventh Circuit said a Georgia-based tobacco importer will remain on the hook for a $1.1 million verdict for selling counterfeit rolling papers, rejecting the company's arguments that the Lanham Act damages levied against it needed to bear close relation to the actual damages suffered by the papers' manufacturer.
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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
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- 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
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