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

  • September 02, 2026

    Ex-Dispensary Worker's Punitive $100K Award Cut To $75K

    A Pennsylvania federal judge cut 25% of a $100,000 punitive damages award in the case of a former dispensary worker who claimed his employer fired him for going on leave to recover from injuries he suffered in a car accident.

  • September 02, 2026

    Cresco Buys 9 Pa. Medical Cannabis Dispensaries For $50M

    Cresco Labs said Wednesday it has closed a $50 million acquisition of nine Pennsylvania medical marijuana dispensaries, expanding its retail footprint in one of the country's largest medical cannabis markets.

  • September 02, 2026

    10th Circ. Says Vape Shops Fumbled Utah Flavor Ban Appeal

    The Tenth Circuit dismissed an appeal brought by vape businesses challenging Utah's flavored e-cigarette ban, ruling that the companies picked the wrong order to bring to it on appeal.

  • September 02, 2026

    11th Circ. Revives Some Of Pot Co.'s License Bias Claims

    The Eleventh Circuit revived Wednesday a cannabis company's suit against Georgia regulators over a denied production license, saying the company showed it suffered an injury from the state's "pay to play" system and had the right to bring a lawsuit despite cannabis being federally illegal.

  • September 02, 2026

    BREAKING: Mass. Sheriff Acquitted Of Extorting Cannabis Co.

    A Boston federal jury on Wednesday cleared a sheriff of charges that he shook down a cannabis company for a pre-initial public offering investment opportunity.

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  • U.S. Food & Drug Administration
  • Federal Trade Commission
  • Drug Enforcement Agency
  • U.S. Department of the Treasury
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  • 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
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  • Federal criminal matters
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