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

  • October 27, 2026

    Md. Cannabis Co. Ordered To Pay $2M Over Unpaid Fees

    Baltimore-based Evermore Cannabis Co. must pay a $1.98 million arbitration award levied against it after it was found to have intentionally dodged fees it promised to pay to a capital advisory firm as part of a contract that helped the marijuana cultivator secure loans, a California state court judge has ruled.

  • October 27, 2026

    7th Circ. Revives Bakery's Suit Over Business License Denial

    A bakery owner who was refused a business license after hosting an event featuring "infused" treats can revive her constitutional lawsuit against officials of a Chicago suburb, the Seventh Circuit ruled Monday, finding that a lower court wrongly concluded the suit was barred because she had previously challenged the denial in state court.

  • October 27, 2026

    Bic Sues California Shops Over Counterfeit Lighters

    Bic Corp. has filed several suits against wholesalers, gas stations, vape shops and other retailers in California federal court, alleging they've been selling counterfeit lighters that use Bic's designs and logos.

  • October 26, 2026

    NC City Looks To Trim Suit Over Pot Smell Police Arrest

    A Bojangles worker cannot prove the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, caused two police officers to roughly arrest him through bad training, the municipality told a federal court on Monday, arguing it warns officers that sight and smell alone aren't enough to establish whether a person is using illicit marijuana.

  • October 26, 2026

    11th Circ. Says Stash House Acts Can Boost Drug Sentences

    The Eleventh Circuit upheld the roughly 20-year prison sentence for a Florida man who participated in an illicit drug enterprise, ruling in a published but split opinion that a person can receive extra prison time for "stash houses" used by co-conspirators, even in instances where the defendant did not personally own or rent the property.

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