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

  • April 29, 2026

    Utah Biz Owner Says Colo. Cannabis Store Owners Owe $4.8M

    The owners of a chain of Colorado retail cannabis stores were accused by a Utah-based entrepreneur in Colorado federal court Tuesday of owing more than $4.8 million in unpaid obligations, including more than $2 million in unpaid loans and nearly $2 million in airplane expenses.

  • April 29, 2026

    Lender Seeks Receivership Over $8M Pot Shop Default

    A lender says a pot dispensary across from Fenway Park owes it $8 million and should be placed into receivership, the latest in a series of lawsuits against one of Massachusetts' first social equity cannabis license recipients.

  • April 29, 2026

    Dollar General Can't Kick Tobacco Fee Suit To Arbitration

    Dollar General can't kibosh a proposed class action claiming it unlawfully charged employees who use tobacco nearly $500 more per year for health benefits, with a Tennessee federal judge ruling the company hadn't properly addressed how an exclusion in its arbitration agreement applied to the case.

  • April 29, 2026

    Kansas County Atty Wants Out Of Suit Over Hemp Raids

    A county attorney in Kansas wants to be allowed out of a lawsuit filed by two vape shops that say police illegally raided their stores and seized legal hemp products, telling a federal court that the entrepreneurs haven't pointed to anything he did to harm them.

  • April 29, 2026

    Ex-Dispensary Worker Sues Over Sexual Harassment, Firing

    A Michigan woman is suing a dispensary where she used to work and its affiliates in federal court, alleging they allowed her to be sexually harassed and then disciplined and fired her for reporting it.

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