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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

  • November 02, 2026

    Security Co. Allowed Multiple Break-Ins, Cannabis Co. Claims

    Burglars broke into a Sacramento cannabis facility multiple times in one night because of the allegedly sloppy work of the security company paid to guard it, according to a lawsuit filed in California state court that claims more than $300,000 in damages.

  • November 02, 2026

    Cronos Investor Says $10M Deal Lets Pot Co. Off Cheap

    Cannabis company Cronos Group Inc. shouldn't be allowed to escape claims it artificially inflated company revenue with a $10 million settlement, a Canadian investor told a New York federal court, arguing the deal threatens to undercut his stronger, certified class action chugging along in the Great White North.

  • November 02, 2026

    9th Circ. Sends Pot Labor Law Dispute Back To Lower Court

    The Ninth Circuit revived a cannabis retailer's lawsuit challenging California's requirement that marijuana businesses have labor peace agreements with unions, ruling on Monday that the trial court abused its discretion and must reconsider the arguments, including the possibility that both sides have "unclean" hands.

  • November 02, 2026

    UK Health Co. Can't Exit Psilocybin Trade Secrets Theft Suit

    A Maryland federal judge has refused to let a British healthcare company dodge a lawsuit alleging it stole trade secrets relating to a novel method of treating depression with psilocybin, the active ingredient in psychoactive mushrooms.

  • November 02, 2026

    Lessons For Cannabis Dispensaries From Web Tracking Suits

    The trajectory of health-tracking litigation in Florida and elsewhere suggests that patient privacy claims will not disappear quickly, so dispensaries should audit their sites, tighten consent and align their disclosures with their actual practices, say attorneys at Buchanan Ingersoll.

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