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

  • November 26, 2025

    Cannabis Workers Settle Suit Over Imposed Quotas, Lack Of Pay

    Hourly agricultural laborers who accused California cannabis company Glass House Brands Inc. and some of its subsidiaries of bilking them out of sick pay, minimum wage and lunch breaks while enforcing quotas have agreed to settle what is left of their state court labor violation lawsuit for $305,000.

  • November 26, 2025

    Fla. Pot Legalization Campaign Will Not Appeal Court Order

    The sponsor of a proposed ballot initiative seeking to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida said it would not challenge a Tallahassee judge's decision allowing the secretary of state to invalidate roughly 200,000 petition signatures, saying it had collected more than enough to get its initiative before voters.

  • November 26, 2025

    Investor Says Pot Co.'s Old Defenses Can't Stop Fraud Suit

    An investor suing the principals of cannabis company Devi Holdings Inc. over an undisclosed $13 million tax liability is urging a Florida federal court to deny a motion for summary judgment from Devi's CEO, saying it ignores undisputed facts and rehashes old arguments that were rejected at the dismissal stage.

  • November 26, 2025

    Mo. County Can't Impose Additional Tax On Cannabis

    A Missouri county cannot impose an additional 3% excise tax on cannabis sales in its incorporated areas because it's not the prevailing taxing authority under state cannabis laws, the state Court of Appeals ruled. 

  • November 25, 2025

    1st Circ. Revives Constitutional Challenges To RI Pot Scheme

    The First Circuit on Tuesday said a federal judge erred in dismissing a pair of constitutional challenges to Rhode Island's cannabis licensure program, and ordered the lower court to promptly weigh the merits of the cases before regulators award retail marijuana licenses.

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