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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
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December 18, 2025
BREAKING: Trump Orders Rescheduling Of Marijuana To Remove Tax Burden And Ease Hemp Restrictions
President Donald Trump on Thursday announced that his administration would instruct federal agencies to loosen restrictions on cannabis via executive order, a historic acknowledgment from the executive branch that the drug has recognized medical uses.
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December 18, 2025
Pot Co. Says NY's 'Seed To Sale' Program Raises Costs
A maker of cannabis products is suing New York's cannabis regulators, alleging that new 'seed-to-sale' tracking system will exponentially raise prices and is an unconstitutional overreach by the agency.
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December 17, 2025
5th Circ. Finds 'Truffle,' Reverses Samsung Battery Suit
A Seventh Circuit opinion has convinced the Fifth Circuit to reverse its decision forcing Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. to face a lawsuit over burn injuries a man suffered when one of the company's batteries exploded in his pocket, suggesting the company didn't do a great job making its case the first time around.
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December 17, 2025
Mich. Appeals Court Rejects Medical Pot Co.'s Tax Deduction
A Michigan medical cannabis provisioning center cannot claim a corporate income tax deduction for business expenses, the Michigan Court of Appeals found, saying the law provides that tax break only to recreational cannabis businesses.
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December 17, 2025
Co-Owner Of Cannabis Dispensary Says Partner Stole Funds
A co-owner of a cannabis retailer in North Carolina has accused his business partner of stealing from the business and blocking his access to the company's financial records in a newly designated state business court complaint.
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- AGENCIES
- U.S. Food & Drug Administration
- Federal Trade Commission
- Drug Enforcement Agency
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- California Bureau of Cannabis Control
- Department of Health & Human Services
- 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
- IRS actions against cannabis companies
- Antitrust investigations
- Financial regulatory actions
- Federal criminal matters
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- LITIGATION
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- Employment disputes
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- Consumer class actions
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- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
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