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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

  • June 18, 2026

    Cannabis World Cheers Justices' Gun Rights Ruling

    Cannabis industry stakeholders on Thursday largely applauded the U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous decision finding that a ban on gun ownership for drug users is unconstitutional as applied to a person who regularly uses marijuana.

  • June 18, 2026

    'Web' Of Kratom Cos. Can't Escape Addiction Fraud Claims

    A Virginia federal judge won't let a group of kratom companies and their individual owners out of a suit alleging that they conspired to hide kratom's addictive qualities, saying the proposed class action plaintiff has sufficiently alleged the formation of an "interconnected web of corporations" aimed at perpetuating the alleged fraud.

  • June 18, 2026

    Restaurant Trade Org. Says Banning THC Drinks Isn't The Way

    The National Restaurant Association says there should be a proper legal framework in place allowing restaurants to sell hemp-derived THC beverages, it told Congress in a letter asking legislators to delay implementing a law set to take effect in November that would make the drinks illegal.

  • June 18, 2026

    Justices Allow Gun Rights For Marijuana User

    U.S. Supreme Court justices ruled Thursday that the federal government cannot bar a drug user from owning guns, saying that the prosecution of a Texas man accused of owning a gun while being a marijuana user was inconsistent with the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

  • June 17, 2026

    Tribe Can Take Cannabis Raid Loss To 9th Circ. After Judgment

    A California federal court has cleared the way for the Round Valley Indian Tribes and three tribal members to immediately appeal to the Ninth Circuit the dismissal of their claims that two counties' cannabis enforcement raids on their reservation violated federal law.

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