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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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January 16, 2026
Rapper Xzibit's Ex-Wife Sues Over Cannabis TM Transfers
The ex-wife of rapper Xzibit filed a trademark infringement suit in California federal court Thursday alleging he assigned the marks of the couple's cannabis brand to his associate without her consent, in violation of an automatic temporary restraining order in their divorce proceedings.
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January 16, 2026
Cannabis Cos. Say Mich. Township Blocked Retail Permits
Two Michigan cannabis companies allege in a new federal lawsuit Friday that a Michigan township prevented them from opening their doors after the locality's voters approved a ballot measure to ban pot stores.
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January 16, 2026
Wash. House Bill Seeks Changes To Cannabis Excise Tax
Washington would make changes to its cannabis excise tax, which is charged in addition to sales and use tax on adult-use cannabis purchases, under a bill introduced in the state House of Representatives.
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January 16, 2026
Washington Pot Co.'s Discrimination Suit Filed Too Late
A Washington federal judge has dismissed with prejudice a suit by a would-be cannabis dispensary alleging that the state's licensing agency discriminates against minority owners, saying the claims are outside the federal and state statutes of limitations.
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January 16, 2026
Cannabis Industry Faces An Inflection Point This Year
Cannabis industry developments last year — from the passage of a new wholesale tax in Michigan, to an executive order accelerating the federal rescheduling process — presage a more mature phase of legalization this year, with hardening expectations and enforcement to come, says Alex Leonowicz at Howard & Howard.
Areas of Coverage
- 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
- State enforcement actions
- LITIGATION
- Civil RICO actions brought against cannabis concerns
- Employment disputes
- Securities class actions
- Intellectual property matters
- Consumer class actions
- Bankruptcy
- Tax disputes
- Challenges to federal or state regulations
- TRANSACTIONS
- M&A activity involving cannabis companies
- Commercial real estate transactions
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
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- Federal and state policymakers and lawmakers
- General counsel interviews
READERSHIP
- Cannabis lawyers at large to medium-sized law firms and boutiques
- In-house counsel, compliance officers and executives at cannabis companies
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- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Federal and state lawmakers
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.