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

  • October 23, 2026

    Nitrous Oxide Co. Dropped From 'Whippet' Death Suit

    The sister of a woman who suffered a fatal overdose behind a smoke shop in Florida, caused by inhaling nitrous oxide "whippets," has agreed to end her claims against Galaxy Gas LLC after mediation.

  • October 23, 2026

    Consumers Fight Bids To End Delta-8 Mislabeling Suit

    Vape maker Savage Enterprises, two distributors and a California testing lab must not be allowed to shake a lawsuit accusing them of trying to pass off vape pens with illegal levels of THC as legal hemp products, consumers told an Arkansas federal court, saying their dismissal bids are moot because there is a new complaint.

  • October 23, 2026

    Green Thumb Fired Worker Over Cannabis Allergy, Suit Says

    A former employee at an Illinois unit of multistate cannabis operator Green Thumb Industries alleges in a new federal lawsuit she was unlawfully terminated from her job at a marijuana processing facility because of her allergy to a particular strain of cannabis.

  • October 22, 2026

    DEA Judge Will Not Reopen Marijuana Rescheduling Hearing

    The coalition fighting marijuana legalization won a partial victory after a Drug Enforcement Administration's administrative law judge on Thursday allowed into the record a U.S. Government Accountability Office report the group championed but denied new testimony on it, saying the report "speaks for itself."

  • October 22, 2026

    Va. State Senator Accused Of Using Office To Aid Pot Shop

    Democratic Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas was charged in a federal indictment unsealed Thursday with racketeering, money laundering, conspiracy to distribute marijuana and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, accused of running a criminal enterprise through a Portsmouth hemp shop.

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