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

  • September 08, 2026

    Medical Pot Co. Can't Block NLRB Labor Case, Union Says

    A United Food & Commercial Workers local urged a Utah federal court on Tuesday to toss a medical marijuana dispensary's suit challenging the constitutionality of National Labor Relations Board proceedings lodged against it, claiming the dispensary failed to show it was harmed by the removal protections for agency judges and members.

  • September 08, 2026

    Insurer Says It Owes No Coverage For Exploding Vape Suit

    An insurer has urged a Washington federal court to find that it does not owe coverage to a vape seller in a product liability suit from a user whose leg was amputated after a vape exploded in his pocket, arguing tobacco and nicotine product and premises exclusions bar coverage. 

  • September 08, 2026

    Humboldt To Pay FTC $12M Over 'Sham' Merchant Payment Biz

    Payment processing company Humboldt Merchant Services has agreed to pay $12 million and be permanently banned from processing payments for merchants with a higher risk of fraud to resolve Federal Trade Commission claims that it processed payments for more than 1,000 merchants that defrauded customers.

  • September 08, 2026

    Walmart Illegally Fired Worker For Positive Pot Test, Suit Says

    Walmart illegally fired an employee who tested positive for a nonpsychoactive cannabis metabolite that showed up on his urine drug test, despite lacking evidence that he possessed or used cannabis at the workplace or showed any signs of impairment, alleges a wrongful termination suit removed to California federal court on Friday.

  • September 08, 2026

    Medical Cannabis Co. Can't Shake Data Breach Claims

    An Ohio federal judge Tuesday rejected a bid to dismiss a consolidated class action claiming a company that helps people secure medical marijuana cards failed to protect users' personal data from a cyberbreach.

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  • Drug Enforcement Agency
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  • U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
  • U.S. Department of Justice
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  • 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
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  • Federal and state legislation
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  • FDA and FTC actions over cannabis’s purported health claims
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