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

  • July 27, 2026

    Hyundai Unit Beats Disability Bias Suit Over Cannabis Use

    A Hyundai subsidiary defeated a former temporary employee's lawsuit alleging she was denied a permanent position because she used medical marijuana to manage her PTSD, with a Connecticut federal judge finding she hadn't shown she was disabled under federal law.

  • July 27, 2026

    Cannabis Store Owners Seek To Toss Most Claims In $5M Suit

    The owners of a chain of Colorado retail cannabis stores accused of owing more than $4.8 million in unpaid obligations asked a Colorado federal judge Friday to dismiss the bulk of claims against them and their business because, they said, many of the claims weren't sufficiently pled to clear even the lower standards required to survive dismissal.

  • July 27, 2026

    Verano Unit Accused Of Infringing Cannabis Extraction Patent

    A subsidiary of cannabis giant Verano Holdings LLC was hit with a patent infringement suit in Virginia federal court Monday accusing it of ripping off a California company's pioneering technology using safer, low-temperature ethanol extraction processes to obtain oils and compounds from cannabis, which helps avoid the risk of fires or explosions. 

  • July 27, 2026

    Nicotine Pouch Maker, FDA Strike Deal To End Suit

    The maker of Zone nicotine pouches reached a deal to end its lawsuit accusing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of unfairly holding up its market application, which the company said could force it to stop selling its products for years.

  • July 27, 2026

    Hemp Co. Says DEA Defied Farm Bill By Banning HHC

    A North Carolina hemp company challenging the legality of a recent U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration rule designating a psychoactive hemp-derived compound as a Schedule I substance has told the Fourth Circuit that the agency defied Congress when it issued the rule.

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  • Drug Enforcement Agency
  • U.S. Department of the Treasury
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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
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  • Rohrabacher–Farr amendment
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  • Federal and state legislation
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