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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

  • August 04, 2025

    Michigan Tribe Joins State Cannabis Market

    Michigan has signed its first tribal-state compact with the Bay Mills Indian Community, which will give the federally recognized tribe the ability to sell cannabis goods within the state's borders.

  • August 04, 2025

    9th Circ. Rejects Most Of Sodexo's ERISA Arbitration Push

    The Ninth Circuit said Monday that employers can't unilaterally change Employee Retirement Income Security Act-governed plans to require arbitration, backing the bulk of a trial court ruling that refused to throw out of court a nicotine fee lawsuit against food service company Sodexo.

  • August 04, 2025

    Imperial Tobacco Seeks US Approval Of CA$32B Restructuring

    Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. asked a New York bankruptcy judge to recognize and enforce the company's Canadian restructuring plan that implements its role in a CA$32.5 billion ($23.59 billion) settlement of tobacco liability suits north of the border.

  • August 04, 2025

    Hemp Org. Applauds Removal Of Ban From Spending Bill

    A national hemp industry trade organization on Monday said it was grateful for the removal of language from a Senate appropriations bill that would have banned consumable hemp-derived products with psychoactive THC.

  • August 01, 2025

    Manufacturer Seeks To Toss Marijuana Vape Antitrust Suit

    The Chinese companies behind cannabis vape brand CCell have urged a California federal court to dismiss a consolidated consumer class action accusing it of orchestrating a price-fixing scheme, accusing the buyers of "padding" their amended complaint with "copy-pasted" passages from other, unrelated lawsuits.

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