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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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April 14, 2026
Kansas Cops Say Hemp Laws Too 'Complex' For Raid Liability
Kansas state law enforcement officials are looking to escape litigation accusing them of confiscating tens of thousands of dollars worth of legal hemp products during allegedly illegal raids on two vape shops, telling a federal court that state hemp laws are too "complex" for officers to know what is and isn't illicit.
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April 14, 2026
Virginia Governor Proposes Delaying Cannabis Retail Sales
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger on Tuesday declined to sign into law legislation that would tax and regulate the sale of adult-use cannabis, sending the bill back to the Legislature with numerous changes, including delaying the launch of the retail market by an additional six months.
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April 14, 2026
Keys To Building Defensible Psychedelic Therapy Programs
Given the rapidly evolving legal environment for psychedelic therapies and heightened liability and compliance risks facing providers, meticulous documentation, robust risk management protocols, and proactive engagement with professional organizations and insurers are essential strategies, say Kimberly Chew at Husch Blackwell and L. Alison McInnes at Mindful Health Solutions.
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April 14, 2026
Vehicle Co. Inks $150K Deal To End Tobacco Fee Suit
International Motors LLC, formerly Navistar, has agreed to pay $150,000 to resolve a suit claiming the company illegally charged workers an extra $600 a year if they used tobacco without giving them a proper avenue to dodge the fee, according to an Illinois federal court filing.
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April 13, 2026
Cannabis Giant Verano Accused Of Mishandling Patient Info
Cannabis giant Verano exposed the private data of at least half a million of its medical marijuana customers, according to a proposed class action removed to federal court that alleges the company turned ordinary receipts into "highly sensitive medical records."
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
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- Commercial real estate transactions
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- Federal and state policymakers and lawmakers
- General counsel interviews
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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.