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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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February 20, 2026
Old 'Drunkards' Laws Cited As Support For Disarming Pot Users
The federal government is urging the Supreme Court to overturn a Fifth Circuit finding that a man couldn't be disarmed for regular cannabis use under federal law, arguing that the law does allow such disarmament — much as founder-era laws authorized taking guns away from "habitual drunkards" to preserve public safety.
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February 19, 2026
Religious Org. Backs Psychedelic-Using Church At 10th Circ.
An entheogenic religious organization is urging the Tenth Circuit to maintain an order blocking Utah County and Provo City, Utah, from prosecuting a church for its use of psilocybin, saying the state's religious protections shouldn't depend on whether the prosecutors consider the religion "legitimate."
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February 19, 2026
Ga. Appeals Court Weighs Kratom Seller's Liability
A Georgia appellate court on Thursday gave little indication on whether it would reverse a trial court's grant of summary judgment to a kratom distributor whose customer died after consuming one of its products.
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February 19, 2026
11th Circ. Upholds Atty Sanctions, Recusal Denial In CBD Row
The Eleventh Circuit on Thursday upheld a ruling that rejected a former franchisee for a CBD company's argument that a magistrate judge should have recused herself from a case stemming from his efforts to open a retail store in Florida as well as a decision sanctioning his attorney over duplicative court filings.
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February 19, 2026
Cannabis Group Of The Year: Feuerstein Kulick
Finding creative ways to restructure $270 million in debt issued by a struggling cannabis company — and having the restructuring settlement recognized by a Canadian court — was one of the wins that helped make Feuerstein Kulick LLP one of the 2025 Law360 Cannabis Groups of the Year.
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
- TRANSACTIONS
- M&A activity involving cannabis companies
- Commercial real estate transactions
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of law firm cannabis practices
- Federal and state policymakers and lawmakers
- General counsel interviews
READERSHIP
- Cannabis lawyers at large to medium-sized law firms and boutiques
- In-house counsel, compliance officers and executives at cannabis companies
- Counsel and executives at venture capital and investment firms
- 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.