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

  • November 10, 2026

    10th Circ. Won't Revisit Psilocybin Church Case

    The Tenth Circuit will not give a religious group in Utah a second shot at arguing it should not be prosecuted for using psilocybin in its practices, despite the church's argument that its decision violates the First Amendment right to free exercise of religion.

  • November 10, 2026

    LA Cannabis Retailer Sued Over Email 'Spy Pixels'

    A Los Angeles dispensary placed "malicious" code in marketing emails that spied on a consumer and recorded when she opened the messages and her location, forwarding the information to data-broker vendors, according to a California state lawsuit which seeks $1,000 per email and $5,000 per privacy violation.

  • November 10, 2026

    Telecom Co. Slapped With Tobacco Fee Suit

    A former telecommunications company worker told an Arkansas federal court the business failed to properly reimburse workers who paid an extra benefit plan fee for using tobacco, arguing the company created inequities through a tobacco cessation program.

  • November 10, 2026

    Texas State Lawmakers Prefile Marijuana Legalization Bills

    Texas Democratic state lawmakers have introduced legislation to legalize and regulate the sale of recreational marijuana ahead of the state's legislative session, which is due to begin in January.

  • November 10, 2026

    MVP: Mandelbaum Barrett's Joshua Bauchner

    Joshua S. Bauchner, partner and chair of the cannabis group at Mandelbaum Barrett PC, has helped multiple hemp and marijuana companies navigate interactions with regulators in New York and New Jersey through the states' rollout of legal retail cannabis, earning him a spot among the 2026 Law360 Cannabis MVPs.

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  • POLICY & REGULATION
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  • Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement, or MORE, Act
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  • Rohrabacher–Farr amendment
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