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

  • August 07, 2026

    Colo. Pot Co. Says Sales Director Disloyal, Worked For Rival

    A Colorado cannabis product manufacturer, Bonanza, claims its former sales director was secretly aiding a competing marijuana business, giving the rival confidential product development data and attempting to poach clients when he was ultimately fired, according to a lawsuit filed in state court.

  • August 07, 2026

    VA To Test Psilocybin For Veterans With Severe Depression

    Former military service members in five U.S. cities will have an opportunity to treat their depression with psilocybin through a clinical trial being run by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, according to an agency announcement.

  • August 07, 2026

    Hemp Drink Cos. Win Block Of New Ohio THC Regulations

    An Ohio federal judge on Friday blocked the state of Ohio from enforcing a new law that classifies all products with more than a 0.3% concentration of THC as cannabis, finding that the law violates the dormant commerce clause.

  • August 07, 2026

    Nitrous Co. Says No Proof Whippet User Bought Its Products

    A now-dissolved nitrous oxide company is urging a Florida court to throw out what remains of a suit alleging that a woman inhaled its products as "whippets," leading to her death, saying there's no evidence that she ever purchased its products or that any of its practices led to her using them as recreational drugs.

  • August 07, 2026

    NY Court Says Town's Cannabis Zoning Rule Preempted

    A New York intermediate appellate court has found that the state's marijuana law preempts localities from enforcing more stringent location policies for marijuana stores than what is found in state law.

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  • 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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  • M&A activity involving cannabis companies
  • Commercial real estate transactions
  • PROFILES
  • Personnel moves
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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.