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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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January 09, 2026
Calif. Woman's Bid For Cannabis License Too Rushed, RI Says
Rhode Island has objected to the "rushed approach" a California entrepreneur has taken in her effort to nullify the residency requirement in the state's cannabis licensing system, telling a federal court it should first learn if the businesswoman would "otherwise qualify" for a license but for her out-of-state status.
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January 09, 2026
Buyer Not Hurt, Cannabis Co. Argues In Dismissal Bid
No consumer has claimed that they were actually hurt by purchasing Cresco Labs' cannabis oils that were allegedly mislabeled to get around state-mandated THC potency limits, the company told an Illinois federal court, arguing that the proposed class action has "fundamental flaws."
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January 09, 2026
Hacking Claims Tossed In Cannabis Co.'s Trade Secrets Suit
Claims that an ex-employee stole confidential trade secrets and took them over to a rival cannabis manufacturer will have to be refiled in state court, a New Jersey federal judge ruled, saying the worker didn't violate federal hacking laws.
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January 09, 2026
NC Biz Court Bulletin: Trade Secrets Row, A Patient Data Deal
The North Carolina Business Court closed out the year by tossing a trade secrets fight brought by a corrugated packing manufacturer against its onetime star salesman and signing off on a $2.45 million settlement ending claims a healthcare system sold patients' data to Meta.
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January 09, 2026
Virginia Takes Vape Law Fight To 4th Circ.
Virginia is looking to the Fourth Circuit to overturn a court order partially blocking it from enforcing a ban on flavored vapes, according to a notice filed by the state's attorney general.
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鈥揊arr amendment
- Bank Secrecy Act
- Federal and state legislation
- ENFORCEMENT
- FDA and FTC actions over cannabis鈥檚 purported health claims
- IRS actions against cannabis companies
- Antitrust investigations
- Financial regulatory actions
- Federal criminal matters
- State enforcement actions
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- 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.