/cannabis?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Cannabis Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Mon, 16 Jun 2025 21:53:04 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2353807?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2353807 A western New York smoke shop, shut down for allegedly selling cannabis without a license, is urging a state court to override a decision by the Office of Cannabis Management to close the shop months after it was allowed to reopen, arguing that the agency violated state law by not giving the business a chance to challenge the second closure. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 20:48:29 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2353362?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2353362 A Canadian securities attorney will pay over $323,000 to resolve U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that he drafted and executed sham consulting agreements at the heart of a scheme to conceal pay-for-play promotion of two so-called Regulation A offerings. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 19:28:24 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2353990?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2353990 The Cannabis Regulators Association, an international organization of government officials who oversee marijuana and hemp policy, on Monday announced its new executive board. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 17:01:15 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2353796?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2353796 A coalition of vaping industry interests has asked a North Carolina federal judge to halt enforcement of a new state law regulating electronic cigarettes while its lawsuit alleging the policy is preempted by federal law plays out. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:25:50 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2353731?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2353731 A California hemp farm is urging a Tennessee federal court not to throw out its suit as untimely against a Tennessee sheriff's office over $3.9 million in hemp flower the farm claimed was wrongly seized and then destroyed, saying it only learned that the hemp was illegally seized at a hearing for the hemp deliveryman months afterward. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 18:02:05 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2353281?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2353281 Federal prosecutors on Friday revived a $4 million insider trading case against a former Miami asset manager who previously dodged charges after a key witness backed out of testifying against him in 2022. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 17:22:37 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2353381?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2353381 Chervon North America Inc. and Lowe's Home Centers LLC urged an Illinois federal court Friday to throw out a proposed class action alleging they made and sold lithium-ion batteries that were prone to overheating and combusting, saying a December recall already provided all the relief the plaintiffs could receive. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:30:54 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2352646?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2352646 An investment fund has decided to voluntarily dismiss its lawsuit against two California businessmen who allegedly squandered $145 million given to them by a now dead Russian billionaire to launch cannabis grow operations in the state. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 15:49:49 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2353388?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2353388 Oregon officials will appeal a federal judge's order barring enforcement of a voter-approved law that required licensed cannabis businesses to enter into labor peace pacts with their workers. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 13:40:49 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2352925?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2352925 The maker of hemp-based electronic cigarettes under the Cake brand is asking a California federal judge to throw out a buyer's claim that the products illegally exceed federal thresholds for delta-9 THC content, saying his vague complaint doesn't meet pleading standards. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 10:07:18 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2329140?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2329140 Speaking to elementary school students about the importance of college and other opportunities after high school — especially students who may not see those paths reflected in their daily lives — not only taught me the importance of giving back, but also helped to sharpen several skills essential to a successful legal practice, says Guillermo Escobedo at Constangy. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 19:15:10 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2352812?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2352812 A Washington, D.C., hemp retailer has filed a pair of complementary lawsuits challenging the tangled enforcement and regulatory policies that govern cannabis and hemp in the nation's capital. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 19:15:07 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2352806?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2352806 Multistate marijuana operator TerrAscend Corp. was hit with a proposed class action in Michigan federal court Thursday accusing the cannabis giant of spamming customers with unsolicited texts in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 18:20:55 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2352840?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2352840 The Eighth Circuit on Thursday threw out a challenge from SWT Global Supply Inc. to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's denial of its application to market menthol-flavored e-cigarettes, saying the agency didn't arbitrarily or capriciously find that the company's sales plan failed to meet its standards for promoting public health. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:03:12 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2350652?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2350652 Attacks on judicial independence now run the gamut from gross (bald-faced interference) to systemic (structural changes) to insidious (efforts to undermine public trust), so lawyers, judges and the public must recognize the fateful moment in which we live and defend the rule of law every day, says Jim Moliterno at Washington and Lee University. Wed, 11 Jun 2025 22:02:35 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2351641?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2351641 The Federal Circuit has upheld an arbitration decision requiring a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs employee, allegedly caught using marijuana on the job, to release her medical records and submit to random drug testing as part of a slate of conditions for her to return to work, finding the arbitrator's award acceptable. Wed, 11 Jun 2025 21:36:48 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2352168?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2352168 The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has refused to invalidate various claims in a Juul vape patent challenged by Altria's NJOY brand, months after NJOY was found to infringe the same patent in a U.S. International Trade Commission case. Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:01:49 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2351463?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2351463 The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's recent decision in Ecto World v. RAI Strategic Holdings shows that when there is a possibility for discretionary denial, and the examiner has potentially overlooked prior art, patent owners should elaborate on as many of the denial factors as possible, says Frank Bernstein at Squire Patton. Wed, 11 Jun 2025 17:40:11 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2351714?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2351714 A Manhattan federal judge has refused to vacate a three-and-a-half-year-old decision that barred a cannabis-themed apparel brand from using symbols in its wares that New York City alleged were infringements of the city's trademarked logos. Wed, 11 Jun 2025 14:25:28 +0000 /cannabis/articles/2351838?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cannabis/articles/2351838 The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority is urging a federal court to throw out Title VII and Age Discrimination in Employment Act claims in a suit by a former contract monitor who alleges she was fired for whistleblowing.