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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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May 16, 2025
Pot Farm Can't Challenge Colo. Regulators' Alleged Inaction
A Colorado state judge has dismissed a cannabis farm's suit alleging that state regulators haven't sufficiently cracked down on illegal operators, saying the farm isn't challenging a final agency action that is subject to judicial review.
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May 16, 2025
Ala. Medical Pot Co. Claims Regulator Retaliation Over Suits
A prospective Alabama medical cannabis business has filed a federal lawsuit against state medical marijuana regulators, alleging that officials violated the company's First Amendment rights by refusing to award it a license after it raised the alarm about irregularities and delays.
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May 16, 2025
Appellate Ruling Merits New Shot At Sales Regs, Distiller Says
A New York distillery and two Washington whiskey drinkers are asking a federal judge to reconsider the Washington state liquor board's win in a challenge to rules requiring a physical in-state presence to sell online, saying they never got to analyze the circuit ruling on which the decision was based.
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May 16, 2025
Del. Bill Reflects Nat'l Tug-Of-War Between Cannabis, Alcohol
As Delaware's bill targeting hemp-derived THC beverages and ingestible products moves through the general assembly, it reads like a local regulatory fix — but in reality, it's a microcosm of a national power struggle playing out state-by-state across the cannabis frontier, says attorney Peter Murphy.
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May 16, 2025
9th Circ. Won't Reopen Ex-Police Officer's Religious Bias Suit
The Ninth Circuit refused to revive a former police officer's lawsuit claiming an Arizona town fired him because it believed he was a member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, saying his allegations weren't detailed enough to stay in court.

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- AGENCIES
- U.S. Food & Drug Administration
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- Drug Enforcement Agency
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
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- STATES Act
- Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement, or MORE, Act
- Section 280E of the Internal Revenue Code
- Rohrabacher–Farr amendment
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