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Latest articles for: CannabisCopyright 2025 蜜桃视频.en-USTue, 12 Aug 2025 22:11:42 +0000Vape Interests Defend Suit Against NC E-Cigarette Law
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/cannabis/articles/2376046A group of vaping industry interests are fighting to keep alive their federal lawsuit that seeks to stop North Carolina's ban on many types of e-cigarettes, saying the state is interfering with the federal government's intentional approach to regulating the industry.Tue, 12 Aug 2025 21:24:59 +0000Reynolds Asks Justices To Eye Patent Damages In $95M Case
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/cannabis/articles/2376259R.J. Reynolds has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a $95 million verdict against it for infringing Altria vape patents, saying the Federal Circuit is flouting high court precedent that patent damages can only be based on the value of the patented features.Tue, 12 Aug 2025 18:22:16 +0000Conflicting Developments In Homelessness Legal Landscape
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/cannabis/articles/2375211Looking at an executive order and Third Circuit opinion from last month highlights the ongoing tension in homelessness-related legal issues facing state and local governments, property owners, and individuals experiencing homelessness, says Josh Collins, an attorney for the City of South Salt Lake.Tue, 12 Aug 2025 17:20:06 +00002nd Circ. Rules Dormant Commerce Clause Covers Marijuana
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/cannabis/articles/2376191A split Second Circuit panel on Tuesday ruled that, despite marijuana's federal illegality, the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from privileging their own residents when awarding licenses to cannabis businesses.Tue, 12 Aug 2025 15:27:30 +0000Bar Exam Reform Must Expand Beyond A Single Updated Test
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/cannabis/articles/2375331Recently released information about the National Conference of Bar Examiners鈥� new NextGen Uniform Bar Exam highlights why a single test is not ideal for measuring newly licensed lawyers鈥� competency, demonstrating the need for collaborative development, implementation and reform processes, says Gregory Bordelon at Suffolk University.Tue, 12 Aug 2025 13:33:21 +0000Maryland Says It's Immune To Hemp Cos.' Challenge To Regs
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/cannabis/articles/2375615The state of Maryland and its regulators are urging a federal court to toss hemp companies' challenge to a state regulation requiring licenses for intoxicating hemp-derived products, saying the claims are blocked by sovereign immunity under the 11th Amendment.Mon, 11 Aug 2025 22:08:00 +0000Consumers Say Vape Makers Can't Escape Price-Fixing Suit
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/cannabis/articles/2375087Buyers of cannabis vape brand CCell are pushing back on two bids seeking to dismiss their consolidated proposed consumer class action in California federal court accusing the Chinese manufacturers and U.S. distributors of organizing a price-fixing scheme, saying the companies' interpretation of antitrust law creates a legal loophole.Mon, 11 Aug 2025 22:01:10 +0000Canadian CEO Nabs Partial Win In Border Dispute
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/cannabis/articles/2374842The U.S. Department of Homeland Security cannot end a lawsuit accusing it of retaliating against the Canadian CEO of a cannabis harvesting equipment company, a Washington federal judge ruled, rejecting government arguments that the case is totally moot because it lifted its initial deportation order against the executive, noting that the government hasn't restored his trusted traveler status.Mon, 11 Aug 2025 18:26:58 +0000Judge Rules NYC Can Enforce Kava Cafe Shutdowns
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/cannabis/articles/2375708A Manhattan federal judge has ruled that New York City public health and safety officials were within their authority to issue shutdown orders to restaurants that served kava, a federally unregulated psychoactive plant derivative.Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:54:28 +0000A Simple Way Courts Can Help Attys Avoid AI Hallucinations
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/cannabis/articles/2374788As attorneys increasingly rely on generative artificial intelligence for legal research, courts should consider expanding online quality control programs to flag potential hallucinations 鈥� permitting counsel to correct mistakes and sparing judges the burden of imposing sanctions, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl and Connors.Fri, 08 Aug 2025 21:51:38 +0000Colo. Conviction Axed Over Man's 'Rambling' Midtrial Speech
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/cannabis/articles/2375091A man who was allowed to go on an incoherent rant before a jury while wearing prison clothes and was subsequently sentenced to 12 years in prison for growing marijuana will get a new trial, a Colorado state appeals court said, finding that his unsworn ramblings undoubtedly deprived him of a fair hearing.Fri, 08 Aug 2025 21:44:44 +0000LA Judges Tosses Suit Over $5.7M Pot Loss In Fire
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/cannabis/articles/2374497A Los Angeles cannabis entrepreneur must pay the legal fees of his neighbor, whom he sued for $5.7 million on claims that the defendant allowed his property to become a fire hazard through lax safety standards and by allowing transient people to live there, resulting in an inferno which destroyed millions of dollars worth of cannabis flower.Fri, 08 Aug 2025 21:16:39 +0000Vape Maker Must Arbitrate Claims Of Distributor Misconduct
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/cannabis/articles/2375239A California federal judge has ordered the owners of a Hong Kong vape maker to arbitrate their claims accusing a competitor of trying to "usurp" their place in the market, concluding that an underlying arbitration agreement was applicable despite the competitor's founder not signing the pact.Fri, 08 Aug 2025 20:53:25 +0000LAPD Wins Bid To Withhold 'Embarrassing' Body Cam Footage
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/cannabis/articles/2375115The public will not get to see body-camera footage allegedly showing a Los Angeles police officer destroying an MRI machine after his rifle was pulled into its magnetic field during a raid on an X-ray clinic that was wrongly assumed to be a cannabis grow site, a California federal court ruled, seeking to avoid "embarrassing" the officers named in the civil suit.Fri, 08 Aug 2025 18:05:37 +0000NY Court Tosses Challenge To Crackdown On Illicit Pot Shops
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/cannabis/articles/2375113A New York state judge has dismissed a constitutional challenge to a crackdown on unregulated marijuana sellers, finding that city and state officials acted within their authority when they targeted the self-described cannabis club that brought the petition.Fri, 08 Aug 2025 15:50:54 +0000NY Cannabis Sellers Urge Lawmakers To Fix Regulation Flap
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/cannabis/articles/2374251New York cannabis retailers facing the revocation of their licenses due to a recent destabilizing shift in regulatory interpretation are urging Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state Legislature to take immediate action to ensure the continuity of their businesses.Fri, 08 Aug 2025 15:38:03 +0000The Evolving Legal Landscape For THC-Infused Beverages
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/cannabis/articles/2372994A recent Eighth Circuit ruling, holding that states may restrict the sale of intoxicating hemp-derived products without violating federal law, combined with ongoing regulatory uncertainty at both the federal and state levels, could alter the trajectory of the THC-infused beverage market, say attorneys at Pashman Stein.Fri, 08 Aug 2025 12:06:22 +0000Massachusetts Sheriff Charged With Extorting Cannabis Shop
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/cannabis/articles/2375082Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins was arrested Friday morning in Florida on extortion charges related to his demand for a stake in a cannabis dispensary 鈥� and a refund when his shares lost value 鈥� federal prosecutors announced.Thu, 07 Aug 2025 18:24:02 +0000Class Action Over Kratom Extract Is Resolved
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/cannabis/articles/2374022Consumers have agreed to drop a proposed class action against online Missouri hemp retailer CBD American Shaman LLC that accused it of deceptively marketing a concentrated kratom alkaloid, known as 7-OH, as a safe "natural" product while concealing its opioid-level addictiveness.Thu, 07 Aug 2025 15:44:33 +0000Antitrust Scrutiny Heightens In The Cannabis Industry
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/cannabis/articles/2373959Two ongoing antitrust cases signal intensified scrutiny of pricing practices, distribution restraints and exclusionary conduct in the cannabis sector, says Robin Crauthers at McCarter & English.