NY Regulators Try To Grease The Wheels On The Sputtering Start To AU Sales
New York’s Cannabis Control Board scheduled a surprise meeting for the first Tuesday after Memorial Day during which it approved changes to the state’s soci... Read more.
2,700 Applicants Still Waiting for Illinois Dispensary Lottery
Nearly 2,700 aspiring cannabis retailers in Illinois who submitted applications are still waiting for a lottery that the state said would come before the end of... Read more.
Cannabis Seed-to-Sale is Becoming a Duopoly
The cannabis industry’s track and trace market is consolidating into a two-party system with almost every state that allows medical or adult-use cannabis sign... Read more.
MN Defamation Suit Latest Skirmish Between Hemp Farmers and Legal Weed Producers
Hemp producers are suing pro-legalization nonprofit MN is Ready for defamation just as legal adult use is about to be approved in the state. The lawsuit, which ... Read more.
Paychex Exit Leaves Cannabis Clients in the Lurch
When Paychex, the fifth largest payroll processor in the country and the largest payroll service provider to accept cannabis-related businesses as clients, anno... Read more.
Curaleaf Reports $370M in Annual Losses, Still Pines for SAFE Banking
Curaleaf lost about $370 million over the course of 2022, just before facing a series of regulatory setbacks in subsequent months, according to the company’s ... Read more.
NJ Regulator Reverses Course on Curaleaf License Renewals, with Stiff Stipulations
In a dramatic reversal, regulators in New Jersey voted 4-1 Monday afternoon to renew Curaleaf’s adult-use licenses, up-ending their previous denial days ear... Read more.
Is the Dormant Commerce Clause Losing Steam as a Means to Interstate Cannabis Trade?
Last year, the U.S. Constitution’s dormant commerce clause was successfully used to justify legal challenges to residency and social equity rules for marijuan... Read more.
Multi-State Divestitures Delay Cresco-Columbia Merger
Cresco Labs’ $2 billion acquisition of Columbia Care has been pushed back to this summer, but that should not be a surprise given the bureaucratic and logisti... Read more.
Curaleaf’s Undisclosed Ties to Sanctioned Oligarch Spur Regulatory Scrutiny
Curaleaf is betting its survival on the nascent East Coast markets, but could new investigations in at least three northeastern states strike a fatal blow to on... Read more.