Will the SCOTUS Take Up DCC and Cannabis?
A split decision on state cannabis license residency rules between two separate federal appellate courts has set the stage for...
Litigation
Colorado Lender Sues MA Retailer for Unpaid Loan
A Colorado financier is suing a dispensary in East Boston, Mass., alleging they failed to make payments on a $600,000...
NY Still Struggles with Enforcement
New York’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) has an enforcement problem. In December, the agency was forced to drop what...
Florida Bank Faces the Sting of ‘Failed’ Cannabis Compliance
A minority shareholder in the First National Bank of Pasco says the Florida-based financial institution has failed to overhaul its...
Ware Hause Operator Sues Over CO Licensing Warning
The owner and employees of two cannabis distribution businesses who voluntarily surrendered their licenses claim they should be allowed to...
Curaleaf Denies Diversion Suspicions in Illinois
Curaleaf (CURLF) denied allegations that it was suspected by the State of Illinois of allowing diversion out of its Litchfield,...
KY Hemp Co. Sues TN Over New Regulations
Kentucky-based Cornbread CBD is suing Tennessee’s Alcoholic Beverage Commission in federal court over new regulations that will block mail-order sales...
4th Circuit Upholds Maryland’s Social Equity Program
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Maryland’s social equity licensing rules, affirming the denial of a...
2nd Circuit Rules Dormant Commerce Clause Applies to Cannabis
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, in a 2-1 decision, that the dormant commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution...
Arkansas Hemp THC Ban Resurrected by Circuit Court
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower federal court’s two-year-old temporary injunction against a state-wide hemp ban, determining...
