Cannabis Law News

Pioneering Intellectual Property Law on a Global Scale San Francisco, CA – The International Cannabis Bar Association (INCBA) proudly announces the Global Cannabis Intellectual Property Symposium 2023, the first-ever international gathering dedicated to the convergence of Intellectual Property (IP) law and the dynamic emerging cannabis industry. As the cannabis industry continues its rapid global expansion, safeguarding intellectual property rights […]

KOCO reports OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Supreme Court decided not to hear a lawsuit against new marijuana laws that drove up licensing fees and requirements to operate. Marijuana businesses now have a month and a half to meet new state laws, and some argued the decision on this challenge makes that process harder. “I […]

Morris Nichols senior counsel Michael Houghton has been appointed to serve on the Marijuana Appeals Commission. He was nominated by Delaware Governor John Carney, and confirmed in a special session of the Delaware State Senate on Friday, September 8, 2023. Delaware enacted legislation to legalize and regulate cannabis in late April 2023. The three-member Appeals […]

It sure is a ding dong battle between employers and employees in the cannabis industry in AZ at the moment GMR reported 11 Sept The company says the “commercial bribery” scheme started in 2020 or 2021. Florida-based Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (CSE: TRUL) (OTCQX: TCNNF) filed a civil racketeering lawsuit against two of its former purchasing […]

Ganjapreneur report Michigan businessman John Dalaly was sentenced on Thursday to more than two years in federal prison for bribing the former head of the state cannabis licensing board. A Michigan businessman on Thursday was sentenced to more than two years in federal prison for bribing the former head of the state cannabis licensing board, […]

Marijuana Moment reports “​​I feel like it should definitely be regulated, but not regulated to the point where you’re shutting doors of good businesses.” By Rahul Chowdhry Sharma, Virginia Mercury Two hemp businesses and a private citizen are challenging a Virginia law that instituted tougher limits on hemp products in Virginia in federal court, saying the new […]

Bob Hoban posts on Linked In I am very pleased to announce that Amber M. Naiman has joined Clark Hill Law, Denver. She has joined our corporate group after working with some of the region’s most reputable commercial law firms. Amber was admitted to practice law in Colorado in 2016, and has developed a reputation as a thoughtful, diligent, […]

Alice O’Leary Randall writes Beginning In 1988, Robert and I started publishing the Marijuana, Medicine and The Law series which eventually had five separate books all based on the hearings before Judge Young. Long out-of-print, these books are still available at Internet Archive. The first two volumes contain the testimony, briefs and decision from Judge Young’s hearings. Volume I contains […]

If you will call your company Dark Horse these sorts of things are bound to happen! Ganjapreneur write An Arkansas medical cannabis company is suing the Missouri firm that had nearly 63,000 of its products recalled, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. In its lawsuit, Dark Horse Medicinals Missouri, LLC says it purchased $325,632 worth of the now-recalled products […]