California's attorney general argued in a recent court filing that none of the state's cannabis businesses operating on provisional licenses are entitled to due process under state law. The due-process situation arose when Hayward-based Harrens Lab filed suit against...
California-based Terra Tech Corp. said Wednesday it finalized a deal to acquire another West Coast marijuana multistate operator, Umbrla, which does business as Unrivaled and includes multiple MJ brands in its portfolio.
They're back! Less than a year after being ousted from leadership posts at California-based MedMen Enterprises, former CEO Adam Bierman and ex-President Andrew Modlin have found a route back into the legal marijuana industry - working for a separate cannabis company...
The New Jersey chapter of the NAACP is charging that the state's Cannabis Regulatory Commission is technically illegal since none of its five appointed members are Black men. The commission, which was completed Feb. 25, is made up of one Black woman, one white man,...
Congressman Earl Blumenauer has been the tip of the spear for decades when it comes to marijuana reform in the U.S. House of Representatives. But he’s never been as optimistic as he is this year about the possibility that significant marijuana reform might pass...
A San Francisco Bay Area marijuana testing lab whose business license was revoked earlier this month filed suit against California regulators, claiming its right to due process was violated because there's no appeals process. According to the lawsuit, filed Thursday...
Indus Holdings said it has acquired another well-known California marijuana brand, Lowell Herb Co., in a cash-and-stock deal worth $39 million.
Three years after the launch of California's legal marijuana market, cannabis tax experts warn the industry should expect state regulators to ramp up tax enforcement, noting that several audits of MJ businesses are already underway. As a result, many companies might...
The U.S. marijuana industry will likely have a friendlier attorney general if President Joe Biden's pick, Merrick Garland, is confirmed as the head of the Department of Justice - based on comments the federal judge made Monday during his confirmation hearing. Garland...
Social equity programs are a relatively new phenomenon in the U.S. cannabis industry, with the aim of getting more minorities and those with marijuana-related convictions involved in the legal sector.
A proposed statewide ballot measure in Idaho to legalize medical marijuana received the go-ahead to begin collecting the requisite 68,000 signatures it would need to go before voters in 2022. According to the Idaho State Journal, the...
Kathleen Sebelius, a former member of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet, is an honorary co-chair of the National Cannabis Roundtable.
