Multistate marijuana operator MedMen is suing Miami Beach, Florida, claiming a local regulation - which requires medical cannabis dispensaries be at least 1,200 feet from each other -Â violates state law. According to the Miami Herald, MedMen is charging the city's...
Many California marijuana business executives welcome the state’s newly mandated track-and-trace system as an opportunity to ensure industry transparency - but they worry the technology’s rollout could prove rocky. Industry officials report widespread confusion about...
Before joining the cannabis industry as an attorney and business consultant, Pamela Epstein practiced environmental law. Epstein, founder of Los Angeles-based Green Wise Consulting, specialized in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), a law that all...
A Massachusetts racketeering lawsuit against a marijuana shop was dismissed, but the victory for that cannabis business didn't come without a cost. The parties agreed to a "substantial" but confidential out-of-court settlement, according to recent information...
The New York Medical Cannabis Industry Association (NYMCIA) has expelled California-based MedMen from its ranks, an organization spokesman confirmed to Marijuana Business Daily, but the company said it has yet to be notified of such a move. "(MedMen) didn’t resign,...
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he's "no longer confident" an agreement to legalize recreational marijuana in New York will be included in the state budget that's due by April 1, raising the possibility the state Legislature won't approve retail sales of cannabis this year....
A class action lawsuit against a rural California county that prohibited marijuana grows after collecting taxes and fees from hundreds of cultivators is poised to proceed after a judge's ruling that overruled objections from the county. The lawsuit - filed last August...
California’s cannabis industry is facing a licensing quandary, which state legislation likely will address, but the situation could still prove problematic for businesses that want to comply with the law instead of joining the illicit market.
The Los Angeles City Council on Friday forged ahead with two cannabis industry proposals: one to clamp down on illegal shops and one to start another licensing round. The first proposal, to cut off utilities for unlicensed shops that have been running amok in L.A. for...
The list of pro-marijuana reform bills in Congress just got a little longer. Not only was the anticipated bipartisan SAFE Banking Act reintroduced on Thursday after a much-publicized congressional hearing last month, but two more members of the House of...
Several proponents of the Los Angeles cannabis social equity program – which is designed to better involve minorities and those affected by the war on drugs in the city’s marijuana industry – said Wednesday that officials are moving too quickly to the next round of MJ business licensing.
A Los Angeles City Council committee advanced a proposed ordinance to shut off water and power at unlicensed marijuana shops, another attempt to crack down on L.A.'s still-thriving illicit cannabis market. If the measure becomes law, as...
