Sacramento-based Sequoia Analytical Labs surrendered its business license after a state inspection discovered that the company's lab director allegedly falsified cannabis product testing results for almost four months. Hundreds of marijuana products may now have to be...
The U.S. Tax Court ruled on a 2½-year-old case in which California-based Harborside had hoped to end 280E’s hold over the marijuana industry’s profit margins.
Although California's final cannabis industry regulations will reportedly be completed Monday, many industry insiders likely won't be able to read them until January. That may be a disappointment to marijuana businesses that were anticipating being able to see the...
One of the longest-operating cannabis consulting firms in Arizona, Dispensary Permits, has been acquired by publicly traded corporation Item 9 Labs for $1.5 million and 3 million shares of stock. Here are the basics of the deal: Item 9 Labs...
Three California cannabis business insiders have been arrested and charged over an alleged plot to kidnap and assassinate a fourth business associate in a cannabis deal gone sour. The defendants - Salam Razuki, Sylvia Gonzales and Elizabeth...
An Ohio credit union confirmed Monday it will offer "limited banking services" to the state's medical cannabis companies. While it's not clear at this point what "limited banking services" means exactly and what may be offered to marijuana businesses by Wright-Patt...
The latest quarterly cannabis tax revenues reported by the state of California reveal that while the legal cannabis market is continuing to grow and stabilize, it’s also underperforming expectations - a trend that became obvious earlier this year. Here are some...
Amid this month's election hubbub, one Northern California county's vote tally opened the door to potentially hundreds of marijuana growers entering the state's legal cannabis market. In rural Calaveras County - which enacted a commercial MJ cultivation ban in January...
Los Angeles officials have reached an agreement with California regulators that’s designed to free up a licensing logjam that has prevented the city’s marijuana companies from opening their doors because they don’t yet have local business permits.
The vast majority of at least 94 cannabis-related local ballot measures in California were either approved easily by voters or appeared headed to victory after Election Day 2018, a development that is expected to be a boon for marijuana entrepreneurs looking for new...
As the marijuana market in the Golden State grows and matures, business owners are facing dueling challenges:
MJ entrepreneurs are finding it’s particularly tough to obtain a business permit in Los Angeles.
Lawsuits involving trademarks and proprietary business information are popping around the state.
U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, one of the cannabis industry's most outspoken allies on Capitol Hill, has lost his congressional seat. The California Republican from Orange County lost his bid for re-election to Democrat Harley Rouda after a lengthy vote-counting process...
