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Missouri AG sues retailers over alleged marijuana-as-hemp sales

Missouri's attorney general accuses four retailers of selling over-limit THC products as hemp while posing as licensed dispensaries.

News November 5
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Marijuana MSO sues Ohio town, claiming local fees were ‘extortion’

Pierce Township's attempt to collect 4.5% of cannabis retailers' annual gross as a condition of being allowed to…

News October 26
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Did Curaleaf put all cannabis contracts at risk to avoid paying millions to a Michigan cultivator?

Curaleaf Holdings is evading a $31.8 million judgment after arguing in federal court that cannabis contracts are federally…

News October 20
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Controversial Oregon cannabis executive charged with tax fraud

The CEO of an Oregon-based vertically integrated multistate cannabis operator has been charged with federal tax fraud.

News October 16
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States don’t need to change rules to comply with federal marijuana rescheduling

In a legal opinion that other states may heed, South Dakota's existing medical marijuana laws comply with federal…

News October 14
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Washington state to tweak cannabis rules to comply with federal marijuana rescheduling

Washington state cannabis regulators signed off on a tweak to state rules that would allow operators to more…

News October 8
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How the federal hemp ban treats delta-8 THC differently – and what operators are doing

Sometimes controversial within the estimated $38 billion hemp sector, delta-8 THC is also playing by different rules as…

News October 5
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New delay for federal marijuana rescheduling as flaws in process parsed

The Drug Enforcement Administration's top administrative law judge agreed to delay federal marijuana rescheduling while a new government…

News September 30
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New Jersey cannabis official charged in bribery case

Atlantic City's cannabis chief faces federal fraud and bribery charges over $29,000 in alleged bribes from a cannabis…

News September 28
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Nebraska attorney general probes Colorado cannabis company

Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers wants a Colorado cannabis company to turn over sensitive employee information as well…

News September 24
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