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Opinion: The battle for directors and officers liability coverage in the cannabis industry

With the number of lawsuits in the cannabis space tripling in the past two years, directors and officers…

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Narrow adult-use marijuana initiative makes South Dakota ballot

An adult-use marijuana initiative is headed to the ballot again in South Dakota this fall, but this one…

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NJ marijuana paraphernalia shop workers to unionize in labor board first

Employees at the Wonderland Smoke Shop, a marijuana accessories store in West Berlin, New Jersey, submitted a petition…

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Ukraine war, supply-chain woes cause cannabis fertilizer shortage, increased costs

Russia's invasion of Ukraine and ongoing supply-chain issues are causing a global fertilizer shortfall, leading cannabis growers to…

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Rhode Island becomes 19th state to legalize adult-use marijuana

Rhode Island officially became the 19th state in the U.S. to legalize adult-use marijuana when Democratic Gov. Dan…

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Arizona’s Item 9 Labs strikes $12.8M deal for Canada’s Sessions Cannabis

Item 9 Labs Corp., an Arizona-based company that invests in marijuana-related businesses, signed an agreement to acquire Wild…

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Oregon marijuana entrepreneur countersues Curaleaf exec for $625M

Nitin Khanna, a marijuana entrepreneur in Oregon, filed a nearly $625 million countersuit against an investor group that…

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NJ sells $24M of recreational cannabis in first month; more licenses issued

In the first month of recreational cannabis sales, New Jersey retailers sold $24 million worth of adult-use products.

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Oklahoma recalls 99 medical marijuana products, suspends lab’s license

Oklahoma regulators are accusing a testing lab of reporting passing results for dozens of contaminated medical marijuana products,…

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Canadian cannabis producers’ overdue excise taxes more than triple to CA$52M

Unpaid federal excise duty is piling up in Canada’s cannabis industry, with excise debt more than tripling to…

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