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Mass. Cannabis Litigation/Unusual Bankruptcy Ruling/SPAC Suit/Congressional Cannabis Champ to Depart

Some of the biggest cannabis companies are backing a lawsuit to block any federal action against state-legal marijuana operators.
9 minute read

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Prohibition Suit Targets AG/Ohio Legalization Vote/Georgia Licensing Suit/Ascend's Top Lawyer

Ohio voters will go to the polls next month to decide whether adult-use marijuana should be legal. But the Legislature will have the last word in determining what any legalization law looks like.
10 minute read

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Cops and Cannabis/Carlton Fields' New Partner/Suit Targets Lyvly/Firm's Defamation Suit

Jersey City's mayor wants certain professions carved out of a New Jersey law allowing workers to use legal marijuana when not on the clock.
8 minute read

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Cannabis Lawsuit Law/Mandelbaum Barrett's Cannabis Chair/MedMen's Suit/Hemp Case Guilty Pleas

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law legislation that will allow licensed cannabis operators to sue unlicensed competitors.
7 minute read

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California Psychedelics/Rescheduling FOIA Suit/Axel Bernabe's New Role/A Massachusetts Regulator Sues

When it comes to legalizing psychedelics, "There's actually lots of approaches to be tried," said Eric Munevar, campaign director for the California Psilocybin Initiative 2024. "You want pressure coming from all sides of society on something like this."
10 minute read

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SAFER Banking/NJ Cannabis Investments/Hilary Bricken's New Role/NY's Cannabis Advisers

In a historic vote, the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee advanced a bill aimed at increasing banking services to a cash-dependent cannabis industry.
10 minute read

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SAFER Banking/NY Regs Lawsuit/Lawsuits Targeting Curaleaf/Reactions to NY's Rollout

After years of inaction, Congress appears poised to take significant action on marijuana banking.
10 minute read

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NY Cannabis Licensing / California Hemp Lawsuit / Shopify Sued / Landlords as Cannabis Enforcers

New York will start accepting applications for general adult-use cannabis business licenses Oct. 4. But there are a lot of questions still left to answer in the coming weeks, two Foley Hoag partners said.
8 minute read

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Rescheduling Reactions/California Psychedelics Bill/Cannabis Lawyer Now Managing Partner/Cannabis Cone Litigation

Reactions to HHS's recommendation that DEA reschedule marijuana fall into three camps.
10 minute read

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Reclassifying Marijuana/Women-Owned Business Ruling/New Alabama Counsel/'Unacceptable" California Taxes

"This equates to the largest possible shot in the arm of profitability when the industry arguably needs it the most," attorney Jon Purow said of HHS's recommendation to reclassify marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act.
13 minute read

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