A New York lawsuit filed Monday on behalf of five licensed hemp retailers says they are collateral damage in the state Office of Cannabis Management’s raids of illicit marijuana businesses.

Joshua S. Bauchner of Mandelbaum Barrett. Courtesy photo Joshua S. Bauchner of Mandelbaum Barrett. Courtesy photo

Filed in state Supreme Court of Albany County by Mandelbaum Barrett partner Joshua S. Bauchner, who chairs his firm’s cannabis, hemp and psychedelics practice group, the Article 78 claim asks to restrain the state government from engaging in “warrantless military style raids” with law enforcement under the “guise” of administrative inspections against licensed hemp retailers.