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Ill. Class Action Claims Cannabis Companies Sell Products with Excessive THC Content

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New York Law Journal

Reflections on NY’s Adult-Use Cannabis Industry: Insight from the Rollout and What Lies Ahead for NY Attorneys and their Clients

This article discusses the cannabis industry in New York, specifically focusing on state attorneys and what this means for their clients.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Cannabis Took a Hit on Red Wednesday, but Hope Is On the Way

Reflecting multiple states rejection of marijuana legalization efforts and ushering in an administration seemingly hostile to cannabis, Red Wednesday revealed how uncertain regulatory policy, coupled with Herculean operational challenges, stripped the bloom off of the rose and unveiled the volatility of cannabis’ valuation.
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New York Law Journal

The Organic Blooms Injunction Is The Latest Blow to New York’s Troubled Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary Program

The author writes "On Dec. 12, 2024, New York’s troubled Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) program suffered yet another body blow, this time in the form of an injunction prohibiting the Office of Cannabis Management from processing applications for which it waived the requirement for municipal notification (and, by extension, securing a location)."
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Daily Business Review

Lost in the Legal Maze: How State Regulations Are Hindering Hemp Operators' Success

Recent actions from states such as California and Georgia have created a further dark cloud over the industry as operators feel that the states are going beyond efforts to curb the unregulated market, but rather dismantle the industry altogether.
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Law.com

County Reps: Appeal Likely Following State Court's Sales Tax Ruling for Retail Marijuana

In Robust Missouri Dispensary 3 v. St. Louis County, the court sided with the plaintiff, concluding that only one local government is permitted under state law to impose an additional 3% sales tax on the retail sale of marijuana.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Fighting for Legal Fees: Lowenstein Sandler Battles for $766,000

In a suit filed in Essex County Superior Court, Lowenstein Sandler says Trif & Modugno and partner Louis A. Modugno drove a Lowenstein Sandler client, Harmony Foundation of New Jersey, into insolvency and receivership.
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The Legal Intelligencer

How Municipalities Crush Rogue and Regulated Intoxicants

Despite complete state and federal legality, municipalities are increasingly prohibiting and prosecuting hemp-derived intoxicating product sales imposing civil and criminal penalties on both the business and its owners.
8 minute read

The Recorder

California Appeals Court Rejects Marijuana Grow Permit, Citing Federal Illegality

"No matter how much California voters and the Legislature might try, cannabis cultivation and transportation are illegal in California as long as it remains illegal under federal law," wrote Presiding Justice Arthur Gilbert of the Second District Court of Appeal
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New York Law Journal

Illicit Marijuana Business Operator Is Ordered to Pay New York $9.5M

The state attorney general is authorized on request by the Office of Cannabis Management to bring a proceeding against any person who violates the cannabis law.
3 minute read

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