Tag: CBT > Cannabis Lawsuit

New York

12 New York Cannabis Businesses Sue State Over School Proximity Fiasco

The businesses, including Conbud and Housing Works, argue that the Office of Cannabis Management changed policy without a formal rulemaking process.

August 18, 2025

New York

Federal Court Rules New York’s Social Equity Dispensary Licenses Unconstitutional

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that New York’s protectionist measure favoring in-state applicants collides with the Constitution.

August 13, 2025

Connecticut

Fake Cannabis Licenses Sold to Roughly 70 Businesses in Connecticut

The state’s attorney general is seeking a $2.5-million prejudgment remedy from two men being sued in connection with the licensing scheme.

July 31, 2025

Texas

Circuit Court Ruling for Arkansas Renders Texas Governor’s Hemp Veto Argument Moot

The Eighth Circuit Court ruled that the 2018 Farm Bill does not preempt a state’s ability to regulate hemp after Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a bill to ban it.

June 25, 2025

Oregon

Oregon Cannabis Companies No Longer Need Labor Peace Agreements to Renew Licenses

The state’s Liquor and Cannabis Commission announced the voter-approved requirement no longer applies after a conflicting federal court ruling.

May 30, 2025

Industry Headlines

MMJ to File Emergency Injunction Against DEA’s ‘Unconstitutional Marijuana Hearing’

MMJ BioPharma Cultivation, a company seeking DEA registration to cultivate cannabis for research, is hoping to avoid an administrative hearing.

May 1, 2025

New Mexico

Federal Judge Rules Medical Cannabis Isn’t Covered by Insurance

The U.S. district judge determined New Mexico law doesn’t mandate coverage, and, if it did, such a law would be preempted by federal law.

April 25, 2025

Alabama

Judge Sends Alabama Medical Cannabis Licensing Back to Square One

Circuit Judge James Anderson ruled that the state regulators’ emergency rule, established for a late 2023 licensing process, is void.

April 22, 2025

Industry Headlines

Planet 13 Recovers Additional $2.1 Million of Funds, $5 Million in Real Estate

The company’s settlement and recovery are related to El Capitan, an investment adviser that Planet 13 is suing.

March 3, 2025

Legislation and Regulation

DOJ Will No Longer Defend Administrative Law Judges From Removal

The announcement could bolster MMJ International Holdings’ ongoing lawsuit against the DEA over a medical cannabis research application.

February 25, 2025

California

Blum Holdings Reaches Global Settlement With People’s California

The settlement is subject to documentation and approval by the presiding judge in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings for two Blum subsidiaries.

February 24, 2025

Cannabis Rescheduling

Doctors Ask US Appellate Court for Redo in DEA’s Selections for Cannabis Rescheduling Participants

Doctors for Drug Policy Reform argues the DEA’s selections were arbitrary and capricious, providing ‘cure letters’ as evidence of ex parte communications.

February 18, 2025