Lawsuits

Alabama cannabis regulators are resetting the cannabis license application process for the third time; under the new rules, applications will be reconsidered by state officials but applicants will also be able to give a presentation explaining why they should receive a license.

A Missouri cannabis retailer is suing the state claiming that the practice of stacking sales taxes on adult-use cannabis products is unconstitutional.

The New York Attorney General’s Office has issued a stay in the cannabis tech company Leafly’s legal challenge against the state’s third-party marketing ban, effectively blocking the state from enforcing the ban against Leafly but not other third-party marketers.

The cannabis technology and information platform Leafly has filed suit against New York’s cannabis regulators over the third-party marketing ban included in the state’s recently revealed regulations package.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court declined to hear a lawsuit that challenges medical cannabis business fee hikes in the state, arguing that the licensing fees — despite the lawsuit’s claims — are not considered an illegal tax.

Bronx woman Chanetto Rivers was awarded $75,000 from the New York City Administration for Children’s Services for a lawsuit she filed after the agency attempted to put her newborn son in foster care because she had smoked cannabis, legally.

In the third lawsuit brought against the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission over its handling of the medical cannabis application process, Medella LLC is accusing the agency of wrongfully implying that one of the company’s owners or senior directors had a criminal record.

A lawsuit filed in federal court last week is looking to challenge Virginia’s newly imposed THC limits on hemp products in the state.

In a move that highlights the discrepancy between state-level and federal regulations on hemp, the state of California has filed a lawsuit against several U.S. hemp brands claiming violations of the state’s Proposition 65 rules.

A Missouri judge this week dismissed the bid by a medical cannabis company to stop the recall of nearly 63,000 of its cannabis products.

A Missouri cannabis company that had nearly 63,000 products recalled earlier this month is being sued by a medical cannabis firm that purchased more than $300,000 worth of the now-recalled products.

A New York Supreme Court Judge on Tuesday reversed their decision to partly lift an injunction that would have let 30 cannabis businesses move forward with their opening plans, reimposing a hold on all cannabis licensing activity.

Following a lawsuit filed by multiple cannabis industry trade groups, the Oregon Court of Appeals has — for now — suspended the state’s cannabis testing requirements for the fungus Aspergillus.

Daniel Herer, son of cannabis activist and author Jack Herer, is being sued by a former business partner for allegedly reneging on business agreements. Herer has denied the charges in his own filing and claims that the plaintiff Herer Brands Inc. is infringing on intellectual property.

A vape shop in Lancaster, Pennsylvania is suing the district attorney and other law enforcement officials, claiming that they conducted a warrantless search of the business and wrongfully seized legal hemp-derived THC products.

A lawsuit filed in the Connecticut Superior Court is challenging the state’s cannabis legalization law and asking a judge to halt cannabis sales statewide because the plant remains federally prohibited.

A New York Supreme Court justice this week temporarily blocked the issuing of new retail cannabis licenses following a lawsuit by veterans who claim that officials have failed to follow social equity provisions in the state’s cannabis legalization law.

In response to Arkansas’ recent ban on hemp-derived THC products, several companies have filed suit against the state, claiming that the law violates the federal Farm Bill of 2018 and interstate commerce protections.

A lawsuit filed by New York-based military veterans claims that cannabis regulators are failing to follow the social equity provisions included in the state’s cannabis legalization law.

Cannabis research company MMJ International Holdings is preparing a lawsuit against the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for allegedly failing to follow federal law as it concerns the cultivation of pharmaceutical cannabis.

The Cannabis Industry Association of Oregon and several of the state’s organic cannabis cultivators are suing to undo the Oregon Health Authority’s new Aspergillus mold testing requirements for cannabis products.

Medical cannabis business applicant Alabama Always LLC is accusing the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission of improperly erasing recordings of its meetings in violation of the state’s Open Meetings Act.

Florida-based Trulieve Cannabis Corp. filed a civil lawsuit against an Ohio medical cannabis company seeking payment of loans and other fees valued at $23.8 million.

Rhode Island dispensary Greenleaf Compassionate Care Center has filed a lawsuit over labor peace agreement provisions in the state’s cannabis legalization law, arguing it was “coerced into entering an oppressive collective bargaining agreement.”