Lawsuits

New York is being sued by several of its medical cannabis operators over the state’s plan to give the first adult-use retail cannabis licenses to social equity applicants.

Two South Dakota medical cannabis firms are suing a former political operative for the Democratic National Committee (DNC), accusing the defendant of defrauding the companies and their investors of about $1.7 million.

Rolling paper maker Republic Brands won a permanent injunction in federal court against HBI International, the maker of RAW® Organic Hemp rolling papers, which prohibits HBI from selling certain products and making certain promotional statements.

The New York City Police Department filed lawsuits on Tuesday aiming to shut down four companies that the police claim have been illegally selling cannabis products in Manhattan.

Hawthorne Collective Inc, a Scotts Miracle-Gro Co subsidiary, filed a lawsuit against cannabis company TerrAscend Corp and JW Asset Management LLC, an investment company, claiming the duo is violating U.S. antitrust laws.

A real estate developer has filed suit against the city of Pontiac, Michigan and its clerk over the delayed enactment of local cannabis industry rules.

A California cannabis company has filed a RICO lawsuit against the city of Baldwin Park and some former city officials, alleging that local government had rigged the city’s retail cannabis rollout to benefit officials and their allies.

Multiple Oregon cannabis farmers claim they are owned tens of thousands of dollars by Chalice Brands for cannabis flower, pre-rolls, edibles, and other products retailed by the brand from its multiple dispensaries.

A Buffalo, New York firefighter who was terminated for using doctor-recommended medical cannabis has been reinstated following a successful lawsuit.

Brothers Ross and Zach Lipson, the co-founders of cannabis e-commerce company Dutchie, claim in a lawsuit that they were wrongfully forced out of the company earlier this month.

The Minnesota Board of Pharmacy filed a lawsuit against Northland Vapor — creator of the “Death By Gummy Bears” line of edibles — alleging that the company’s products far exceed the state’s strict THC potency limits.

A federal lawsuit filed by an Oregon firm seeks to dispute the constitutionality of state laws prohibiting cannabis exports and imports between legalized states.

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried and other plaintiffs have filed an appeal after the dismissal of a previous lawsuit over medical cannabis patients’ right to access firearms.

A New York judge halted the issuing of adult-use cannabis retail licenses in five regions after a Michigan-based cannabis company filed a lawsuit against the state’s licensing requirements.

Multistate cannabis operator Curaleaf will pay $100,000 to settle a class-action lawsuit related to a 2021 incident wherein the company sold drops labeled for CBD but which actually contained THC.

A class action lawsuit filed in California seeks unspecified damages from a cannabis brand that is alleged to have inflated THC labels on some of its products.

A Washington, D.C. cannabis company has filed a lawsuit for nearly $800,000 in damaged product and cash seized during raids on multiple locations last year.

The U.S. Court of International Trade ruled last month that importing cannabis paraphernalia into the US is legal, breaking a previous Controlled Substances Act ban.

A former Green Thumb Industries employee has filed an age and sex discrimination lawsuit against the company after allegedly being passed over for a shift supervisor position for a younger and less qualified male co-worker.

A South Carolina hemp cultivator is suing several state agencies for allegedly denying his due process when destroying unregistered crops they found during a check on his property.

The Blacklist, a notoriously anonymous cannabis industry publication, has become embroiled in a series of lawsuits that is bringing its owner and longtime operators into the public spotlight, unraveling the brand’s anonymity.

A Missouri judge dismissed a lawsuit that sought to block a cannabis legalization question from appearing on the state’s November ballots.

Arkansas medical cannabis sales reached a new record high of $23,700,000 in August amidst legal troubles that look to quash the industry by classifying cannabis businesses as subjects of the RICO Act.

Two lawsuits challenging Detroit’s adult-use cannabis licensing ordinance were dismissed by a Michigan judge in Wayne County who said the city has provided a fair licensing process.