Lawsuits

Rhode Island officials on Friday awarded five new medical cannabis licenses — one application was delayed by a lawsuit, while another was disqualified over a bribe paid to the former mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts.

The company hired by Missouri to handle cannabis licensing was successfully sued for $28 million by GMT Consulting, who said they were denied a license because the application scoring method was flawed and “corrupt.”

A judge in Florida lifted the ban stopping Leafly and other third-party websites from assisting medical cannabis dispensaries with online patient ordering.

A former compliance officer for a New Jersey cannabis business is suing his former employer claiming he was demoted because he is Black.

Actor Clint Eastwood won about $6.1 million in a lawsuit against a Lithuanian company that used Eastwood’s image and likeness to promote its CBD products without permission.

The co-founders of MedMen Enterprises are suing the co-owners of Coastal Holding Company claiming the retail dispensary chain conspired to dump the company in a liquidation sale.

An Idaho man is suing Curaleaf over a product mixup that resulted in the company’s Select-brand CBD drops being recalled last week for containing THC.

A Pennsylvania man is suing his former employer claiming the company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and Pennsylvania Human Relations Act when he was fired for using medical cannabis.

California-based Catalyst Cannabis Co. filed a lawsuit last week against the state’s Department of Cannabis Control over product diversion due to high tax rates.

A Massachusetts cannabis dispensary won the right to operate for-profit after the state Supreme Court ruled that the town of Mansfield’s bylaws were preempted by the state’s legalization law.

California dispensary March and Ash is pushing back against the unregulated cannabis market in unincorporated San Diego County with an anti-racketeering lawsuit.

A federal judge on Wednesday said Maine cannot prohibit out-of-state companies from operating medical cannabis dispensaries in the state.

A new lawsuit claims that the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority violated the state’s Open Meetings Act while enacting emergency cannabis industry regulations.

A Massachusetts lawsuit is seeking to stop the state Department of Corrections from using certain drug tests that the suit describes as faulty and with an 80% rate of false-positive tests.

Cannabis company Sozo Illinois Inc. has filed a lawsuit claiming a new law signed last week, which expands opportunities for social equity applicants, lowers their chances in an upcoming retail cannabis license lottery.

A Utah medical cannabis company whose license application was denied has filed suit against state officials and companies that did receive a license claiming “corruption” in the licensing process.

The Kentucky Hemp Association and other hemp businesses in the state are suing to stop crackdowns on hemp businesses selling Delta-8 THC.

Detroit’s cannabis industry license ordinance giving preference to long-time city residents is “likely unconstitutional,” according to a recent federal ruling.

A lawsuit filed by Wrong for Montana in an attempt to dismiss the state’s cannabis legalization initiative is moot now that the governor signed the state’s adult-use cannabis bill.

A New York MTA bus driver is suing the makers of a weight loss tea after the product led to a failed drug test and demotion.

The medical cannabis patient claims the employer was in violation of workplace discrimination laws by not attempting to find reasonable accommodation for his disability and prescribed medical cannabis use.

A social equity cannabis applicant in Los Angeles filed suit against the city over its first-come-first-serve licensing process, which reportedly allowed for online bots to reserve application spots.

A Missouri appeals court ruled that medical cannabis regulators in the state cannot keep secret the industry’s business license applications.

A Buffalo, New York firefighter who was fired after failing a drug test due to his prescribed medical cannabis use has filed suit against the city and his former department.