Here we go in NY,  Californians will have a wry smile on their face when they start reading up on this. It didn’t take long for the politics of cannabis to make its way all the way to the Gov’s office. As always it is the trifecta in cannabis of money, influence and politics. The […]

 

Thursday, plaintiff Eagle Moon Hemp LLC filed suit against the defendant Isolate Extraction Systems, Inc in the District of Colorado. The complaint alleges that the defendant had made “material representations of fact regarding the High Capacity Extraction Machine” that they manufacture; according to the plaintiffs, these representations would then prove to be false later on. Eagle Moon Hemp is […]

Oregon and the OLCC although not always perfect were seen as the gold standard for the management of regulated cannabis in the US. But the last six months what with organized crime taking over cannabis in southern Oregon and enforcement agencies out numbered, outgunned, and underfunded, now it appears the recent administrative changes within the […]

Here is the story hot off the press from Syracuse.com. As they point out in the piece, if the case moves ahead it could scupper Canopy’s plans to buy Acreage in a $US3.4 billion deal. Not only that, Canopy is also named in the suit Before we get to the story here are a couple […]

Marijuana Moment reports The governor of South Dakota wants marijuana activists behind a 2020 legalization initiative that her administration overturned with a court challenge to pay the legal fees, rather than have taxpayers foot the bill for her fight to invalidate the voter-approved measure. After South Dakota voters passed the ballot proposal to legalize cannabis […]

MJ Biz Report Investors who include Curaleaf Holdings Executive Chair Boris Jordan filed a $60 million lawsuit alleging they were induced into funding an Oregon CBD startup based on false and misleading information. The lawsuit, filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court, lists seven investment funds as plaintiffs against Oregon entrepreneur Nitin Khanna and others, according to the Portland […]

H&R Block Inc has recruited its new top lawyer from Tilray Inc, hiring Dara Redler, the Canadian cannabis producer’s interim chief legal officer. Bloomberg report that the reason they’ve taken on Dara Redler is to fight a lawsuit over the company’s name against billionaire Jack Dorsey’s Block Inc but we wonder if they don’t have […]

Here’s the Billboard announcement on the story which is found behind a paywall Spotify has won a legal ruling blocking a smaller company from securing a federal trademark on “Potify” – the name of an online platform that connects users to marijuana dispensaries.https://t.co/eMTVDzEleu — billboard (@billboard) January 11, 2022

The Oregonian reports One of nation’s largest marijuana companies has settled 10 lawsuits over wellness drops it sold in Oregon that were contaminated with a jumbo dose of THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. Massachusetts-based Curaleaf has acknowledged that employees at a Portland facility somehow confused its Select brand of CBD-based wellness drops, which are made […]

Here’s the NORML press release The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws is pleased to announce the addition of Morgan Fox to its national staff. Morgan Fox will serve as NORML’s Political Director, taking over the position from outgoing NORML staffer Justin Strekal. Mr. Fox will work out of NORML’s Washington, DC headquarters. […]