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• Office of Cannabis Management announces approval of cannabis rules by administrative law judge April 8, 2025
  Office of Cannabis Management announces approval of cannabis rules by administrative law judge OCM may begin issuing business licenses in uncapped license categories once rules are published in the State Register later this month St. Paul, Minn. – Today, the Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) announced that an administrative law judge has approved draft rules governing Minnesota’s adult-use cannabis market. The rules, which the judge approved without changes, […]
• Canopy Growth Sued by Investor Over Canada Cannabis Launch Cost April 8, 2025
  Canopy Growth Corp. concealed production costs associated with launching its prerolled cannabis joints in Canada, resulting in disappointing third fiscal quarter of 2025 financial results and its stock’s worst day in almost two years, a proposed class action said. Share prices slid more than 27% the day Canopy reported a larger-than-anticipated loss of $1.11 Canadian dollars per share […]
• Cannabis Stacked Tax Appeal Skipped by Missouri High Court – Bloomberg April 8, 2025
  Bloomberg The Missouri Supreme Court rejected a county’s bid to review a case about whether multiple local governments can impose simultaneous cannabis taxes. Vertical Enterprises LLC’s suit against Buchanan County had been stayed by the Missouri Western District Court of Appeals while a parallel suit involving St. Louis is already pending at the state high court. Buchanan […]
• Michelle Bodian Attorney Joins Nowadays As General Counsel & Head of Regulatory Affairs April 7, 2025
  Short Linked In Announcement I couldn’t be more excited to share that I’ve started a new position as General Counsel & Head of Regulatory Affairs at NOWADAYS! Thrilled to join this powerhouse team and help shape the future of consumption one hemp beverage at a time.
• MMJ International Publishes Press Release Alleging..” DEA Attorney Aarathi Haig, key DEA attorney in MMJ’s cannabis research constitutional Administrative Law Judge case, is ineligible for a Certificate of Good Standing in the N.J. Bar due to compliance failures” April 7, 2025
  They are digging their heels in! The press release   Exclusive documents obtained reveal DEA Attorney Aarathi Haig, the key DEA attorney in MMJ’s cannabis research constitutional Administrative Law Judge case, is ineligible for a Certificate of Good Standing in the N.J. Bar due to compliance failures. WASHINGTON, DC / ACCESS Newswire / April 6, 2025 / New Jersey Bar records obtained by MMJ International Holdings […]
• Kuwaiti Man Acquitted of Hashish Smuggling April 7, 2025
  https://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/kuwaiti-man-acquitted-of-drug-smuggling/ Kuwaiti Man Acquitted of Hashish Smuggling
• Australia – Lawyer X Scandal Results In Tony Mokbel Cocaine Smuggler & Gangland Boss Being Released April 6, 2025
  If you are Australian you’ll know the story. Have a read of this Guardian piece. The story is straight out of a Netflix  Binge watch The organised crime figure Tony Mokbel will be released on bail as a consequence of the “joint criminal enterprise” Victorian police entered with Lawyer X, Nicola Gobbo, a court has found. The […]
• The Gambia: Magistrate Colley assigned me to carry boxes of cocaine into his Chambers, says Judiciary Process Server April 6, 2025
  This story has just been sitting in our cocaine column, but the headline is so good we had to spread the news a bit! I’ll just repeat that Magistrate Colley assigned me to carry boxes of cocaine into his Chambers, says Judiciary Process Server Abdoulie Dampha, a judiciary process server attached at Kanifing Magistrates’ Court […]
• Curaleaf Tells Federal Court As It’s All Illegal ……Contracts Aren’t Enforceable April 5, 2025
  Thanks to Mark Hauser on his cannabis musings  substack So, imagine my delight when I learned that Curaleaf, one of the largest MSOs in the US, is arguing in a federal lawsuit that a jury’s $32 million verdict against it in a contract dispute should be tossed because, well, you know: “Contracts to manufacture and distribute marijuana are unenforceable, period.”… […]
• India: Gujurat Cops Say Law Student Had Smoked Cannabis Before Car Crash That Caused Death Of Woman April 5, 2025
  Vadodara Crash Accused Was Not Drunk, Had Smoked Marijuana: Cops On March 13, Rakshit Chaurasia, a 23-year-old law student from Prayagraj, crashed the Volkswagen Virtus sedan he was driving into three vehicles, resulting in the death of one woman. Vadodara, Gujarat: Rakshit Chaurasia, the accused in the Vadodara crash that left a woman dead and […]
• Shane Pennington Joins Blank Rome – Official Press Release April 4, 2025
  Blank Rome Welcomes Seasoned Trial Attorney Shane Pennington as Partner in Business Litigation and Appellate Practices   Houston – Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Shane Pennington has joined the firm’s Houston office as a partner in the Business Litigation group and member of the Appellate Litigation practice and Cannabis and Life Sciences industry teams. A leading trial attorney, he focuses his practice on federal appeals […]
• Indictment Read With Regard To Cannabis Fraud Case In Germany.. April 4, 2025
  Merkur.de Million dollar fraud: Schuhbeck judge negotiates cannabis trio in Munich She already brought star chef Alfons Schuhbeck behind bars. Now judge Andrea Wagner has her next big case: in Munich she is negotiating three men who are said to have committed a million dollar fraud. Munich – This case demanded a lot from the […]
• Canada: Maric v. Canada (Attorney General), 2025 FC 568 – Court dismisses argument that cannabis seeds are not defined in the Cannabis Act April 4, 2025
  Strat Cann A Federal Court judge has dismissed an application for judicial review from a man who argued that his cannabis seeds were unfairly seized by CBSA. In a ruling posted March 28, 2025, the Honourable Mr. Justice A. Grant dismissed an application from a man who had several hundred cannabis seeds seized by Canada Border Services […]
• Supreme Court Decides Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn April 3, 2025
  Supreme Court Decides Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn Authors: Abdullah M. Azkalany , Mark D. Taticchi , Brian J. Paul On April 2, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision in Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn, No. 23-365, holding that the RICO civil cause of action for “[a]ny person injured in his business or property,” 18 U.S.C. […]